Freundsberg (noble family)

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Family coat of arms of those of Freundsberg
Freundsberg Castle

The lords of Freundsberg (sometimes written from Fronsberg, Frundsberg or Fruntsberg ) come from the Tyrolean nobility and had their ancestral home at Freundsberg Castle near Schwaz in Tyrol. They are documented in 1122 as ministerials of the Counts of Andechs , from 1209 as ministerials in the ducal-Bavarian service and later also as servants of the Tyrolean sovereigns.

From 1312 they had their own regional court and for a long time were among the most influential aristocratic families in Tyrol, but sold their ancestral castle in 1467, at the same time acquired the rule of Mindelheim in Swabia and shifted their focus there, where Georg von Frundsberg († 1528), the "father of Landsknechte ", became the most famous member of the family, which went out in the male line with his grandson, Georg von Frundsberg, Baron of Mindelheim, in 1586.

history

The Freundsberg family had their ancestral home at Freundsberg Castle , which they built around 1150 above Schwaz. The castle was initially a simple residential tower , but was rebuilt in 1230 on the Romanesque parts of the complex. In 1319 a separate district court Freundsberg was established with the main town Schwaz, whose keepers were the Freundsbergers for centuries. The possessions around Schwaz were outside the Tyrolean or Gorizia-Tyrolean sphere of influence, and the regional court was also exempted (from 1312) by the Tyrolean sovereign power. In 1319 Berthold von Freundsberg sold the family castle, which had previously belonged to the family as a free owner, to King Heinrich of Bohemia and received it back as a sovereign fief . In 1342, Ludwig von Brandenburg gave the Freundsberg a new feud with this castle and the associated court. In the course of time, the Lords of Freundsberg and the Counts of Rottenburg became the most important noble family in the Lower Inn Valley .

The Freundsbergers benefited from the peripheral location of their possessions to the bishopric of Salzburg ; in the first half of the 13th century they were able to establish themselves at Lichtenwert in the Zillertal and thus form a counterweight to the territorial policy of Archbishop Eberhard II of Salzburg in the service of Bavaria . The castle More stone near Brixlegg or Thierberg at Kufstein served the friend Bergern primarily as the seat of Urbar management and on the efficient exercise of advocacy rights .

The ancestral castle Freundsberg was sold in 1467 to Archduke Sigismund the Rich in Coin , who had the castle expanded into a hunting lodge ("Sigmundsruh" or "Siegmundsfried"). In July of the same year Barbara von Rechberg (Ulrich's wife), Ulrich von Frundsberg and his brother Hans acquired the rule of Mindelheim with the Mindelburg in Swabia and called themselves Fruntsberg from then on . Barbara's and Ulrich's descendants ruled Mindelheim until 1586.

Property of the Freundsberg in Tyrol

  • The Falkenstein Castle in what is now the district Fischbach am Inn the municipality Flintsbach was the Konrad von Freundsberg of arbitration comparison between 1287 Duke Ludwig II of Bavaria. And King Rudolf I transferred as collateral.
  • The Knights of Mehrstein, who are seated at Burg Mehrstein , have belonged to the closest circle of the knightly crew of the Freundsbergs since they were first mentioned in 1266 (de Maerensteine) ; therefore it can be assumed that this castle was owned by the Freundsbergers from the beginning. This fortress was primarily intended as the seat of the manorial land management. Since the middle of the 13th century, the Freundsbergers had systematically acquired goods in the area opposite Kramsach , with the intention of supplying them as basic equipment to their subsequently founded Mariathal monastery at the entrance to the Brandenberger valley . Duke Ludwig VII put an end to Mehrnstein, since he had the castle at the latest in 1416 at the request of Archbishop Eberhard III. canceled by Salzburg.
  • The Schintelberg Castle was owned by the Ortenburgers . In 1240 the Spanheim Count Palatine Rapoto III renounced . von Ortenburg in favor of the bishop and the church of Regensburg on Schintelberg and received it back as a fief. After the death of Rapotos III. († 1246) Schintelberg fell back to the Hochstift Regensburg . Schintelberg was then acquired by the Freundsbergers first as a pledge and in 1266 as a fiefdom. In 1379 Schintelberg was sold to the Bavarian dukes. Schintelberg fell into disrepair at the beginning of the 15th century and is now just a castle ruin.
  • The Sonnenburg near Innsbruck seems to have been partially owned by the Lords of Freundsberg as early as 1280, who were among other things Tyrolean-Görzian servants. The Sonnenburg served as the land administration seat for the Freundsberg estates in the Innsbruck area. The Freundsbergers apparently commissioned members of their knightly castle team from Matzen with the castle hat of their share. Finally, in 1321 Bertold von Freundsberg sold his share of the Sonnenburg to Count Heinrich von Tirol-Görz .
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  • Thierberg near Kufstein
  • Friedberg Castle near Volders was probably founded in Andechs and was probably owned by Freundsberg from the start; the cathedral named here . Since the middle of the 13th century, Sighardus dictus Kolbe de Frideberg (1268) had a knightly employment relationship with the Freundsbergers, who at that time appeared as the ducal Bavarian ministerials.
  • The castle Matzen near Brixlegg was first documented in 1278 known as the Founding Freundsberg and remained until 1468 in the possession of sex.
  • Mariastein Castle
  • Tratzberg Castle
  • The so-called Kärlingerturm (later also called the middle or black tower ) at St. Petersberg Castle was sold by Ulrich Kärlinger to the Freundsbergers in 1408. In 1407 St. Petersberg, which previously belonged to the Bishop of Brixen, was awarded by Duke Friedrich IV to the brothers Hans and Ulrich Freundsberg. Despite several processes at the curia , the Freundbergers did not move the castle out until the death of the last fiefdom holder, Georg von Freundsberg († 1586).
  • Arnholz Castle was owned by the Freundsbergers in the 14th and 15th centuries.
  • Strasbourg Castle (Sterzing) in Tyrol, like St. Petersburg, cameto the Freundsbergersduring the dispute between Duke Friedrich IV and Bishop Ulrich von Brixen . Since they no longer lived in Tyrol after 1467, they had property management carried out by a caretaker.
  • Property (vineyards) in Unterrain near Eppan in 1490 ( from Fruntsperg )
  • Runkelstein near Bozen
Ulrich von Frundsberg as the founder of the family retabel
Georg and Caspar von Frundsberg
"Von Frontsberg Truchses" coat of arms from the 16th century

coat of arms

Blazon : The family coat of arms shows a black " three-mountain " consisting of five (or six) elevations in gold ; on the crowned helmet with black and gold helmet covers a growing golden swan with a black beak and red tongue.

Famous family members

The Frundsberg provided princely and imperial councilors, but also a bishop:

Stammliste of Freundsberg

Source:

  1. Ulrich von Vriundesperg (registered shortly before 1141)
    1. Gebehart (Urk. 1174–1178, 1180)
    2. Konrad (dated 1180)
    3. Heinrich (urk. 1173–1182, 1182)
    4. Ulrich (urk. 1174–1178)
      1. Ulrich von Vriuntsperch (urk. 1180–1204)
      2. Gisela (originally around 1195, 1197–1199), nun of Schäftlarn
      3. Luitgarde (urk. 1197–1199), nun in Schäftlarn monastery
      4. Konrad (urk. 1210), Ministeriale of Duke Ludwig I of Bavaria
        1. Meinhard (urk. 1233)
        2. Heinrich (urk. 1237, around 1270), 1237/1241 Ministeriale of Count Albert III. of Tyrol
          1. Hiltpold, around 1270
          2. Hiltprand around 1270
        3. Friedrich (dated 1253)
        4. Elisabeth († 1263) ⚭ Friedrich von Rodank († after August 19, 1297)
        5. Ulrich von Freundsberg, 1259 senior, 1248 Ministeriale of Duke Otto II. Of Bavaria , († April 17, 1263) ⚭ Luitgard (dated 1267)
          1. three sisters (dated 1237)
          2. Konrad (urk. 1257/1294), 1267 Ministeriale of Duke Ludwig II of Bavaria and 1259 of Count Meinhard II of Tyrol , founding of the Marienthal Monastery (Ordo Praedicatorum = Dominican ) together with Friedrich
            1. Adelheid ⚭ (before February 29, 1272) Gebhard the Younger von Felben († after May 28, 1288)
            2. Irmgard, urk. 1292
            3. Bertold, urk. 1318 and 1335–1339, Richter zu Hall , 1312/1343 ⚭ Gutta von Rottenburg , urk. 1335
              1. Konrad, 1354 Tyrolean council, 1371 judge zu Neuhaus, urk. 1375 ⚭ Margareta von Hoheneck
                1. Ursula, 1382, 1408, ⚭ Joachim von Villanders
                2. Elisabeth, 1380, 1429, ⚭ before January 8, 1380, Haug von Goldegg 1353, † September 19, 1400 in Salzburg
              2. Gottschalk, Urk. 1358, 1375, 1364 Canon of Brixen
              3. Elisabeth, urk. 1340, 1349, nun in the monastery of St. Klara in Brixen
              4. Margareta, urk. 1360, 1368 ⚭ Wilhelm von Gerenstein († April 21, 1360)
            4. Thomas, 1346 knight, 1327 lender to Marquartstein , (urk. 1292, 1350) ⚭ Katharina Haibling von Sistrans , heiress of Liechtenwerd
              1. Hans zu Lichtenwerd, 1373 caretaker zu Strassberg , 1356 cousin of Peter von Matzen, 1361 mentioned as the son of Thomas, († after September 17, 1383) ⚭ Ottilia von Mareit
              2. Ulrich, called by Matzen
              3. Georg zu Lichtenwerd, urk. 1365, († after September 17, 1383), ⚭ Christina von Liebenberg, ⚭ Anna von Wolkenstein, attested February 20, 1396 (sister of Oswald von Wolkenstein ), ⚭ in his second marriage to Georg II von Fraunberg zum Haag, urk. 1388, 1422
                1. Thomas, († drowned in the Inn)
                2. Stefan, († October 7, 1423), Canon of Salzburg
                3. Hildegard ⚭ Peter (Kaspar) von Freyberg , in 2nd marriage ⚭ with Konrad von Rottenstein
              4. N. von Freundsberg, ⚭ Agnes von Walchen , daughter of Ortlieb, in 2nd marriage ⚭ N. Leibnitzer, before 1347
                1. Peter von Freundsberg and von Matzen, 1356 cousin of Johann von Freundsberg, urk. 1347, 1360, ⚭ Katharina von Volders , urk. 1347, 1369
                  1. Johann, matriculated in Bologna in 1343 , († March 3, 1378 in Brixen ), 1343–1367 Canon of Passau, 1351 pastor of Telfes , 1353 pastor of Leermoos, 1356–1371 Father of Imst , 1359–1377 Canon of Brixen, 1371– 1378 Father zu Matrei am Brenner , 1377 curator of the diocese of Brixen
                  2. Konrad, 1354 Tyrolean council, 1371 judge zu Neuhaus, urk. 1363, 1381, ⚭ Katharina
                    1. Ursula, urk. 1382, 1408, ⚭ Joachim von Villanders
                    2. Elisabeth, urk. 1380, 1429, ⚭ (before January 8, 1380) Haug von Goldegg , († September 19, 1400, buried in St. Peter Abbey (Salzburg) )
          3. Friedrich, 1267 ministerial from Duke Ludwig II of Bavaria , 1281 from Bishop Friedrich von Freising and episcopal truchess (urk. 1249/1304), († shortly before January 25, 1308), ⚭ Mathilde (dated 1316)
            1. Mathilde, († May 18, 1304 or November 21, 1308), ⚭ (May 21, 1280) Konrad von Goldegg 1251, (June 13, 1299 or September 1, 1303)
            2. Konrad, urk. 1385, 1308
            3. Friedrich, urk. 1303, vassal of King Heinrich of Bohemia , † after 1343, ⚭ Magdalena, sister of Zacharias von Welsperg urk. 1326, 1330
            4. Ulrich, urk. 1297, 1295, 1326 ⚭ (November 20, 1297) Elisabeth von Walchen , daughter of Otto
              1. Ulrich zu Freundsberg, 1387 judge zu Strassberg , urk. 1351, 1390 † 1392, ⚭ Anna von Fraunhofen, 1351, daughter of Alphard, in 2nd marriage ⚭ Agnes von Gundelfingen, in 3rd marriage ⚭ Margareta von Toerring, daughter of Seifried I.
                1. Margareta (from 1st marriage), urk. 1415 ⚭ Peter von Rain
                2. Barbara (from 1st marriage) urk. 1389, 1425, ⚭ before January 19, 1389 Heinrich von Schlandersberg , † September 7, 1422 or December 12, 1423
                3. Maria (from 1st marriage) ⚭ around 1385 Riprand-Hildebrand III. von Cles, † 1433 or 1434
                4. Hans (from 3rd marriage), knight of Freundsberg, 1404, 1408 of St. Petersburg, 1407, pledgee of Tratzberg Castle , 1407 lord of Strassberg and Sterzing, 1406 Salzburg keeper of Kropfsberg Castle , † in St. Georgenberg, ⚭ Katharina von Sonnenberg , 1392, in 2nd marriage ⚭ Agnes, † 1400, in 3rd marriage ⚭ (before May 22, 1400) Dorothea von Goldeck zu Wagrain and Goldeggerhof († 1438), heiress of Haug von Goldegg
                  1. Barbara (from 1st marriage), ⚭ 1403, Thomas Vintler von Rungglstein
                  2. Thekla (from 3rd marriage), daughter 1431/1439, ⚭ November 3, 1426, Ulrich III., Vogt von Matsch and Count zu Kirchberg, († August 1461)
                  3. Wolfgang zu Freundsheim, 1427, † September 11, 1449, ⚭ Elisabeth von Freyberg, 1434, † after April 17, 1447
                  4. Ursula, † August 7, 1450
                5. Kaspar (from 3rd marriage), 1392 (underage), 1401, 1404 daughter, ⚭ Klara, in 2nd marriage ⚭ 1404 with Kaspar von Schöandersberg, archducal council, 1399, 1416
                6. Thomas (from 3rd marriage), 1392, 1401
                7. Ulrich Ritter, 1404, 1408 in St. Petersberg, in Matzen, 1385/92 (underage), 1415, ⚭ before June 3, 1405 Barbara von Starkenberg, † 1422/30
                  1. Barbara 1461, ⚭ around June 22, 1438, Ulrich von Nussberg, ⚭ in 2nd marriage with Hadmar IV. Volkerstorf , court marshal in Salzburg ( dated 1439–1482)
                  2. Margareta, † September 23, 1438, ⚭ before January 14, 1433, Jodok Schenk von Osterwitz
                  3. Osanna, 1452, 1434 in St. Klara in Meran , ⚭ before January 2, 1423, Hans Burkhard von Ellerbach , 1452 daughter
                  4. Helena, 1439, 1451 (daughter), ⚭ Veit von Wolkenstein
                  5. Osanna, abbess of St. Klara Monastery in Merano
                  6. Sigmund, Ritter 1423, 1438, July 13, 1444 daughter, ⚭ Dorothea von Seben (daughter of Hans and Margarita von Wolkenstein), in 2nd marriage ⚭ September 29, 1445 Andreas von Weißpriach
                    1. Sophie ⚭ 1442, Friedrich von Freyberg
                    2. Ulrich, 1452 knight, 1450 to Freundsheim and half of Freundsberg, 1467 to Lichtenberg, Matzen and Freundsberg, 1467 Lord of Mindelheim , archducal and imperial council, 1444 (underage), † August 11, 1501, ⚭ Barbara von Rechberg , daughter of Bero von Babenhausen, Mindelheim and Kallmünz , † March 17, 1506
                    3. Hans, 1466 to St. Petersberg, 1467 to Freundsberg, 1444 (underage), 1493, ⚭ Elisabeth von Fraunberg zu Haidenburg, daughter of Hans IV. Zu Haidenburg and the Barbara Marschall von Oberndorf, † 1473, buried in Weihenstephan

Tribe list of the Frundsberg, Lords of Mindelheim

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Epitaph Ulrich von Frundsberg († 1493), Bishop of Trient, cloister of Augsburg Cathedral

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  1. Ulrich von Freundsberg, 1467 Lord of Mindelheim, † August 11, 1501, ⚭ Barbara von Rechberg , † March 17, 1506
    1. Hans, † 1500, ⚭ 1482 Helene von Rechberg, daughter of Wilhelm von Weissenstein, † after June 25, 1523
    2. Ulrich , archducal councilor, † August 10, 1493, 1469 Canon of Brixen, 1471–1489 Canon of Freising, 1473–1485 Canon of Augsburg, 1486 Elekt , 1488–1493 Bishop of Trient
    3. Thomas, 1479, † 1497, ⚭ Ursula Truchsessin von Waldburg , daughter of Johann zur Trauchburg
      1. Hans, 1501 Lord of Mindelheim, † Eichstätt May 27, 1529, 1502 Canon of Augsburg, 1527 Canon of Eichstätt, enrolled in Freiburg im Breisgau in 1503, 1509–1513 Canon of Brixen (resigned), 1513–1515 Canonikus zu Ellwangen (resigned)
      2. Ulrich, 1501 Lord of Mindelheim, Teutonic Knight
      3. Thomas, 1502 Lord of Mindelheim, † November 13, 1525, buried in Bolzano; ⚭ before January 10, 1516 with Margareta von Niederthor, † after 1549, ⚭ in 2nd marriage with Christoph Graf von Lupfen zu Stühlingen, † April 27, 1546 or May 5, 1548
      4. Kaspar, around 1510 Canon of Augsburg, 1513–1524 Canon of Brixen (resigned)
      5. Christoph, 1501 Lord of Mindelheim, † 1523 in Spain
      6. Adam, 1501 Lord of Mindelheim
      7. Irmela (Irmgard) nun in the Königsfelden monastery , † at Waldsee Castle
      8. Ursula, † 1514; ⚭ Heinrich von Stain zu Hürben
      9. Anna, † 1521, ⚭ Heinrich von Nussdorf , Marshal in the Archdiocese of Salzburg
      10. Barbara, ⚭ January 30, 1514 Georg von Rechberg zu Kallmünz
      11. Magdalena, † 1520; ⚭ Roland von Schroffenstein
    4. Kaspar, † young
    5. Wolfgang, † young
    6. Siegmund, † young
    7. Christoph, † young
    8. Adam, 1505–1517 captain of the Swabian League , bailiff of Augsburg, 1517 Mr. Zu Mindelheim, † January 12, 1518 in Mindelheim
    9. Eva, † 1481, ⚭ sword Fuchs von Fuchsberg († 1542)
    10. Barbara, † 1533, ⚭ Hans Jakob von Bodman zu Bodman and Friedingen, † December 14, 1501
    11. Magdalena, † 1515, ⚭ 1496, Hieronymus von Rosenberg
    12. Agnes, † 1510, ⚭ Albrecht von Wildenstein zu Breiteneck
    13. Georg I, 1504 knight, 1501 lord of Mindelheim, 1504 lord of Runkelstein, 1515 imperial council, 1517 supreme captain of the county of Tyrol, 1519 supreme of the Swabian Confederation, 1523 royal councilor, * September 24, 1473 in Mindelheim, † August 20 1528; ⚭ 1500 Katharina von Schrofenstein, † February 24, 1518, daughter of Oswald and Praxidis von Wolkenstein; ⚭ in 2nd marriage September 11, 1519, Anna von Lodron , Augsburg Confession, † November 12, 1556, daughter of Paris Otto Antonio and Maria Anna N., ⚭ in 2nd marriage 1533, Erasmus Schenk zu Limpburg, † 25. November 1553
      1. Anna (from 1st marriage) † January 3, 1554; ⚭ January 3, 1520 Wolf von Maxlrain, Herr zu Waldeck, † in Munich September 20, 1559
      2. Katharina (from 1st marriage), ⚭ Johann VII. Von Degenberg, † July 26, 1559, buried in Schwarzach
      3. Barbara, † 1511/13
      4. Baltahsar, 1528, † after 1530
      5. Melchior (from 1st marriage), enrolled in Wittenberg in 1523, * February 17, 1507, † in Rome, January 12, 1528, 1524/25 Canon of Augsburg (resigned)
      6. Siguna (from 2nd marriage), * 1522, ⚭ Erasmus von Venningen, † 1582.
      7. Georg Philipp (from 2nd marriage), * 1524, † small
      8. Hans Konrad, * 1524, † small
      9. Kaspar (from 1st marriage) ⚭1510, 1524, canon of Augsburg and Brixen, 1528 lord of Mindelheim, * July 5, 1501 in Mindelheim, buried in Mindelheim on August 31, 1536; ⚭ May 2, 1529, Margaret of Firmian
        1. Katharina, * 1530, † April 27, 1582; ⚭ 1550 Heinrich Truchsess von Waldburg zu Zeil and Wolfegg, † September 24, 1562, ⚭ in 2nd marriage September 23, 1572 Otto Heinrich Graf zu Schwarzenberg (1556), † in Munich on August 11, 1590
        2. Paula, * 1532
        3. Georg, Nördlingen March 18, 1547, Freiherr zu Mindelheim, Imperial Colonel, * 1533, † November 1, 1586, last male successor; ⚭ 1564 Barbara Countess von Montfort , daughter of Count Hugo XIV. In Tettnang and the widow of Christoph I, Count zu Fürstenberg, † December 2, 1592
        4. Ulrich, * 1534, † 1537.
        5. Kaspar, * 1536, † 1537

Memorials to the Freundsberg

A statue of Jörg von Fruntsberg designed by Ludwig Penz in 1916 and cast in 1954 adorns the Schwaz town hall. Another bust of Georg is in the Heldenberg Memorial in Lower Austria . In the Austro-Hungarian monarchy there was a ship called Frundsberg, the SMS Frundsberg . The 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg" existed during the Nazi era . In the Walhalla memorial near Donaustauf there is also a bust of Georg. In Innsbruck, Freundsbergstrasse in the Reichenau district is reminiscent of Georg von Frundsberg.

literature

  • Georg Clam Martinic : Castles and palaces in Austria. Landesverlag in Veritas Verlag, Linz 1991.
  • Joseph Philipp Brunemayr: History of the royal Bavarian city and rule of Mindelheim. Brönner, Mindelheim 1821. (Reprint: Nabu Press, 2012, ISBN 978-1-273-44825-6 )
  • Detlev Schwennike (Ed.): European family tables. Family tables on the history of the European states. New series (Volume XVI). JA Stargardt, Berlin 1995.
  • Oswald Trapp (and colleagues): Tiroler Burgenbuch. VI. Band - Middle Inntal . Publishing house Athesia, Bozen 1982, ISBN 88-7014-275-2 .
  • Oswald Trapp, Magdalena Hörmann-Weingartner (employee): Tiroler Burgenbuch. VII. Volume - Upper Inn Valley and Ausserfern . Athesia publishing house, Bozen 1986, ISBN 88-7014-391-0 .
  • Causae haereditatis Dni Georgii de Freundsperg Baronis in Mindlhaim . 1602 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Detlev Schwennicke : European Family Tables , New Series, Volume XVI. Panel 11; Verlag JA Stargardt, Berlin 1995
  2. ↑ Detlev Schwennicke: European Family Tables, New Series, Volume XVI. Panel 12; Verlag JA Stargardt, Berlin 1995
  3. ↑ Oswald Trapp, 1982, p. 303 f.
  4. ↑ Schindelburg Castle Ruins (Schintelberg) on ​​Austria Forum
  5. ↑ Oswald Trapp, 1982, p. 248.
  6. ^ Oswald Trapp; Magdalena Hörmann-Weingartner, 1986, p. 336.
  7. ^ Oswald Trapp; Magdalena Hörmann-Weingartner, 1986, p. 337.
  8. ^ Hannes Obermair : Bozen Süd - Bolzano Nord. Written form and documentary tradition of the city of Bozen up to 1500 . tape 2 . City of Bozen, Bozen 2008, ISBN 978-88-901870-1-8 , p. 206-207, No. 1264 .
  9. ^ Gustav Adelbert Seyler , J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms, VI. Volume, 1st section, 2nd part; Dead Bavarian nobility, 1906, p. 21
  10. ↑ Master list based on Detlev Schwennike (ed.): European family tables. Family tables on the history of the European states. New series (Volume XVI). JA Stargardt, Berlin: 1995, plate 11.
  11. ↑ Master list based on Detlev Schwennike (Ed.): Europäische Stammtafeln. Family tables on the history of the European states. New series (Volume XVI). JA Stargardt, Berlin: 1995, plate 12.

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