Peace of Schärding
The Treaty of Schärding in 1369 ended the disputes between Bavaria and Austria in the struggle for rule over Tyrol .
causes
When the Wittelsbach Duke of Upper Bavaria and Count of Tyrol , Meinhard - the last of the Counts of Görz ( Meinhardiner ) on his mother's side - died unexpectedly in 1363 , his uncle Stephan II of Bavaria-Landshut in Upper Bavaria followed him (Bavaria was at the time divided into lineages ) and also claimed Tyrol. Meinhard's mother Margarete (called Maultasch ) transferred Tyrol to the Habsburg Rudolf IV ( the founder ) on the basis of an inheritance contract and handed over government power to him. In 1364 Rudolf in Brno was enfeoffed with Tyrol by his father-in-law, Emperor Charles IV, despite the Wittelsbacher inheritance claims .
Duke Stephan invaded Tyrol in 1363 and allied himself, among others, with Bernabò Visconti , the city lord of Milan. After Stephan had been unable to force a decision about Tyrol in the Battle of Ötting (November 23, 1363), in which Salzburg associations on the side of Austria were significantly involved, and in several subsequent campaigns, the Treaty of Schärding was concluded at the end of September 1369.
Peace treaty
In Schärding on September 29, 1369 a meeting between Duke Albrecht III. of Austria and the Bavarian Duke Stephan II in the presence of many nobles from both countries. The disputes over Tyrol ended and a peace certificate was issued. Bavaria waived Tyrol in return for financial compensation; only the dishes Kufstein , Kitzbühel and Rattenberg remained Bavarian - Margarethe had once received this as a morning gift from her second husband Ludwig von Brandenburg (V. von Bayern) , Meinhard's father; they were considered to be the Bavarian home country. The transfer fee amounted to 116,000 guilders . The town of Schärding, which had previously been pledged to Habsburg, also fell back to Bavaria. In 1356, Stephan's half-brother, the allied Duke Albrecht I of Bavaria-Straubing , needed funds to be able to set up a force against incursions from Bohemia, and therefore in 1357 the city of Schärding, including the area and toll for 20,000 gold guilders to the dukes pledged by Austria .
consequences
The treaty established Tyrol's final membership of the Habsburg Monarchy Austria , to whose successor Austria it - for the most part - still belongs to this day.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Johann Jacob Staffler: Tyrol and Vorarlberg. Volume 1 (Tyrol and Vorarlberg, statistical) , Verlag Rauch, 1839, p. 17 ( limited preview in the Google book search).