Genealogical paperback of noble houses in Austria
Genealogical pocket book of the noble houses of Austria (GTdaHÖ) is the name of a reference work that was initiated by the Heraldic-Genealogical Society "Adler" and published from 1905 to 1912/13 by Otto Maaß 'Söhne Verlag in Vienna . It sees itself as an Austro-Hungarian addition to the " Gotha Genealogical Court Calendar ".
history
After the Brno Genealogical Pocket Book of Noble Houses with its XIX. Volume was discontinued, the lack of a reference work held in the style of the Gothaic genealogical pocket books on the simple nobility and knighthood of Austria became more and more noticeable. The Gothaic Genealogical Pocket Book of the Noble Houses , published since 1900, excluded Austrian families by program. In order to remedy the widespread need for such a book, the editorial committee, in conjunction with the publishing company Otto Maass' Sons , book and art print shop in Vienna, published the first volume in 1905.
The appeal sent out in 1903 caused the appointed families to send in valuable material, some of which was documented, to such an extent that the editorial committee was only able to include some of the available family articles in the first volume, despite exceeding the predetermined number of pages. The remainder found its place in the following volumes over time. The articles were included free of charge.
The editorial committee endeavored to provide a more detailed historical sketch of every registered family in addition to their religious denomination, national affiliation, aristocratic data and descriptions of the coat of arms as well as the number of employees based on the common progenitor of the living family members, where possible. Thus, in addition to the purely genealogical development of the family, the ethnic , cultural-historical and economic factors of its development were taken into account in order to give as clear and complete a picture as possible of the upswing that ultimately led to the advancement of rank .
Editing and setting up the articles
- Articles whose award dates, descriptions of the coat of arms and the historical part of the files could be checked either on the basis of documents presented or directly in the archives, were marked with an * in front of the heading.
- In the bestowal regesta all the legal content has been diplomas received, so that not only mentions earlier Wappenmäßigkeit or noble quality, but also those past privileges at the time of publication no relevance had as Palatinatsrechte , familiarity , service , shelter and protection , Salvaguardia , freedom of movement , toll - and tax exemption , building of castles and manor houses and their Freiung , designation under goods , name creation , exemption from certain dishes , privilege de non usu , Rotwachsfreiheit were registered etc..
- The designations "Reichs-" (until 1806), "Austrian-Erbländisch" (until 1804), "Austrian" (since 1804), "Bohemian", "Hungarian" etc. in the rankings were based on the only decisive criterion that the Law firm issuing diplomas , buried and checked almost without exception.
- In the descriptions of the coat of arms, the details of the diplomas have been retained, which results in various details that are not unimportant in the history of the coat of arms, such as the use of the two heraldic helmet types , the helmet and later also the crowns , the temporary enrichment of the color scale due to the fact that in earlier times the difference was so common of yellow and gold and white and silver or since the XVI. Century through the introduction of various half colors .
- When writing the family names in the historical part, the respective usage was strictly adhered to. Especially for names that are not place names at the same time, or at least their form correspond to such, the foreword “from”, which is now generally accepted as a designation of the aristocratic class, was only added from the time in which this use can actually be proven.
- The notoriously unreliable historical information of older nobility diplomas was always expressly designated as such or given in the corresponding hypothetical form.
- In Hungarian family names with predicates been prepared in accordance with the recent official schematisms the diploma even Latin version maintained. Places in Hungary before 1867 are named after their German names and the Hungarian names are buried in parenthesis , while from 1867 to 1903 the Hungarian names come first and the German ones in brackets follow. Since the use of place names in other languages has been discontinued since 1903, only Hungarian names have been given since then.
- Support received the editorial committee of the kk Ministry of the Interior as supreme nobility Authority, the Directorate of kuk House, Court and State Archives , the imperial war archive and numerous parishes .
See also
literature
- Thomas von Fritsch: "Austria" in "The Gotha Pocket Books, Court Calendar and Almanac" . Starke-Verlag 1968, p. 122 ff.
Web links
- Genealogical paperback of the noble houses of Austria. 1905, accessed September 19, 2011 (First edition on Open Library ).
- Genealogical paperback of the noble houses of Austria. Collegium Res Nobilis Austriae, 2011, accessed on September 19, 2011 .