Georg Gienger von Rotteneck

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Rottenegg Castle, seat of Georg Gienger

Georg Gienger von Rotteneck (* 1497 in Langenau ; † January 14, 1577 in Lorch (now part of Enns )) was Vice Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire .

Life and family

Georg Gienger von Rotteneck was the first-born son of Knight Ernst Damian Gienger (Damian I.) (around 1475 - 1556) and Ursula Schütz von Raittenau. Georg studied in Vienna and received his doctorate in both rights. After the death of Bernhard von Cles , the office of Chancellor remained vacant. Ferdinand I constituted the office of Vice Chancellor and appointed Gienger to it in 1538. He was a proponent of reforming the Church in the Catholic sense. According to the Venetian ambassador Michele Suriano , however, he neglected his duties and often stayed away from the court for long periods of time. In 1544 he was relieved of his office, but remained in the Habsburg service. He advised King Ferdinand I several times on religious issues. From 1563 he was the highest court marshal .

George had ten brothers, all of whom were in the service of the Habsburgs. After completing his studies, he was chancellor of the Bishopric of Konstanz , secret court secretary Ferdinand II (of Tyrol) , vice-chancellor of the government in Innsbruck, archducal governor in Upper and Lower Swabia for ten years . Georg was the oldest Austrian secret council, Burgvogt zu Enns and Mauthausen, Lord of Rotteneck ( Rottenegg ) and Ennseck . In 1550 he exchanged the bailiwick of Swabia with the bailiwick, castle and lordship of Enns, which Georg von Ilsung had held as a pledge since 1544. On December 30, 1565, Emperor Maximilian II granted him permission to build and rebuild the dilapidated old castle of the city of Enns or another open space if he liked. Georg rebuilds Ennsegg Castle on it . Maximilian II confirmed to him on September 22nd, 1567 the lordship of Burg Enns and Mauthausen to enjoy for life.

On May 23, 1528 Georg Gienger von Rotteneck married Maria Magdalena von Ilsung (1505–1561), daughter of the Augsburg patrician Achilles Ilsung von Trazberg and Magdalena Stuntz in Augsburg. The couple had six children, but the only son died in childhood. Georg Gienger was buried in the Minorite Church in Enns, where his epitaph was.

Works

Georg Gienger wrote two prayer books:

  • New christisch teutsch Bethbuch , Vienna around 1560, printed by Zimmermann. online MDZ
  • Dreyer lecture book of daily lectures of the Old and New Testaments: As those on all sunday wednesday and friday also all days of forty-day fasts according to the order of the christian churches and then also on all other days of the whole year of the zeyt and Feyerfesten are to be read out and read daily ... , Munich 1575, printed by Berg. ( online  in the German Digital Library )

literature

  • Alfred Kohler : Ferdinand I. 1503–1564: Prince, King and Emperor. CH Beck, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-406-50278-4
  • Johann Georg Adam Hoheneck: The praiseworthy gentlemen's estates deß Ertz-Herzogtumb Austria ob der Ennß .., Volume 1, S. 184ff, Passau 1727
  • Franz Karl Wißgrill: scene of the rural Lower Austrian nobility from the lords and knights .., Volume 3, p. 318ff.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Emperors and courts. Personal database of courtiers of the Austrian Habsburgs, ed. by Mark Hengerer and Gerhard Schön, kaiserhof.geschichte.lmu
  2. ↑ see the dedication for his daughters: The noble, virtuous Frawen Magdalena Löblin zu Greynburg / Ursula von Meckhaw zue Crewtzen / Justina Puchlerin von Weytteneckh / and Justinia Giengerin / My friendly dear daughters. Ursula married in 1556, Justina in 1559, hence the dedication dates between 1556 and 1559. online MDZ
personal data
SURNAME Gienger von Rotteneck, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Vice Chancellor of the Holy Roman Empire
DATE OF BIRTH 1497
PLACE OF BIRTH Langenau
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 1577
Place of death Lorch (now part of Enns )