Georg Gossembrot

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Georg Gossembrot's tombstone in the St. Mang Church in Füssen

Georg Gossembrot (* around 1445; † 1502 in Füssen ) was the financial advisor to the Roman-German King Maximilian I.

Gossembrot came from a wealthy and educated Augsburg merchant family. He and his brother Ulrich studied in Ferrara in 1455 . While his brother was embarking on a spiritual career, Georg got into the lucrative financial and trading business and married Radegundis Eggenberger .

Georg gave up his citizenship in Augsburg in 1473 in order to enter the service of Duke Sigmund of Habsburg Austria as an unpaid councilor and caretaker of Ehrenberg Castle (via Reutte in Tyrol ) in 1477 . At that time, Count Jörg von Werdenberg-Sargans was an advisor at the court of Duke Sigmund, which is why it can be assumed that Gossembrot and Count Jörg knew each other personally. The "financial genius" Gossembrot borrowed Duke Sigmund repeatedly money and in return he pledged to him in 1483 the castle Ehrenberg for 15,000 guilders and issued in 1488 a transfer, goods to Augsburg on Telfs and the Fern Pass and no longer through Zirler Berg , Seefeld and Scharnitz to transport . After the duke's abdication in 1490, Gossembrot became the financial advisor to the king and later Emperor Maximilian I. Gossembrot financed the king and thus made himself one of his closest confidants. He also shared his passion for hunting and fishing with him. In 1499, Gossembrot lent the king 7,000 guilders for the “Swiss War” and received the right of lien over the castle and dominion of Hohenfreyberg . Owning a rule was often a prerequisite for being ennobled.

Georg died in Füssen in 1502 - allegedly his enemies poisoned him with a blood sausage . The king thought so much of him that he personally attended the funeral ceremonies in Augsburg. Gossembrot was buried in the chapel he founded in the St. Mang monastery in Füssen. His red marble tombstone can still be seen in the crypt today. The tomb for his wife is in the Buxheim monastery .

literature

  • Günther Grünsteudel , Günter Hägele, Rudolf Frankenberger (eds.): Augsburger Stadtlexikon. 2nd Edition. Perlach, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-922769-28-4 , pp. 449-450.
  • Friedrich Hegi: The outlawed councilors of Archduke Sigmund of Austria and their relations with Switzerland 1487-1499. Contributions to the history of the separation of Switzerland from the German empire. Innsbruck 1910, p. 551.
  • Pascale Sutter: The planned attack on Georg Gossembrot in Bad Pfäfers. In: Terra Plana. Volume 3, 2007, pp. 41-44.
  • Paul von Stetten: History of the noble families in the freyn imperial city of Augsburg. Augsburg 1762.

Web links

Commons : Georg Gossembrot  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Thomas Kühtreiber : Street and Castle. Notes on a complex relationship. In: Kornelia Holzner-Tobisch, Thomas Kühtreiber, Gertrud Blaschitz (eds.): The complexity of the street. Continuity and change in the Middle Ages and early modern times (= publications by the Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times. 22). Vienna 2012, pp. 263–301, here p. 286.
  2. ^ Tiroler Landesarchiv: Documents I 872.
  3. ^ Tiroler Landesarchiv: Older copy books ttt 40.
personal data
SURNAME Gossembrot, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gossenbrot, Georg von; Gossen portrait, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businessman, financial advisor to King Maximilian I.
DATE OF BIRTH around 1445
DATE OF DEATH 1502
Place of death Feet