Giovanelli zu Gerstburg and Hörtenberg

The Gerstburg residence (northwest view)

The Hörtenberg residence viewed from the Oswald promenade

Giovanelli zu Gerstburg and Hörtenberg is a South Tyrolean branch of an old noble family from the vicinity of Bergamo who lived at the Gerstburg and Hörtenberg residences . At the beginning of the 17th century, Bernhard von Giovanelli moved his residence to Tyrol and was accepted into the knighthood there. His son Johann Alban (1619–1670) settled in Trient and founded the line of the Counts of Giovanelli zu Gerstburg there. His brother Georg Bernhard (1622–1687), Upper Austrian councilor and court pfennig master of Archduke Ferdinand Karl (Austria-Tyrol), is the progenitor of the baronial line of those of Giovanelli zu Gerstburg and Hörtenberg in Bozen .

Personalities

• Benedikt Graf von Giovanelli zu Gerstburg (1775–1846), Mayor of Trento
• Ignaz von Giovanelli zu Gerstburg and Hörtenberg (1815–1889), Austrian politician
• Joseph von Giovanelli (1750–1812), Tyrolean freedom fighter politician
• Joseph von Giovanelli zu Gerstburg and Hörtenberg (1784–1845), Austrian freedom fighter and politician
• Katharina von Giovanelli zu Gerstburg and Hörtenberg, mother of the Prince-Bishop of Trient Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer

literature

• Evi Pechlaner: Giovanelli zu Gerstburg and Hörtenberg . In: Südtiroler Landesarchiv, Bozen 2011.