Hans Dreyling

Epitaph for Hans Dreyling (1573) in the parish church of Schwaz

Hans Dreyling the Elder († 1573 ) was a mining specialist from Bohemia with political contacts who came to Schwaz (Tyrol) around 1530 .

He used the predicate "von Steieck".

In 1551 he entered into business relations with Matthias Manlich (see Melchior Manlich ) and in 1554 bought the Stöckl company. He became the councilor of Archduke Ferdinand II and mountain and smelting lord in Tyrol.

In 1573 (according to other sources 1518) he acquired Wagrain Castle in Ebbs .

In 1582, the Tyrolean nobility register included his sons Ulrich, Hanns and Kaspar Dreyling von Wagrein in their register. In 1580 Kaspar also called himself von Hochaltingen .

Yet in 1590 they owned in the village Kundl the stately home and castle Hochaltingen (high Holdingen) and the Hofmark Stumm im Zillertal. A few years later both properties seem to have passed to the Plank, and from these to the Schiedenhofen von Stumm. (The owners of the small castle received an imperial privilege to brew beer in 1685, and the castle was converted into a beer brewery.)

In 1591 Caspar and Hans lost their fortune in an unfortunate silver speculation and the Dreyling company went bankrupt the following year.

At that time the Dreyling completely extinguished in their Tyrolean branch.

epitaph

His epitaph in the Schwaz parish church, which shows him with his three sons and two grandchildren, was created around 1575 by court sculptor Alexander Colin and caster Christof Löffler .

literature

H. Brunner: The Dreyling family and their graves in North Tyrol. In: Tiroler Heimatblätter, ISSN 0040-8115 . Innsbruck 1929, pp. 234, 399.
E. Egg The Tyrolean gun casting 1400-1600 . Tiroler Wirtschaftsstudien 9, Innsbruck 1961, p. 188 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

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personal data
SURNAME	Dreyling, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Dreyling, Hans the Elder
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Mining specialist
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1530
DATE OF DEATH	1573