Wedding of Maria Kölnpöck and Ferdinand Gienger zum Grienpichel

Wallsee Castle in Merian (around 1670)

The Protestant wedding of Maria Salome von Kölnpöck and Ferdinand Pangraz Gienger zum Grienpichel took place on December 29, 1613 in Nieder-Wallsee Castle. Over 140 Protestant nobles were present and were accompanied by over 360 servants and 130 carriages.

general situation

The Protestant nobility in Austria under and over the Enns was spared by the "brotherly dispute" in the Habsburg ruling house between Rudolf II and Matthias .

In Inner Austria , Charles II began the Counter Reformation as early as the 1580s . His Jesuit- educated son Ferdinand II took more stringent measures after taking over government in 1596. From 1599 "Religious Reformation Commissions" under the leadership of Bishop Martin Brenner from Seckau carried out real "campaigns against Protestant citizens and farmers" with military support. Those who did not convert to the Catholic faith had to leave the country within a few weeks. From 1613, non-rural aristocrats were also attacked, and from August 1, 1628 against the (rural) class Protestant nobility of Inner Austria.

In Austria under and above the Enns, Rudolf II pursued a much more tolerant policy towards non-Catholics. In a dispute with his brother Matthias, both sides sought the favor of the Protestant Austrian nobility. The Evangelicals did not manage to organize a church system and so the church remained dominated and dependent on noble patrons . After the uprising of the Bohemian Confederation and the defeat in the Battle of the White Mountain in 1620, all Protestant pastors, preachers and schoolmasters were expelled from Lower Austria in 1627 . The land-based Austrian Protestant nobles were ordered to convert or leave the country. The measures were only implemented after 1650.

wedding

Coat of arms of the Kölnpöck		Ginger coat of arms

The groom Ferdinand Pankraz Freiherr von Gienger zu Grünbühel , Rabenstein an der Pielach and Ranzenbach, later Imperial Truchsess and Lower Austrian District Administrator, son of Niklas Gienger zu Grünbühel (1556–1636), since 1608 Baron, Lord of the Lords of Grünbühel, Rabenstein, Altenhofen and Ranzenbach (Gem. Kilb), later appointed to the nö knight class, and Maria Freiin von Windischgrätz , daughter of Pankratz Freiherr von Windischgrätz and Margaretha Ungnad von Weißenwolff . The bride Maria Salome Kölnpöck was the daughter of Nemrod Kölnpöckh zu Salaberg , Ottsdorf, Niederwallsee and Salome von Sinzendorf .

Hoheneck describes this wedding as " with just moderate splendor ", there were also predominantly people from the knight and baron class , ie not from the high nobility, present. The wedding took place at Wallsee Castle. Some of the sexes were originally Ministeriale of the Walsee , such as the Schifer, Geymann or Trauttmansdorff . The vast majority of those present were “Protestant” (= Lutheran, Evangelical or Calvinist ) and therefore in opposition to the Roman Catholic Emperor Matthias . At least eleven men are even signatories of the Horner Bund . In a few years (1620) the conflict in the Battle of the White Mountain was finally decided in favor of the emperor and the evangelical nobles felt the measures of the Counter-Reformation. The leaders are even executed, and as a result many emigrate to Germany or Hungary as exiles .

list

"Directory and Description

All gentlemen / and ladies / also servants / and horse / so Messrs Ferdinand Pangrazen Gienger zum Grienpichel, and Miss Maria Salome Kölnpöckin wedding, who lived here on December 29th, anno 1613. all here at Nidern-Walsee. "

No.	Original text	Number	First names	title	gender	HB	annotation
1	Mr. Bridegroom Mr. Ferdinand Pangraz Gienger zum Grienpichel	1	Ferdinand Pangraz	Baron	Gienger von Grünbühel		groom
2	The Miss Bride Miss Maria Salome Kölnpöckin	1	Maria Salome	Baroness?	Kölnpöck		bride
3	The Roman. Käys. Your Majesty's envoy Mr. Wolf Niclas von Grienthal and the wife	2	Wolf Niklas	Baron	Grüenthal		Emperor Ferdinand II's envoy
4th	The old woman from Mamming	1	Anna Maria		Mamming, maming		Sister-in-law of the groom, daughter of knight Konstantin Mämming zu Kirchberg ad Pielach
5	Miss Susanna Mechtildis Kölnpöckin Cräntzl-Fräulen	1	Susanna Mechtildis	Baroness?	Kölnpöck		Kranzelfräulein
6th	Mrs. Pradeyserin	1	-		Tomatoes		-
7 a	Mr. Niclas Gienger, the groom's Mr. Vatter, ...	3	Niklas	Baron	Gienger von Grünbühel	U	Freiherr von Schloss Grünbühel , Rabenstein an der Pielach , signatory of the Horner Bund
7 b	... the woman mother,		Elisabetha	Baroness	Gienger von Grünbühel		born Baroness von Prank
7 c	... and Miss Sister		-		Gienger von Grünbühel		probably Maria Salome, the bridegroom's half-sister
8 a	Mr. von Pürckhaim, ...	2	-	Baron	Pürckhaim
8 b	... including a young welzer		-	Baron	Welz		also Weltz, Wels. Styrian noble family, see Justinian von Welz
9	Mrs. von Pürckhaim	1	-	Baroness	Pürckhaim
10	Miss von Hohberg	1	-	Baroness	Hohberg ( Hochberg )		with Wolf Helmhardt von Hohberg this line later became extinct
11	Mr. von Ferdinand von Concin, including the women	2	Ferdinand	Baron	Concin		with wife
12	Mr. Adam Gienger, and the woman	2	Johann? Adam	Baron	Gienger von Grünbühel		Johann Adam, the groom's eldest brother?
13 a	Mr. Hans Fridrich Gienger ...	2	Hans (Johann) Friedrich	Baron	Gienger to Oberhöflein	U	Signatory of the Horner Bund
13 b	... and the woman		Barbara	Baroness	Gienger to Oberhöflein		born Baroness of Concin
14 a	Mr. Augustus, and ...	2	August	Baron	Sinzendorf		the brothers Sinzendorf, the mother of the bride is a born Sinzendorf
14 b	… Mr. Leo von Sinzendorf be every gentleman brother		Leo (pold)	Baron	Sinzendorf
15 a	Mr. Hans Ortholph Geymann, ...	7th	Hans Ortholph IV.	Knight	Geymann		Ordained for the Upper Austrian knighthood, Calvinist
15 b	…, The woman, including the woman's mother, and four fräulen		Anna Maria		Geymann		born von Kirchberg
16	Mr. Otto Herman von Puechhaim, and the wife	2	Otto Herman	Baron	Puchheim
17th	The Misses of Oedt	1	-	Baroness?	Oedt
18th	Mr. Hans Ludwig Geymann	1	Hans Ludwig	Knight	Geymann		Truchsess and pre-cutter with Emperor Matthias , 1610 ordained a knighthood
19th	Mr. Benedict Schifer	1	Benedict		Skipper
20th	Mr. Wolf Jacob von Herberstain	1	Wolf Jakob	Baron	Herberstein	U	Signatory of the Horner Bund
21st	Mr. Georg Bernhard von Neuhauß, and the woman	2	Georg Bernhard	Baron	Neuhaus (to Ruetting)	U	Signatory of the Horner Bund
22nd	Mr. Otto von Hohenfeld, the woman, and one of the fräulen	2	Otto	Baron	Hohenfeld		(related to Achatius von Hohenfeld ?)
23	Mrs. Sigmärin	1	-		Sigmar		Sigmar (Siegmar) of Schlüßlberg
24	Mr. Wolf von Oedt	1	-	Baron?	Oedt
25th	Mr. Gundacker Schifer	1	-		Skipper
26th	The old woman from Concin	1	?	Baroness	Concin
27	Mr. Hans Jacob Gienger	1	Hans (Johann) Jakob	Baron	Gienger von Grünbühel		the younger brother of the groom
28	Mr. Gotthard von Scherffenberg	1	Gotthard		Scherffenberg
29	Mr. von Ziriack	1	-		Cyriak, Siriak ??
30th	Mr. von Walderskürchen	1	-	Knight	Walterskirchen
31	Mr. Wolf Fridrich vonättenbach	1	Wolf Friedrich	Baron?	Tattenbach	U	Signatory of the Horner Bund
32	Mr. Hans Schifer, the woman, and a Miss Schiferin	3	Hans	Knight?	Skipper
33	Miss Paradeyserin	1	-		Tomatoes
34 a	Mr. Pilgram von Sinzendorf, ...	2	Pilgram	Baron	Sinzendorf	U	Signer of the Horner Bund, the son was Georg Ludwig von Sinzendorf
34 b	... and the woman		Susanna	Baroness	Sinzendorf		born Trauttmannsdorff
35	Fräulen von Trautmanstorf	1	-	Baroness	Trauttmansdorff
36	Mr. Georg Ludwig von Trautmannstorf	1	Georg Ludwig	Baron	Trauttmansdorff	U	Signatory of the Horner Bund
37	Herr Ehrnreich von Hoheneck and a lady	2	Ehrenreich	Baron?	Hoheneck		see Hoheneck
38	Mr. Gotthard vonättenbach, and the woman	2	Gotthard	Baroness?	Tattenbach
39	A Fräulen Flußhardtin and another Fräulen	2	-	Baroness?	River hard
40	Mr. Georg Caspar von Neuhauß	1	Georg Kaspar	Baron	Neuhaus (to Ruetting)	U	Signatory of the Horner Bund
41	Herr Georg Gundacker von Neuhauß with his wife and one of the ladies	3	Georg Gundacker	Baron	Neuhaus (to Ruetting)
42	Mrs. Maria Geyerin von Osterburg Wittib, including 2 Miss daughters	3	Maria		Geyer from Osterburg		Wife of Christoph Geyer?
43	Mr. Hans von Prandeyß	1	Hans	Baron	Brandis		Brandis (Tyrolean noble family) ?, Three different families
44	Mr. Wolf Christoph Geyer von Osterburg	1	Wolf Christoph	Knight	Geyer from Osterburg		Wolf (gang) Christoph I.?
45	Mr. Adam von Schallenberg	1	Adam	Knight	Schallenberg
46	Mr. Thoma von Schallenberg	1	Thomas	Knight	Schallenberg
47	Mr. Helmhard von Frideshaim, and the woman	2	Helmhard	Knight	Friedesheim	U	Signatory of the Horner Bund, originally Behaim von Friedesheim
48	Mr. Wolf Christoph von Schallenberg	1	Wolf Christoph	Knight	Schallenberg
49	Mr. Max Jörger	1	Max	Baron	Jörger
50	Mrs. Strasserin zu Gleyss	1	-	Noble	Strasser to Gleiß		to Gleiß Castle in Gleiß near Sonntagberg
51	Mrs. Ennencklin zu Schwerdtberg, and two fräulen	3	-	Noble	Grandson
52	Two gentlemen from Gera	1	-	Knight?	Gera	?	came to Austria from Franconia
53	Mr. Christoph von Schellendorf	1	Christoph		Schellendorf
54	Mr. Magnus von Schellendorf	1	Magnus		Schellendorf
55	Mr. Mellgreber	1	-		Mühlgruber		Mühlgrub Castle?
56	Mr. Wolf Dietmayr from Grienthall	2	Wolf Dietmar	Baron	Grüenthal
57	Two young gentlemen hoes	2	-		Hook (hoe)
58	Mr. Erasmus Tollinger, the woman, and two young women	4th	Erasmus		Tolling		at Grünau Castle
59	Mrs. Magdalena Häcklbergerin	1	Magdalena		Hackelberger		also Häcklberger von Heckelberg
60	Miss von Oedt	1	-	Baroness?	Oedt
61 a	Two young gentlemen from Concin, Mr. Hans Ulrich, ...	2	Hans Ulrich	Baron	Concin
61 b	... and Mr. Georg Christoph	2	Hans Ulrich, Georg Christoph	Baron	Concin
62	Mr. Carl Ludwig Fernberger	1	Karl Ludwig	Knight	Fernberger	U	Signatory of the Horner Bund
63	Mrs. Flußhardtin and three Fraulein daughters	4th	-	Baroness?	River hard
64	Mr. Seyfrid von Hoheneck, the woman, and a Fraulein	3	Seifried	Baron?	Hoheneck
65	Mr. Wolf von Rorbach	1	wolf	Baron?	Rohrbach		to Rohrbach near Amstetten
66	Mr. Wolf Ernst Fatzy	1	Wolf Ernst	Knight	Fatzi		his father Wolfgang Fatzi was ennobled in 1572
67	Mr. Max Häcklberger	1	Maximilian	Knight	Hackelberger		Maximilian Hackelberger from Höchenberg
68	Mr. Christoph von Lasberg	1	Christoph		Lasberg		see Burg Lasberg , Lasberg, history
69	Mr. Ferdinand Fatzy	1	Ferdinand	Knight	Fatzi		Knights from Welsch-Tirol
70	Mr. Hans Hainrich von Kirchberg	1	Hans Heinrich		Kirchberg		see Viehofen Castle
71	Mr. Niclas von Rottenburg	1	Niklas		Rottenburg		from Rottenburg am Neckar ?
72	Mr. Hans Ennoch Perger zu Clam, the wife, and Fräulen's daughter	3	Hans Enoch	Knight	Perger to Clam		see Clam-Martinic
73	Mr. Achatz Häcklberger	1	Achatz	Knight	Hackelberger		Achatz d. J. Hackelberger von Höchenberg
74	Mr. Hans Adam von Rorbach	1	Hans Adam	Baron?	Rohrbach		to Rohrbach near Amstetten
75 a	Mr. Ludwig Storch, ..	2	Ludwig	Baron?	Stork to Klaus		at Klaus Castle , emigrated to Germany as Protestants in 1632
75 b	.., and the woman		Anna Johanna	Baron?	Stork to Klaus		Daughter of Hans Adam von Rohrbach (74) and Barbara Tollinger (58)
76	Drey young gentlemen river hard	4th	-	Baron?	River hard
77	Mr. Christoph Schenck	1	-		Gift
78	Three young Messrs. Stängl von Waldenfels, their wife's mother, and four Fräulen sisters	8th	-	Mr	Stängl to Waldenfels		at Waldenfels Castle
79	Her Georg Schenck, the woman, and two young women	4th	George		Gift
80	A young Weltzer	1	-	Baron	Welz		also Weltz, Wels, Styrian noble family, s. a. 8b
81	Two young Perger to Clam	2	-	Knight	Perger to Clam		see Clam-Martinic
82	Mr. Zeller	1	-		Zeller		Zeller to Rastenberg?
83	Item a Frenchman from the nobility (doesn't know what his name is) has been there with Mr. von Sinzendorf	1	-		-
84	The gentleman at home, Herr Nemrod Kölnpöck, and the woman as the bride's father and mother	2	Nemrod	Mr	Kölnpöck	U	the bride's parents, Nemrod was a signatory of the Horner Bund
85	Then fifteen boys of nobility, so whom gentlemen attended.	15th					15 young aristocrats as waitresses
86	Summa of all wedding guests to gentlemen, women, and ladies	143

In addition there were: 202 servants, 30 women servants (maids of the ladies), 130 manors (coachmen) , and 364 horses .

Abbreviation: HB Horner Bund

See also

• Stammliste der Gienger (Stammliste der Gienger von Grünpichl)
• Gienger von Grienpichel

literature

• Johann Georg Adam von Hoheneck: The praiseworthy gentlemen gentlemen Stands Deß Ertz-Herzogthumb Austria ob der Ennß , Volume 3, Passau 1747, pp. XV-XVI, limited preview
• Thomas Winkelbauer: The Habsburg Monarchy from the death of Maximilian I to the extinction of the Habsburgs in the male line (1519–1740) , in Thomas Winkelbauer (Hrsg.): Geschichte Österreichs , Reclam Ditzingen 2015.
• Arndt Schreiber: Noble habitus and denominational identity. The Protestant lords and knights in the Austrian hereditary lands after 1620 (= publications by the Institute for Austrian Historical Research; 58), Munich: Oldenbourg 2013, 402 pages, ISBN 978-3-486-71961-1
• Beatrix Bastl: Virtue, love, honor: the noble woman in the early modern era , Vienna, Cologne, Weimar, Böhlau Verlag 2000, limited preview (general overview)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "lower" -Wallsee to distinguish castle Oberwallsee in Upper Austria
2. ↑ Winkelbauer, The Habsburg Monarchy from the death of Maximilian I, pp. 232–237
3. ↑ Winkelbauer, The Habsburg Monarchy from the death of Maximilian I, p. 235
4. ^ Hoheneck: The praiseworthy gentlemen gentlemen estates ... , Volume 3, Passau 1747, p. XV f
5. ↑ in the original there is "1", but the subtotal is correct, so it was calculated with "2"
6. ↑ The brothers Ritter Ernreich and Amandus von Gera also signed the Horner Bund.
7. ^ Franz Hornstein: On the Genealogy of the Mayor of Linz Georg Hackelbeger (1556–1559). In: Historisches Jahrbuch der Stadt Linz 1964. Linz 1965, pp. 405–408, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
8. ↑ Entry about Rohrbach auf NÖ-Burgen online - Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times, University of Salzburg
9. ↑ Schweickhardt (Ritter von Sickingen), Franz Xavier Joseph: Representation of the Archduchy of Austria under the Ens: through ..., Volume 2, Viertel unter dem Manhartsberg, Vienna 1834 pp. 3-4

Remarks

1. ↑ His biological sisters Eleonora Magdalena and Elisabetha Katharina were probably still too young