Jörger from Tollet

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Jörger's coat of arms, Landschloss Ort (Gmunden)

The Jörger von Tollet (also: Jörger ) were a noble family from Upper Austria who first appeared in the 13th century. They were made barons in 1577 and counts in 1657. In the time of Protestantism in Austria they appeared as strong supporters of the new religion, which worsened their situation in the Counter Reformation and they lost most of their goods again. The sex died out in the male line in 1772.

history

The Jörger came from Stille (Gem. Gaspoltshofen ). A Helmhardus de Stille is attested as the first of the family, who moved to St. Jörgen and subsequently took the name Jörger . Helmhardus von Stille exchanged his property with the diocese of Passau . The Jörger found a chapel, a yard and a castle fortress in St. Georgen and were feudal people of the Steinbacher- Starhembergers . In the 14th century, Tollet Castle (Gem. Tollet ), which they expanded into a castle, became the ancestral seat of the Jörger family. The sex was divided into several lines in the 14th century. A successor to Helmhardus, Helmhard IV. Jörger (1326-1360) founded the most famous line with his wife Diemut. He had possessions in what is now Upper and Lower Austria .

Emperor Friedrich III. decided in 1492 a long-term dispute between the Jörgern and the Polheimern in favor of the Jörger. The economic and political upswing that followed was supported by her activities in the area of ​​finance and as a pledgee. Christoph I. Jörger (1455–1518) was the outstanding family member of this time. The Jörger also supported some emperors financially, sometimes heavily. By Emperor Maximilian I . he acquired Starhemberg Castle in Haag am Hausruck.

A very important family member was Wolfgang IV. Jörger . He married the daughter of the burgrave von Brunneck, Dorothea Raming, and was a pledgee of the Waxenberg estate and salt captain in Gmunden . On February 21, 1513 he was appointed governor of the Enns and in 1522 to the emperor's court councilor. He died on March 15, 1524. His second son, Christoph II. Jörger von Tollet took lessons from Martin Luther and returned to Upper Austria as an ardent Protestant and promoted the spread of the new faith. His mother Dorothea used letters with Martin Luther. Christoph died in 1578. The turn to Protestantism was later to bring Jörger more and more into opposition to the Habsburgs.

Helmhard VIII. (1530–1594) is considered the most important Jörger. Due to his special skills in finance, administration and the arts, he acquired some properties over time, including Scharnstein Castle , and even became a prelate creditor. He died on November 18, 1594, leaving a fortune of 600,359 guilders . His son Karl Jörger (died 1623) was unsuccessful, he soon accumulated debts and had to share his goods with his stepbrother Wilhelm.

In 1577 the Jörger rose to the old gentry class , only shortly before they became barons. Helmhard IX. Jörger (born 1572) was regimental councilor from 1592. He was a sponsor of the astronomer Johannes Kepler , to whose appointment from Prague to Linz he contributed significantly. Hilleprand II. Jörger acquired several castles in the lower Mühlviertel. He was a district administrator and ordained a knighthood and died in 1571. Hans V. Jörger (1558–1627) was the builder of Tollet Castle . He studied in Tübingen and Padua and was the last Jörger at Tollet Castle. At the beginning of the 17th century he had around 2763 subjects with his extensive possessions.

Hernals and the castle (top left) were owned by the Jörger family (engraving by Merian, around 1620)

In 1587 the Jörger also acquired Hernals near Vienna . Karl Jörger had to flee from the Bavarian Catholic League troops brought into the country in 1620 as one of the ringleaders in the uprising of the Ob der Enns estates against Emperor Ferdinand II , was captured and died in 1623 in the dungeon of the Veste Oberhaus near Passau the consequences of torture. His goods were already confiscated beforehand. Other family members were also killed, around 1625 some were pardoned and expelled from the country. After the Jörger had left Tollet Castle in 1620, in 1628 30,000 guilders were paid to the governor of Upper Austria, Count Adam von Herberstorff, appointed by the Bavarians .

Johann Quintin I. Jörger (1624–1705) converted to the Catholic faith and was under Emperor Ferdinand III. Chamberlain and entered the court chamber in 1650. On February 6, 1657, the emperor made him count with the title: Count and Lord of Tollet and Erlach, Baron of Kreisbach . In 1688 he became a knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece. Under the company name The Acquirer , he was accepted as a member of the Literary Fruitful Society . Johann Franz Anton Dominik Jörger (1670–1738), son of Johann Quintin, became major general and in 1738 general of the cavalry. With his son, Quintin III. Jörger died out on November 3, 1772 the male line.

Jörgerstraße in Hernals was named in honor of Count Johann Quintin I. Jörger in 1894. The Jörgerbad and Jörgerbadgasse also derive their names from the street.

Significant members of the family

Hans Septimus Jörger from Tollet
  • Wolfgang IV. Jörger (1462–1524), governor of the Enns
  • Helmhard VIII. Jörger (1530–1594)
  • Hilleprand II. Jörger (-1571)
  • Hans V. Jörger (1558–1627)
  • Hans Septimus Jörger von Tollet (1594–1662), engraver, etcher and art collector in Nuremberg
  • Johann Quintin I. Jörger (1624–1705), Minister of State and Conference, Knight of the Golden Fleece
  • Johann Franz Anton Jörger von Tollet (around 1670–1738), Austrian general of the cavalry

coat of arms

The Jörger family coat of arms is a shield split in silver and black with two upright plow knives (Sech) in alternating colors , with the edges facing outwards . When it was raised to the rank of count, the coat of arms was increased considerably . The original coat of arms of the Jörger was adopted, partly in a modified form, in the municipal coats of arms of St. Georgen bei Grieskirchen , Tollet , Scharnstein and Micheldorf in Upper Austria .

  • Jörger coat of arms (family coat of arms)

  • Coat of arms of the Jörger (Freiherrn)

  • Coat of arms of the Jörger (counts)

  • Lords and Counts coats of arms with the blue and white sloping bar coat of arms of the Grabner ( Von Graben )

literature

Web links

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