Jacob Christoph Raßler

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Jacob Christoph Raßler (von Gamerschwang) , also Rassler , Iacobus Christophorus Rassler a Gamerschwang (* 1605 in Gamerschwang ; † 1665 ) was a diplomat, politician, Reichstag envoy and Chancellor of Upper Austria.

family

Christoph Raßler came from a south German patrician family. In 1660/1661 Jakob Christoph Raßler received the place Gamerschwang near Ehingen as a fief .

Emperor Leopold I raised the Raßler family to the status of imperial barons in 1681 , who then called themselves Raßler von Gamerschwang . In 1720 Baron Rupert Raßler von Gamerschwang bought the Weitenburg estate .

Life

He was a diplomat, counselor and envoy to the Prince-Bishop of Constance, Reichstag envoy from Constance, Ellwangen, Kempten, Fürstenberg and the Counts of the Swabian District to Regensburg. He was also Chancellor of Upper Austria.

Around 1675 he acquired Klamm Castle in Tyrol from Count von Clary-Aldringen, but sold it to the middle-class Hirn family.

He was married; the daughter Maria Katharina Rassler (* 1638 in Gamerschwang) emerged from the marriage.

Fonts

  • Iacobus Christophorus Rassler a Gamerschwang, Rev.mi Epopi Constantiensis, et Ill: mum D: D: Comitum in Circulo Suevico Consiliarius et ad Comitia Imperialia Legatus Ratisbonae. 1666

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Chronik Gamerschwang" ( Memento from June 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ "Weitenburg Castle"
  3. ↑ Portrait. Jacob Christoph Rassler from Gamerschwang , (ILAB)
  4. ↑ "Siegfried Krezdorn Castle Gorge in Tyrol, 1979"
  5. ↑ Rootsweb , December 9, 2006
  6. ↑ Iacobus Christophorus Rassler a Gamerschwang  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (University of Regensburg)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / rzbvm005.uni-regensburg.de  

literature

  • Siegfried Krezdorn: The Barons Raßler von Gamerschwang - a Fürstenberg vassal family , in: "Writings of the Association for History and Natural History of the Baar" 28th issue - Donaueschingen 1979, pp. 142–152 + Fig.
personal data
SURNAME Raßler, Jacob Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jacob Christoph Rassler
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Diplomat, politician, member of the Reichstag and Chancellor of Upper Austria
DATE OF BIRTH 1605
PLACE OF BIRTH Gamer swing
DATE OF DEATH 1665