Joachim Enzmilner

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Joachim Enzmilner, Count of Windhaag since 1669

Johann Joachim Enzmilner , Count of Windhaag in Upper Austria since 1669 (born February 21, 1600 in Babenhausen , † May 21, 1678 in Windhaag near Perg ) was a German lawyer ( doctor of both rights ) and Austrian politician .

He was a leading figure of the Counter-Reformation in the Upper Austria and Lower Austria Landen , was for his services successively in the nobility , Baron - and count conditions raised, and came to a large fortune, which he in the first illustrated domination topography of Austria, the Topographia Windhagiana first 1656 and later had it mapped again in 1673. He was a member of the Sebastian and Rochus Brotherhood, which had its seat in the Augustinian Emeritus Monastery of St. Roch and St. Sebastian in Vienna.

His extensive library , the Bibliotheca Windhagiana , became one of the cornerstones of the University Library of the University of Vienna after his death . The still existing Windhag Scholarship Foundation for Lower Austria can be traced back to him.

life and career

Joachim Enzmilner's cenotaph in the Münzbach parish church

Joachim Enzmilner was born on February 21st, 1600 in Babenhausen an der Günz in the Bavarian Swabia , as the third of eight children. His father, Magister Jodok Entzenmüller, had a civil coat of arms since 1579, was a Latin schoolmaster in Babenhausen and died on February 26, 1616, his mother Magdalena was born Braunmüller and died in Linz in 1634 .

Joachim Enzmilner attended the Latin school in Babenhausen, came to the Jesuit- run University of Ingolstadt in 1615 at the age of 15 , where he graduated with a Magister Philosophiae. He continued his studies at the University of Vienna and received his doctorate in philosophy and in 1626 a doctorate in both rights.

As early as 1625, before completing his studies, Joachim Enzmilner was appointed lawyer and syndic of the Upper Austrian estates in Linz under Bavarian influence . During the Upper Austrian Peasant War he was involved in negotiations and published several papers.

In the following years he lived in the Linz country house , was first secretary and general advisor to all the estates and in the board of directors, as well as being responsible for the management of business and maintaining order in the offices .

In the 1630s, Enzmilner excelled due to his office with his work in various commissions in the implementation of the Counter-Reformation and achieved considerable assets and other honorary positions. On August 19, 1636, Emperor Ferdinand appointed him his councilor and regent of the Lower Austrian provinces and he became a member of the imperial regimental council.

In 1652 a large-scale Reformation campaign began, in which the Protestant landlords and the associated population were made Catholic again. As a Reformation commissioner for large parts of Lower and Upper Austria, Enzmilner was instrumental in this, and in doing so, acquired considerable further assets and lordships. The Freiherr von Windhag was often the foundation administrator . He personally acted as a lender to the estates and had income from interest and the lease of his own properties.

Joachim Enzmilner died on May 21, 1678 in Windhaag near Perg and was buried in the church of the Dominican monastery in Münzbach .

Marriage and offspring

Joachim Enzmilner was married to Maria Magdalena Kirchstetter from September 21, 1627 until her death (* May 19, 1608, † May 30, 1659) and from March 13, 1661 until his death to Maria Emilia Catherina Countess von Sprinzenstein. Mary Magdalene gave birth to five children, four of whom died and ten stillbirths. The only surviving child was Eva Magdalena , born on February 23, 1629 in Linz. The second marriage was childless.

Honors

Enzmilner coat of arms above the portal of the Sankt Barbara Hospital in Münzbach

Personal awards:

  • On August 20, 1627, Enzmilner was appointed imperial councilor by Emperor Ferdinand because of " having rendered benevolent services in the recent peasant war " .
  • According to an imperial diploma of July 26, 1630, he was raised to a knightly compatriot , endowed with a noble title , a new coat of arms and privileges .
  • In 1636 Enzmilner was accepted as a compatriot in the Upper Austrian knighthood and entered in the knighthood registers in Wels and thus included in the state estates of the state of Ob der Enns.
  • On June 25, 1640 Enzmilner was allowed to include the Prague coat of arms with the monkey as a heart shield in his coat of arms.
  • On August 22nd, 1641, Enzmilner was accepted as a compatriot in the register of knights of the new knight families of Lower Austria and thus in the state estates of the state of Unter der Enns.
  • On January 5th, 1651 he was appointed by Emperor Ferdinand because of his " strange, famous, good qualities, noble customs and virtues, reason, skill and excellent experience, also because of the services he had faithfully rendered to the Emperor for 15 years in the Lower Austrian government " raised the baron status and, omitting his family name Enzmilner, was now allowed to call himself Wohlgeborner Freiherr von Windhag, Herr auf Pragtal and Saxeneck . The baronial coat of arms can be described as follows: a crowned grein and an ibex on crowned helmets . In the actual coat of arms, two griffins and two ibexes surround a monkey that is holding its own collar.
  • On November 19, 1669, Emperor Leopold elevated him to the rank of imperial count with the title of the Holy Roman Empire Count and Lord of Windhag on Pragtal, Münzbach and Saxeneck, Baron von Rosenberg am Kamp, Reichenau am Freiwalde etc. Its already 1642 in an allod transformed lordship Windhag was raised to a county .

Later appreciation:

  • 1894 in Vienna in memory of Enzmilner the pin or star waiting lane in wind Haaggasse renamed.
  • In 1958, the Enzmüllnerweg in Linz was named after Joachim Enzmilner
  • In 2005, the Altenburg Museum in Windhaag near Perg was specially dedicated to Joachim Enzmilner and his daughter Eva Magdalena.
  • In 2007, Enzmilnerplatz in Windhaag near Perg was named after Joachim Enzmilner.
  • In 2007, the Enzmilner Kulturwanderweg was marked with more than fifty stations in the area of ​​the municipalities of Windhaag bei Perg and Münzbach and a museum was set up in Altenburg in the municipality of Windhaag bei Perg .

Possessions

Old Windhag Castle in the Topographia Windhagiana by Clemens Beutler

Foundations

Colored heraldic books from the Bibliotheca Windhagiana

Colored heraldic books from the Bibliotheca Windhagiana

literature

  • Georg Grüll : History of the castle and the Windhag rule. In: Yearbook of the Upper Austrian Museum Association. 87th volume, Linz 1937, pp. 185-312 (with extensive references, Joachim Enzmilner on pp. 216-253, pp. 185-216 (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at, pp. 216-278 (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at, pp. 279–311 Supplements and tables (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at).
  • Enrica von Handel-Mazzeti: Jesse and Maria. Kösel, Kempten 1906 (including a description of the character of Joachim Enzmilner).
  • Walpurga Oppeker: The historical development of the Windhagschen Scholarship Foundation. In: 300 Years of the Windhagsche Scholarship Foundation for Lower Austria. Vienna / Ottenstein 1970.
  • Walpurga Oppeker: Joachim von Windhag, attempt at an image of life. In: Fritz Weber (editor): 300 years Windhag'sche Scholarship Foundation for Lower Austria. Vienna / Ottenstein 1970, pp. 7–21.
  • Walpurga Oppeker: Joachim Graf von und zu Windhag - Reformation commissioner, large landowner and donor in the quarter above the Manhartsberg. In: Edmund Teufl (ed.): Forestry in the Waldviertel. Waldreichs 1994.
  • Walpurga Oppeker: The historical development of the Windhag'schen Scholarship Foundation for Lower Austria. In: The Waldviertel. 53, Issue 1/2004, pp. 12-35, ISSN  0259-8957 .
  • Walpurga Oppeker: Joachim Graf von und zu Windhag (1600–1678) Reformation commissioner, large landowner and benefactor in the quarter above Manhartsberg. In: Harald Hitz, Franz Pötscher, Erich Rabl and Thomas Winkelbauer (eds.): Waldviertel Biographies II. Horn – Waidhofen. Thaya 2004, ISBN 3-900708-19-3 , pp. 53-88.
  • Walpurga Oppeker: Joachim Enzmilner, Count of Windhag (1600–1678). Case studies on educational patronage in early modern times in Austria above and below the Enns. In: Joachim Bahlcke , Thomas Winkelbauer (Hrsg.): School foundations and student finance Educational patronage in the field of tension between denomination, national patriotism and early modern nationality in the Bohemian, Austrian and Hungarian countries. 1500-1800. (= Publications of the Institute for Austrian Historical Research) Vienna / Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-205-78446-3 , pp. 197–228.
  • Walpurga Oppeker: Book owner's mark of Count Joachim von Windhag. In: Biblos. Contributions to books, libraries and scriptures. 2011/1, pp. 137-150.
  • Irene Vorderwinkler: The art chamber of Count von Windhag, with an edition of the handwritten art chamber inventory from 1666. Dissertation . University of Vienna, 1951.

Web links

Commons : Enzmilner Kulturwanderweg  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Grüll 1937, p. 217.
  2. ↑ a b Grüll 1937, p. 219.
  3. ↑ a b c d e Grüll 1937, p. 218.
  4. ↑ Grüll 1937, p. 220.
  5. ↑ a b c Eckhard Upper bracket: District Perg - Art and History. Linz 2010, p. 130.
personal data
SURNAME Enzmilner, Joachim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Enzmilner, Johann Joachim; Windhag, Johann Joachim Graf von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Representative of the Counter Reformation in Upper and Lower Austria
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1600
PLACE OF BIRTH Babenhausen (Swabia)
DATE OF DEATH May 21, 1678
Place of death Windhaag near Perg