Joachim Enzmilner
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
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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
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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
- Windhag rule (from 1636) including the ruined castle Windhaag , castle Windhaag , Castle Pragtal and Castle Saxenegg
- Gut Auhof bei Perg (from 1636, 1667 exchanged for properties in Lower Austria)
- Gut Kirchberg an der Wild (1641 to 1653)
- Rule Reichenau am Freiwald with Großpertholz and long stroke (from 1653)
- Reign of Großpoppen (from 1656)
- Dominion Kirchstetten with Mitterhof and Wildendürnbach (from 1656)
- Reign of Neunzen (from 1658)
- Lordship of Rosenburg (from 1658)
- Rausmann's rule near Allentsteig (from 1659)
- Town houses and town grounds in Linz (including the Freihaus Windhag, Hauptplatz 23) and Vienna
Foundations
- Erztz- brotherhood of Jesus, Mariae and the eternal Rosenkrantz (Dominican)
- Dominican monastery Münzbach (1664) with Barbara hospital and college
- Dominican convent Windhaag (1664)
- Windhag Scholarship Foundation for Lower Austria under the administration of the Lower Austrian provincial government (1670)
- Bibliotheca Windhagiana as a public library in the Dominican convent in Vienna
Colored heraldic books from the Bibliotheca Windhagiana
- Joachim von Windhag (arrangement): Colored book of arms: 1. Arms of the emperors and kings of the world; 2. Electors, princes, dukes and counts; 3. barons and lords; 4. Austrian nobility ..., [o. O.], 16th century
- Joachim von Windhag (edit.): Colored Book of Arms: The estates of the Holy Roman Empire at the time of its transition to the Germans: Electors, dukes, princes, counts, lords, knighthood and imperial cities as well as Austrian nobles, [o. O.], 16th century
- Joachim von Windhag (arr.): Colored book of arms: arms of African, Asian and American kings; Coats of arms of German, French, Spanish and other dukes, counts, barons, knights and noble families as well as Austrian nobles, [o. O.], 16th century
- Joachim von Windhag ( arr .): Colored book of coats of arms: coats of arms of the arch patriarchs, cardinals, archbishops, bishops, prince abbots, abbots, provosts, orders, crusaders, abbesses and convents in Europe ..., [o. O.], 16th century
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
- Homepage of the municipality of Windhag bei Perg www.windhaag-perg.at accessed on January 24, 2010
- Homepage of the Bad Großpertholz community www.bad-grosspertholz.at accessed on January 26, 2010
- Homepage of the virtual community Bad Döllersheim www.doellersheim.at accessed on January 26, 2010
- Website of the Museum Altenburg in Windhaag at Perg Museum Altenburg queried on January 26, 2010
- Entry on Count Joachim Enzmilner von Windhag (Windhaag) in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
- Johannes Ebner: Joachim Enzmilner - Count von und zu Windhaag in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Grüll 1937, p. 217.
- ↑ a b Grüll 1937, p. 219.
- ↑ a b c d e Grüll 1937, p. 218.
- ↑ Grüll 1937, p. 220.
- ↑ a b c Eckhard Upper bracket: District Perg - Art and History. Linz 2010, p. 130.
personal data | |
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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 |