Joachim von Donnersberg

Joachim Freiherr von Donnersberg (* 1561 in Munich ; † September 18, 1650 ) was a privy councilor and chancellor of the Bavarian Elector Maximilian I.

Igling Castle , owned by Joachim von Donnersberg from 1611

Epitaph for Joachim von Donnersberg in the Catholic parish church of St. Peter and Paul in Oberigling

Life

Joachim von Donnersberg came from a Munich patrician family . After studying law, he entered the service of Duke Wilhelm V of Bavaria on April 14, 1587 . On April 10, 1593 he was appointed government chancellor in Landshut . In 1595 he went to Graz as envoy , where he was also present as the deputy of Duke Wilhelm at the ceremonial handover of the government to Archduke Ferdinand . On January 28, 1598, Donnersberg was appointed to the secret council ("with 1000 guilders salary and feed money for two horses") and on February 15, 1599 appointed to the chief chancellor . Political affairs were part of his official portfolio. He also acted as an envoy. Negotiations with the Catholic estates were preferably carried out through him, and the deed of the foundation of the Catholic League was drawn up by him. In June 1610 he went to the imperial court as an envoy. In 1606, Duke Maximilian granted him noblemen's freedom and admission to the country table for his services . Emperor Ferdinand II raised him to the rank of baron on June 15, 1624 , increasing his speaking family coat of arms consisting of three flashes of blue clouds over three golden mountains.

He was also given half of the purchase price of 30,000 guilders, for which he acquired the castle and Hofmark Igling near Landsberg am Lech in 1611 . In 1624 Donnersberg bought Hofmark and the village of Kaufering and in 1629 the Duke also gave him the neighboring Hofmark Erpfting as a gift, so that he owned a stately complex of goods around Landsberg. After Landsberg was taken by the Swedes in 1632, Gustav Adolf gave all Donnersberg possessions to the mayor of Augsburg , Jakob von Stenglin . When the Swedes had to evacuate Bavaria, Donnersberg received his goods again. In 1646 the 85-year-old Donnersberg, who had long since withdrawn from all official business, had to flee again to Frauenchiemsee after the second storming of Landsberg by the Swedes under Carl Gustav Wrangel . He died on September 18, 1650 and left a great fortune.

His son Rudolf († 1640) became a Bavarian councilor, chief judge and governor in Amberg .

Joachim Freiherr von Donnersberg is the namesake of Donnersbergerstrasse and Donnersbergerbrücke in Munich.

literature

• Karl Theodor von Heigel :  Donnersberg, Joachim von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 337 f.