Johann Gottfried Perger

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Castle Clam

Johann Gottfried Perger ( 1598 - 1673 ) was an Austrian nobleman and historically probably the most important lord of the castle of Klam . He was raised to the nobility with the title addition of Clam and thus the ancestor of the family of the same name.

ancestors

The Perger named themselves after the hamlet of Berg bei Henndorf near Salzburg. Christoph Perger, Johann Gottfried Perger's great-grandfather, was able to acquire Klam as a fiefdom from the Counts of Hardegg in 1524 . Christoph Perger I († 1534) was followed by his son Christoph Perger II († 1581) and his grandson Hanns Enoch Perger († 1617), who was married to Anna Charitas von Salburg, the mother of Johann Gottfried.

Life

From 1610 to 1611 Johann Gottfried attended the Protestant Latin school in Steyr. On August 30, 1611 he moved to Linz and was taught there in the school in the country house. In 1614 Johann Gottfried went to Tübingen to attend the famous noble college there. There he was taught history and Latin by Thomas Lansius from Perg in Upper Austria .

Johann Gottfried married Anna Sibylla von Kagenek , who bore him 12 children and who had considerable wealth from the Kagenek family.

On April 26, 1635, he received the order from the Upper Austrian Governor Johann Ludwig von Kuefstein to immediately go to the rebellious farmers under the leadership of Martin Laimbauer in Riedmark . Together with Georg Christoph von Schallenberg, he was supposed to “inquire about the cause of their convergence, including their plan”, warn the farmers, keep them from pernicious gathering and mischief, but also record their complaints and convey them to the governor. Instead of a peaceful negotiation, however, the next day there was the first military confrontation with Laimbauer's supporters.

On August 11, 1636, Emperor Ferdinand III awarded him. the title Noble Herr zu Clam , which resulted in the family omitting their original name Perger . From 1636, Johann Gottfried had the old fortress, which had suffered badly in the Thirty Years' War , expanded into a more homely Renaissance castle. In 1642 the fiefdom of Clam was bought into the property of the family. On November 22nd, 1655 Johann Gottfried was raised to the baron status and he converted to the Catholic faith. Since 1665, the Außenstein Castle has also belonged to the Clam Castle.

Merits

Johann Gottfried Perger is considered a great patron of Klam and the surrounding area. In 1637 he had the old freedoms and market rights (from the years 1384, 1400, 1415, 1491 and 1564) confirmed for the Klam market. In 1641 he had the parish and burial church of Hofkirchen plastered, the organ and the surrounding cemetery renovated. In 1646 the lord of the castle set up a hospital foundation and the poor house or St. Anna house. In 1654 Johann Gottfried made the Creuzpöckhischen Luss available for the cultivation of cabbage, which was divided into 31 parts and divided among the residents of the market. He also financed a water pipe. In 1659 he began building the church in Klam , which was initially just a branch church of Saxen . However, as a result of this church building, parish life gradually shifted from Saxen and Hofkirchen to Klam.

Towards the end of his life (around 1665) Johann Gottfried Perger wrote an autobiography that focused primarily on the period of the Thirty Years' War. This manuscript was still in the Weinberg Castle Archives in 1937. Today it is considered lost or not to be found.

  • Parish church of Klam, south view

  • The interior of the parish church of Klam

Post-history

His son and successor Hans Christoph von Clam († 1697) was married to Maria Elisabeth von Thürheim .

In 1759, Empress Maria Theresa gave the family the title of “ Herbland-Austrian Count”.

literature

  • Richard Kastner: A church festival in Markt Klam in the 17th century . In: Upper Austrian homeland sheets. Linz 1947, pp. 156–158. online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at
  • Richard Kastner: The organ at Hofkirchen near Saxen . In: Upper Austrian homeland sheets. Linz 1947, page 158. online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at
  • Richard Kastner: The former parish Hofkirchen near Saxen. On the story of a missing church . In: Upper Austrian homeland sheets. Linz 1948, pp. 248-253. online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Philipp Blittersdorff: What an old Upper Austrian family chronicle tells . In: Adalbert Depiny (Ed.): Heimatgaue . tape 18 , issue 3 and 4. R. Pirngruber, Linz 1937, p. 155–159 ( online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at).
  2. ↑ Order of the governor of April 26, 1635: Franz Kurz: Contributions to the history of the country of Austria above the Enns. Eurich, 1808, p. 396 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  3. ↑ http://patricus.info/Rodokmeny/Clam.txt Family tree of the Perger von Clam.
  4. ↑ Kastner 1947, p. 156.
  5. ↑ Harald Tersch: Austrian testimonies of the late Middle Ages and the early modern period (1400-1650): A representation in individual contributions . Böhlau, Vienna / Cologne / Weimar 1998, ISBN 3-205-98851-5 , p. 16 (footnote 50) .
personal data
SURNAME Perger, Johann Gottfried
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Perger von Clam, Johann Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German nobleman, lord of the castle of Klam
DATE OF BIRTH 1598
DATE OF DEATH 1673