Karl von Herberstorff

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Karl Freiherr von Herberstorff (* December 23, 1547 ; † October 5, 1606 ) was an important representative of Protestantism in the Styrian area around Radkersburg and in the neighboring Hungarian area of ​​the Eisenburg County .

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Epitaph of Baron Carl von Herberstorff at the parish church in Tišina, Slovenia.

Karl (also Carl) came from the old Styrian noble family Herberstorff . He was a son of Baron Franz von Herberstorff and his second wife Elisabeth von Herberstein . His goods and possessions were mainly in the area of ​​the city of Radkersburg and in the south-eastern part of Styria .

Karl was married to Anna Susanne von Liechtenstein , a daughter of Otto von Liechtenstein-Murau and his wife Benigna von Liechtenstein-Nikolsburg. This marriage resulted in two daughters who later married into well-known Styrian noble families. Benigna, married the Baron Georg Andreas von Glojach and the younger Maria Salomea married Otto Heinrich, Baron von Herberstein.

In 1580 Karl and his wife rounded off their property. They acquired Wolf Christian von Enzersdorf's extensive rule with the associated Freihof located in the city of Radkersburg. This aristocratic and administrative seat bordered on the west side of the city fortifications and touched the Herrengasse running from north to south and the city's main square in the east. In the following three years, the couple had the fortress builder Giovanni Battista della Porta de Riva build the magnificent Herberstorff Palace , which still exists today, in place of the previous Gothic building.

After the death of his wife in 1582, Karl married Anna Maria von Eggenberg , a daughter of Seyfried von Eggenberg and his wife Anna Benigna Galler von Schwanberg.

In 1582, Karl von Herberstorff donated a Protestant church with a schoolhouse and a messner's house at the Prentlhof in front of the city wall of Radkersburg. In 1600 this foundation was demolished by demolition during the Counter Reformation. See also Evangelical Christ Church Bad Radkersburg .

Karl von Herberstorff died on October 5, 1606. He was buried in the then Protestant church of the Petanzen rule in Tišina . The Renaissance tomb built for him on the church facade still reminds of him today. The inscription on the epitaph reads:

HIE LIGT VND RVET IN GOD THE WOLLBORN MR MR CARLL BARON OF VND ZV HERPERSTORFF AVF KHALSTORFF VND PRAVNEGKEN ~ WHICH IS DIFFERENT ON THE 5 DAY OF OCTOBER IN 1606 YEARS OF THE [illegible] GOD MERRY AVG

literature

  • Gabriel Bucelinus : Germania topo-chrono-stemmatographica sacra et profana ..., Volume II., Frankfurt / Main 1672.
  • Josef Andreas Janisch: Topographical-statistical lexicon of Styria , Graz, 1885.
  • Johann Loserth : Acts and correspondences on the history of the Counter Reformation in Inner Austria under Archduke Charles II (1578 - 1590), in: FRA, Diplomataria et Acta, L. Band, Vienna, 1898.
  • Georg Kodolitsch: Radkersburg , City Guide to Art History, Graz, 1974. ISBN 3-7011-7903-4

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bucelinus: B. II. Part 2, p. 81
personal data
SURNAME Herberstorff, Karl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Herberstorff, Karl Freiherr von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Representative of Protestantism in the Styrian area around Radkersburg and in the neighboring Hungarian area of ​​the Eisenburg county
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1547
DATE OF DEATH October 5, 1606