Krenn

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The origin of the family name Krenn ( Kren , Khren, Khreen, Chren, Hren) cannot be determined with certainty, one thesis adopts the Slavic word Kren, the Austrian word for horseradish . The second believes in a Bavarian explanation for the origin of the name. The Bavarian word for running - horsemen also means horseradish, this is how the frequent horseradish farms in Upper Austria can be explained.

The name Krenn is common, especially in Upper Austria , Lower Austria and Styria . Furthermore, there are some well-known families who bear and have carried this name.

The Judenburger Krenn

The Krenns come from a small family of knights who lived around Judenburg in the 13th century . The progenitor is Ruedlin (Rudolf) der Khren, mentioned around 1250. His coat of arms shows a green Krenwurze. This root can be found in almost all coats of arms of the name bearers, even if they do not come from this tribe. 1349 is called Ortholf der Khren von Dietersdorf . Dietersdorf is now a district of Fohnsdorf . He pledged his noble farm to a Jew from Judenburg and then had to move to the city of Judenburg and civilized it there.

Ortholf also became a relative of Ortholf in 1374; Konrad der Khren referred to as "zu Payrdorf". What is meant is Bayerdorf near Weißkirchen . At this time, the Khrens are feudal men of the Styrian Liechtensteiners and appear in some documents. They are related by marriage to the von Lobming , von Alm, von Zach and Landschachern families , who in turn are related by marriage to the von Moosheim family and move to the Ennstal ( Thannegg Castle ); they finally left Styria in the course of the Counter-Reformation .

After the bourgeoisie in Judenburg , the family began to build a trading house in the then important trading town. For example, Hanns Krenn should be mentioned, who in the 16th century had one of the highest tax revenues in the city. Lenhard Krenn signed the Bruck religious pacification in 1578 as a member of the state estates. In 1548, in Augsburg, the family coat of arms, which shows a Krenwurze, was confirmed and a coat of arms letter with a coat of arms improvement was issued. It is not clear whether there is a family relationship to the Lenhard Khren trade in Assling and Bürger in Laibach . He is the father of the later Prince-Bishop of Laibach Thomas Khren, who then called himself Chrön.

In Leoben, too, we find members of this family who appear again and again in Liechtenstein and other documents. These are related by marriage to some of the city's important civil families. (Unsin, Leubner, Hackenteuffel) In terms of art history, the foundation of a church window in the Waasenkirche, donated by the trade union Paul Khren, citizen of Leoben and leaseholder of the gold mines in Bad Gastein . At the end of the 17th century, part of the family moved to the Enns and Paltental, in Irdning z. B. to see a tombstone of a Krenn von Thalhofen. Other parts lived in Gaishorn , Rottenmann , Lassing and Treglwang . The village of Krenhof with the famous hammer mill is also named after this family.

In Knittelfeld there is a family crypt belonging to a Krenn family who moved to Salzburg in 1967 and a branch emigrated to the Principality of Liechtenstein in 1971.

The horseradish from Abst (d) orf

Lower Austrian knighthood family. Peter Khren bought a farm in Maisspierbaum in 1381 with Elsbeth, his wife, and Wolfgang Kren in Abtstorf (Abstorf) in 1521 the Gut Abstorf. Christoph Kren zu Abstorf was still alive in 1579, as was his son Wolf Christoph an der Flanitz. In 1605 he married Catharina Püchler von Riggers, the last of her family. In 1582 they were officially raised to the nobility. In 1621 Abstorf was drafted. After this time, the gender no longer occurs.

The Kren (n) from Kren (n) berg

Like that of the Judenburgers, their coat of arms shows, among other things, a green Krenwurze on a red background. Ulrich Krenn was Chancellor of the Prince-Bishop of Breslau around 1576 . Thereafter, he was councilor and regent of the Lower Austrian provinces. In 1582 he achieved the nobility. 1584 Improvement of the coat of arms and the title "von Krenberg". He owned the Neuwaldegg and Erdberg castles near Mistelbach. In 1599 he was accepted into the equestrian family. After having married twice, he left no male descendants. His only daughter Johanna Victoria von Krenberg married the baron Ladislaus von Prag zu Windhag and Engelstein.

The Knights of Krenn

The progenitor is Franz Xaver Krenn, patrimonial judge and senior official of the Raab rule, then economic councilor and goods inspector in Vienna. The Austrian knighthood was awarded to his son Eduard Krenn in 1867 after he was awarded the Order of the Iron Crown, 3rd class. The family lived at Marsbach Castle in Upper Austria. This was sold on in 1938. Eduard Ritter von Krenn was a member of the State Court and later the Supreme Court (OGH). Also member of the manor house.

Famous name bearers

There is another family in history who bear the characteristic Krenwurze in their coat of arms: Heinrich Krenn is issued a coat of arms letter in 1582 as Reichshofkanzleidiener in Augsburg .

More name bearers

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Ertl: Topographia Norici, vol. 2: From Noreia and Hallstatt to the tribal home of Bavaria . Topographia Norici publishing house, Konstanz 1974
  2. ↑ - Distribution of the name 'Krenn' ( Memento from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Robert Baravalle: Castles and palaces of Styria . Stiasny, Graz 1961. With 100 depictions from Georg Matthäus Vischer's “Castle Book” from 1681.
  4. ↑ Christa Schillinger-Prassl: The legal sources of the city of Leoben . Böhlau, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-205-98753-5 (also dissertation, University of Graz 1995)
  5. ↑ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke (Ed.): New general German Adels Lexicon , Vol. 5: Kalb – Löwenthal . Olms, Hildesheim 1973, ISBN 3-487-04554-0 , p. 281 (reprint of the Leipzig 1864 edition )
  6. ↑ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke (Ed.): New general German Adels Lexicon , Vol. 5: Kalb – Löwenthal . Olms, Hildesheim 1973, ISBN 3-487-04554-0 , p. 282 (reprint of the Leipzig 1864 edition )
  7. ↑ Leaves of the Association for Regional Studies of Lower Austria / NF (BLNÖ), Vol. 15 (1881), p. 83, No. 343 and Vol. 17 (1883), p. 493.
  8. ↑ Matricula Facultatis Juridicae, Vol. 3: Codex J 3, 1558-1606 . f. 33v.
  9. ^ German Aristocratic Archives (ed.): Adelslexikon, Vol. 7: Kre-Lod. ( Genealogical handbook of the nobility ; Vol. 97). Starke Verlag, Limburg 1989, ISBN 3-7930-0700-4