Leopold Grabner zu Rosenburg

Coat of arms of the Grabner zu Rosenberg (Rosenburg)

Rosenburg Castle

Leopold Grabner zu Rosenburg, Pottenbrunn and Siebenbrunn (* probably 1528 at Schloss Rosenburg ; † 1583 there ), Leopold Grabner was also a nobleman of the Archduchy of Austria under the Enns . During the Reformation Grabner was one of the leading Protestants in the country, deputy of the estates and court chamber councilor . Under him, Grabner's Rosenburg Castle became a center of Austrian Reformation history . In the course of the 16th and early 17th centuries, the Grabners were among the richest and most respected families in Austria. Leopold Grabner was lord of Rosenburg, Pottenbrunn , Siebenbrunn , Judenau , Schlickendorf in Lower Austria and Joslowitz in Moravia.

biography

family

Leopold Grabner was the son of Sebastian I. Grabner zu Rosenburg from the Second Lower Austrian line of Grabner zu Rosenburg, the extensive lords of Graben and Sophia Ennenkel , sister of Achatz II von Ennenkel . The Grabner family , which included the rulers of Rosenburg , Zagging and Pottenbrunn , came into opposition to the Habsburgs in the course of the 16th century because of their active promotion of Protestantism.

Leopold Grabner married Freiin Ehrentraud von Königsberg , from which marriage six sons and five daughters came:

• Sebastian II. Grabner zu Rosenburg († 1610)
• Jakob Grabner zu Rosenburg
• Friedrich Grabner zu Rosenburg
• Christoph Grabner zu Rosenburg
• Hanns Georg Grabner zu Rosenburg
• Wilhelm Grabner of Rosenburg
• Sophia Grabner zu Rosenburg, married Achaz Freiherr von Landau zu Hauss and Rappottenstein in 1569 (September 6, 1545 - January 1, 1602); Son of Georg von Landau and Margareta von Losenstein ; this was imperial councilor and Lower Austrian regional law assessor; second marriage to Clara von Roggendorf
• Esther Grabner zu Rosenburg, married Johann Kasper Hauser von Karlstein in 1576 and later Leopold Innprucker
• Maria Grabner zu Rosenburg, married Melchior von Hohberg zu Gutmannsdorf and Ottenschlag
• Katharina Grabner zu Rosenburg, died early
• Johanna Grabner zu Rosenburg, died early

Act

Leopold Grabner was one of the most ardent disseminators of Martin Luther's teachings and made the Rosenburg an important center of Protestantism . It was valid in the area of ​​the Waldviertel next to the brothers Veit Albrecht and Veit Dietrich von Puchheim and Johann Georg III. from Kuefstein to the most powerful supporters and spreaders of the new faith . In 1555 Grabner brought in Christoph Reuter from Bruck in the Palatinate as a preacher as preacher . This happened even before Emperor Ferdinand I allowed his nobility to practice their religion freely. On the Rosenburg he wrote the "Confession and Account of Doctrine, Faith and Sermons of Christoph Reuters", with a preface by the three gentlemen, on behalf of the Grabners and the brothers Achatz II. And Leonhard von Ennenckel. In addition to Reuter, other predicants were also in the Grabner's service; Gabriel Dürnbacher mentions the name Rosenburg for the first time in 1569 , instead of the previous Rosenberg . In 1566 Grabner was mentioned by Wolfgang Waldner in his "Report on Persecuted Christians". In 1567 the German preacher Joachim Brandenburgicus dedicated his creed to the imperial commissioners of the Archduchy of Austria, Rüdiger von Starhemberg , Veit Albrecht von Puchheim, Christoph von Enzersdorf and Leopold Grabner. At the Rosenburg, Protestant literature was printed in a specially set up printer. In 1571, for example, a divine service order for the Protestant parishes in Lower Austria, written by David Chytraeus and revised by Reuter, was printed.

Between 1567 and 1570, Leopold Grabner was a decree of the Lower Austrian knighthood. In 1569 he was together with Rüdiger von Starhemberg and Christoph von Enzersdorf on the part of the Protestant Austrian provincial estates (religious) deputy to deal with the theologian Cythraeo the management and constitution of the Protestant religious system, as well as to regulate the church agendas. Afterwards he became court chamber councilor of Emperor Maximilian II for Lower Austria. In 1571 Grabner was active in the committee of the Lower Austrian estates, also in the committee of the national defense order. He held his position as religious deputy of the estates until his death in 1583.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} walks through the Austro-Hungarian monarchy; P. 333; edited by Friedrich Umlauft (1879)
2. ↑ General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts, Volume 77, pp. 220–222 (Leipzig 1864)
3. ^ Anton Harrer: Anton Harrer: Die Herren und Frauen von Zelking , 2016, p. 458
4. ↑ ^{a b} scene of the rural Lower Austrian nobility from ..., Volume 3, p. 370; by Franz Karl Wißgrill
5. ↑ Leaves of the Association for Regional Studies of Lower Austria, Volume 26, p. 57; Publishing house and property of the association, 1892
6. ↑ Paperback for Patriotic History, Volume 9, p. 256
7. ^ History of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation in the land under the Enns, Volume 1, p. 334; by Theodor Wiedemann
8. ↑ www.rosenburg-mold.at Chronicle Rosenburg
9. ^ History of the Reformation in Austria; by Eduard Böhl in Gustav Fischer Verlag Jena, 1902; P. 223
10. ↑ [History of the Protestant Church in Hungary, from the beginning of the Reformation to 1850, from Hungary protestáns egyház, p. 110]
11. ↑ Gustav Reingrabner: "When one argued about religion ..." Reformation and Catholic renewal in the Waldviertel 1500–1660. Exhibition in the Höbarthmuseum of the city of Horn . Horn 2000.
12. ^ Melanchthon's correspondence, critical and commented complete edition, on behalf of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences; Frommann-holzboog publishing house (Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt 2005); edited by Heinz Scheible. Volume 12, Personen FK, p. 170

literature

• Melanchthon's correspondence, critical and commented complete edition, on behalf of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences; Frommann-holzboog publishing house (Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt 2005); edited by Heinz Scheible. Volume 12, People F – K, p. 170 - Book search online