List of governors of County Glatz

The Glatzer country was referred to the early 12th century as the "Provincia Kladsko", 1290 as "Terra Glacensis" in 1344 as "district", 1348 as "Glacense dominium" and 1378 as "Glatzer Land". From the beginning it had a special position in the Bohemian state association. A burgrave of Glatz is documented as early as 1169 , who resided in Glatz Castle as governor of the Bohemian king . In 1459, the Bohemian King Georg von Podiebrad raised the Kłodzko Land to the County of Glatz , whose area was enlarged in 1477 by the rule of Hummel .

The head of the state of Glatzer was appointed by the Bohemian king. He headed the royal office and called the Glatzer Landtag with royal approval. This was made up of the estates. These were: 1. the knights, 2. the clergy and 3. - as a special feature of Glatzer - the judges . After the Battle of the White Mountain , the latter lost their status to the Immediate cities.

After the transition to Prussia, the governorate was dissolved in 1742. The function of governor was abolished and replaced by the position of district administrator. With the administrative division of territory decreed in 1818, the county no longer formed its own territory and was subordinated to the province of Silesia .

The following gentlemen were governors of County Glatz

• 1345 Wolfram von Pannwitz ; Heir to a portion of Rengersdorf and at the same time Burgrave of Glatz .
• 1346–1350 Albrecht von Krenowitz ; Lien holder of the Glatzer country, at the same time burgrave.
• 1350 Nicholas II , Duke of (Troppau) -Ratibor .
• 1351–1352 Hugo von Donirstein
• 1352 Hanko von Knoblauchsdorf (also von Knobelsdorf ; also Hanco or Johannes de Cnoblauchsdorf ); until Michaelmas 1352.
• 1352 Jeschkin von Horzitz ( Ješek z Hořic ); later burgrave
• 1353–1358 Beneffius / Benesch von Chusnik ( Beneš z Choustníka)
• 1358–1364 Wolfhard von Zedlitz , also burgrave
• 1365 Peter
• 1366–1378 Potho von Czastalowitz the Elder. Ä. ; at the same time Captain von Frankenstein ; 1378 Supreme Governor of Bohemia
• 1378–1387 Pledge Lord Jobst of Moravia ; at the same time pledgee of Frankenstein; did not hold the office of governor, but instructed the sub-captains:
  • 1378–1382 Hans von Lichtenburg , Lord of Belau
  • 1382–1384 Benesch von Wartenberg ; Mr. zu Wessely ; 1380 Governor of Moravia.
  • 1384–1387 Friedrich von Czischaw
• 1388–1397 Stefan Poduška von Martinitz (Štěpán Poduška z Martinic) ; at the same time Captain von Frankenstein; was invited to a feast at Karlstein Castle at the instigation of King Wenceslaus IV of Johann, Duke of Opava and Ratibor, and murdered there with several other Bohemian gentlemen.
• 1397–1422 pledge lord Johann II , Duke of (Troppau) -Ratibor; at the same time Captain von Frankenstein; appointed during his term of office among others the sub-captains:
  • Bernhard von Glubos ( Glaubitz ) von Schnallenstein
  • Andreas / Ondřej von Tworkau and
  • Nicklas Eicke
• 1422–1434 Potho by Czastolowitz the Elder. J. , at the same time Captain von Frankenstein; 1431–1434 also pledger of Glatz and Frankenstein
• 1434-1437?
• 1437–1438 Hašek von Waldstein ; 1427 chief army leader of the emperor Sigismund ; then chief chamberlain of the Kingdom of Bohemia.
• 1438–1440 Marquard Ahrlik von Mittelwalde
• 1440 Johann von Toschitz
• 1441–1454 Pledger Hynek Kruschina von Lichtenburg ; at the same time pledgee of Frankenstein. As his sub-captains he used, among other things:
  • Stenzel
  • Wenzel von Haugwitz on Pischkowitz and
  • Jakob von Langenau
• 1454–1474 Hans von Warnsdorf , called Wölfel; at the same time 1458–1465 captain of Frankenstein; Hereditary lord on Trautenau
• 1474–1477 Hans von Bernstein
• 1477–1501 Hans von Pannwitz on Rengersdorf
• 1502–1504 Johannes Sokolik of Duba
• 1506–1513 Georg von Breitenstein
• 1514 Mr. von der Goltz from Vienna
• 1514–1521 Hans Betsch von Falkenau, owner of a share in Oberhannsdorf ; District judge.
• 1522–1523 Johannes von Rastelwitz
• 1523–1524 Heinrich von Tschischwitz on Ullersdorf ; was since 1516 Burgrave of Glatz.
• 1524–1526 Heinrich Hund von Grottkau , Knight of the Order of Malta and Commander of Glatz; since 1518 Burgrave of Glatz.
• 1526–1527 Melchior von Reinwald
• 1527–1529 Hans Betsch von Falkenau ( for the second time )
• 1529 Melchior von Reinwald
• 1530 Siegmund von Zharassau, district judge
• 1532–1533 Philipp von Pubschütz on Knignitz
• 1533–1535 Bernhard von Boraw, called Kessel; later captain in Oels .
• 1537–1551 Hans Prag von Wellnitz (Czech Hanuš Prog z Velnic ), also Hans Prog von Welenitz / Velnice , appointed by the pledgee Johann von Pernstein ; Wellnitz had been Burgrave of Glatz since 1527; since 1532 captain of the Hummel rule . Acquired the Oberwernersdorf estate and half of Rückers in 1543 , the Vorwerk zu Wernersdorf in 1544 and the Richtergut in Rückers in 1546.
• 1552–1556 Hans Schaffmann von Hamerles
• 1559–1561 Albrecht Schellendorf von Hornisberg
• 1561–1572 Christoph Muchek von Buckau auf Wossek; † 1572 in Prague.
• 1572–1575 Hans von Pubschütz and Falkenau. Supported the Reformation and was therefore dismissed from office.
• 1575–1583 Christoph von Schellendorf and Adelsdorf on Saatz and Kuna; imperial war council and colonel; † 1583 at his Königsbrück Castle in Upper Lusatia .
• 1584–1588 Hans von Pannwitz and Mechwitz ; Court war council, at the same time captain zu Münsterberg . Owned the Neudeck estate .
• 1589–1601 Melchior von Rechenberg , lord of Schlawe .
• 1601–1607 Heinrich Log, baron of Logau and Olbersdorf ; Heir to Güsmansdorf and Zaupitz. Knight of the Order of Malta , Commander of the Troppau and Fürstenfeld branches ; Released as governor in 1607. 1621–1625 Grand Prior of the Order of Knights of Malta in Bohemia and Austria.
• 1607–1619 Niklas von Gersdorf and Malschwitz on Großhorka and Rokythal. Supported the bohemian uprising ; † 1619, but in 1621 his possessions were confiscated.
• 1620–1622 David Heinrich Freiherr von Tschirnhaus and Bolkenhayn ; Owner of the dominions Mittelwalde, Schönfeld and Wölfelsdorf . In 1620 Friedrich von der Pfalz appointed governor of the state. Dismissed from office after the arrival of the imperial troops in 1622; his property was confiscated.
• 1622–1625 Philipp Rudolph Count of Liechtenstein-Kastelkorn , Baron of Kasel, Lord of Schenna. In 1625 the confiscated goods in Kunzendorf , Heinzendorf , Altlomnitz , Gabersdorf and the judges' estate in Rothwaltersdorf were transferred to him.
• 1626 Adam Gottfried Berka von Duba and Leipa , heir to Konogeld and Elgersdorf; † 1626 in Glatz.
• 1628–1633 Karl Fuchs, Freiherr, later Count of Fuchsberg and Tauffenburg in Tyrol; imperial Reichshofrat; Proponents and supporters of the Counter Reformation . In 1633 he became a secret councilor at the imperial court in Vienna.
• 1633–1645 Johann Arbogast von Annenberg ; imperial colonel, hereditary lord of Arnsdorf and Schönfeld ; Commander of the Glatz Fortress; Elevated to the rank of imperial count in 1636. Died in Glatz and was buried in the parish church.
• 1645–1646 Christoph Ferdinand Popel Freiherr von Lobkowitz ; resigned in 1646 and in 1651 was appointed Oberstlandhofmeister of the Kingdom of Bohemia.
• 1646–1649 Melchior Ferdinand Imperial Count of Gashin ; since 1636 governor of Opole - Ratibor . In 1649 became President of the Chamber in Wroclaw.
• 1649–1653 Johann Heinrich Graf von Bubna , heir to Senftenberg and Lititz . Owner of Möhlten . Was married to the Reichserbtruchsässin Maria Johanna Countess Waldburg-Zeil (1627–1691), who owned a share of Schwenz . Died on April 13, 1653 in Glatz and was buried in the parish church.
• 1653–1679 Johann Georg Reichsgraf von Götzen
• 1680–1686 Michael Wenzel von Althann ; Owner of the dominions Grulich , Mittelwalde, Schönfeld and Wölfelsdorf; Commander of the Kłodzko Fortress. In 1682 he traveled to Stockholm as the imperial envoy. In 1684 he acquired Schnallenstein and Seitenberg . Died in his castle in Wölfelsdorf.
• 1686–1691 the provincial administration remained vacant. Heinrich von Haugwitz auf Pischkowitz acted as administrator.
• 1691–1695 Franz Adam Graf von Bubna, son of Johann Heinrich von Bubna. Resigned 1695.
• 1696–1707 Johann Friedrich the Elder J., Imperial Count of Herberstein on Grafenort . Resigned 1707 († 1709).
• 1707–1714 Maximilian Mitrowsky Freiherr von Mitrowitz and Nemischel on Hrabin . Died in 1714 and was buried in the Glatzer parish church.
• 1715–1724 Konrad Freiherr von Sternberg and Rudelsdorf ; Heir to Schönbrunn, Schalka and Guhlau; Appointed Imperial Count in 1716; † 1724.
• 1724–1741 Leopold Wilhelm Reichsgraf von Waldstein; when the Prussian army marched in in 1741 he left Glatz and died a short time later on his Bohemian estates.
• 1741–1742 Franz Anton von Haugwitz auf Pischkowitz; was released at the beginning of January 1742 after the city of Glatz was handed over to Prussia. The provincial administration was dissolved.

See also: List of Burgraves of Glatz

literature

• Land captains of the Graffschaft Glatz. (According to Kögler's handwritten chronicles.) In: Quarterly journal for history and local history of the County of Glatz. 2nd year 1882–1883, pp. 166–170
• Pavel Sedláček: Vztahy mezi Kladskem a Frankenšteijnskem ve 14. a 15. stoleti . In: Kladský sborník 2, 1998, pp. 117–123 [Relations between the Glatzer and Frankensteiner Land in the 14th and 15th centuries]

Individual evidence

1. ^ Arno Herzig , Małgorzata Ruchniewicz : History of the Glatzer country. Hamburg-Wrocław 2006, ISBN 3-934632-12-2 , p. 9, p. 225
2. ↑ According to J. Siebmacher's large and general Wappenbuch, Volume 6, 8th Division, Part 2, p. 22, he was pledgee 1350–1353
3. ↑ The nobility of the Glatzer country
4. ↑ as Henzlín / Jan, královský hejtman na Kladsku a Frankštejně 1379; † around 1385
5. ↑ Jiří Stibor: Genealogy Pánů for Tvorkova . In: Časopis Slezského Zemského Muzea, No. 1, 2004, pp. 25f
6. ↑ PDF at www.historie.hranet.cz
7. ^ Entry National Archives Prague
8. ↑ Genealogy Waldburg-Zeil ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.