Lonstorfer

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The Lonstorfer were essentially a ministerial family of the bishops of Passau . They descended from Lonstorf Castle , which is located southeast of Linz , but is now abandoned . Around 1290 they are still referred to as knights , but already had active feudal rights, which indicates their special social position. The Lonstorf rule was of little economic importance, but the Lonstorf family arrived in the 13th and 14th. Century to considerable reputation, influence and possession. Thus, through marriage, they came into the possession of the lordship of Ipf and Zierberg and probably also in this way in the possession of Sini (a) belkirchen near Mank . The male line of the family dies with Heinrich IV, who is mentioned in a document between 1335 and 1342, or with his childless uncle Ulrich II, who is still mentioned in 1397.

The beginning of the Passauian ministerial family of Lonstorf

The ancestral line of the Lords of Lonstorf that can be documented can be traced back over six generations. It begins with Ugo von Lonstorf, who is present on July 14, 1167 in the Passauische Feste Ebelsberg , when Bishop Albo (no) confirms the castle rights to Abbot Gebhart from Wilhering Abbey on a farm in Ebelsberg . This Hugo also appears as a witness in other documents from 1174 and 1187. Based on naming traditions it can be assumed that he was married to an Aheimerin (Ahamerin); the Ahamers were also ministerials of the Diocese of Passau. It can also be assumed that he is the father of three children, Heinrich I, Rudiger and Bertha. A Chunrat von Lonstorf appeared around 1180 on the occasion of Engelschalk von Aurach's handover of the Eschelbach estate to the Raitenhaslach monastery together with Otto von Rohr and others; his relationship to the Ugo is unclear.

Rudiger Lonstorf ( Rudger de Lonstorf , Rudigerus canonicus ) appears from 1204 as a Passau canon in several documents, such as a toll exemption certificate for the Salzburg cathedral chapter from 1212 as well as other important legal transactions. From 1244 he is no longer mentioned, so it seems to have died around this time.

His sister, Bertha von Lonstorf, married the Salzburg ministerial Gerhoh VI. von Bergheim, son of the vicar Rudiger von Salzburg and brother of the future bishop Rudiger von Chiemsee and Passau . According to a document issued in Eger by King Friedrich II. From 1213, it is determined that the first two sons from this marriage should go to the bishopric of Salzburg, but the third to Passau. However, only one son (Gerloh VIII, progenitor of the Radecker) was born in this marriage, so that the people of Passau received nothing.

Heinrich I continued the Lonstorf line. With him the rise of this family in the hierarchy of the Passau ministerials begins. a. can be read from the ranking of the signatures in various documents. He can be found in the entourage of Bishop Wolfger von Erla and his successors, Bishops Poppo , Manegold von Berg and Ulrich II. In a document from 1204 he is referred to as a Truchsess . In old age he seems to have resigned from this office, because in 1219 Walter von Tannberg (probably a relative of the Lonstorf family) is named as the owner. His name no longer appears after 1223, so he must have died around this time. Heinrich was married to a woman of unknown origin and name (possibly a Tannberger, as the name of the son Siboto suggests, which was common in the Tannberger family). Heinrich had four sons, Ulrich, Siboto, Arnold and Otto (the later Bishop of Passau), and three daughters of unknown names.

The heyday of the Lonstorf family in Passau

Ulrich I is frequently attested on documents from Passau, already during the time of his father Heinrich, but more often at the time when his brother Otto was a bishop. Obviously, he could count on a high appreciation and trust, as it were transferred him important tasks (such as during an argument in 1230 about the tithe meet same the monastery Garsten ). In 1247 he also worked as a salmann handing over properties to the St. Nikola monastery . Ulrich was also one of the number of followers (along with Hadmar of beings Chunrat of Falkenstein, Ortlof of Waldeck, Walter and Pilgrim of Tannberg) of Bishop Rudiger , which saved money through gifts of the bishopric of Passau before the economic collapse. Therefore the bishop appointed them to his councilors. Ulrich appears (together with his brother Siboto) as a witness on many documents of the bishopric. He is mentioned on a document in 1260, but began to prepare for his death the following year: He handed over an estate in Wambach near Ebelsberg to the monastery of St. for the salvation of his soul and that of his father Heinrich and his wife Richza (Richenza) Florian . He also died in 1261. The marriage with Richza (unknown origin) had two daughters. One with the name Mathilt was married to the Zelkinger Wernher von Schlierbach, the other named Gertraut with Ulrich von Kapellen. The Passau fiefs of Ulrich passed to these two women and their husbands.

Fewer documents have been received from his brother Arnold. But he should have occupied the same high rank as his brothers Ulrich and Siboto. Presumably he was given the management of the Lohnsdorf estate. He only appears together with one of the Passau bishops when they are doing legal transactions in the Linz area. He probably died around 1263, because in that year he bequeathed certain beneficiaries to Wilhering Monastery and chose the monastery as his final resting place.

The best-known of Heinrich I's sons was Otto von Lonstorf , who held the office of Bishop of Passau from 1254 until his death in 1265. He is mentioned for the first time in 1240 as an episcopal chaplain (secretary), at the same time he became a canon at the cathedral in Passau and shortly afterwards he became the archediacon of Mattsee . In 1254 he was elected Ordinary of Passau. He seems to have pursued a successful policy of consolidating the diocese, to which his friendship with King Ottokar of Bohemia may have contributed. It was from him that the Codex Lonstorfianus was arranged, a collection of all Passau documents, in order to be able to deal with legal questions in the "emperorless, terrible times" in an orderly manner. He also created a Passau land register over the diocese's scattered property. During the period of the interregnum, Passau does not seem to have experienced any significant loss of sovereignty or property due to its clever policies.

Of the three daughters of Heinrich I, whose name is unknown, one should be mentioned first, who married Hadmar von Liebenstein, a Passau servant from the upper Mühlviertel region, in the first half of the 13th century. Her daughter Agnes married Albero the Younger from Puchheim. Her uncle Otto granted the couple a rich dowry, obviously to win over the Puchheimers. The marriages of the children of ministerials were thus a common means of politics at the time. A second daughter married Otto von Traun in 1258 or 1253 ; the Trauners were also important servants of the Passau bishopric. Here, too, the bishop promoted the marriage of his niece Wilbirg von Traun to Johann von Merswang with a large dowry on the condition that he continued to serve with the bishopric. This marriage policy was not limited to his own family, but the former Bishop of Passau , Bertold , had promised Werner von Dachsberg, who also married a daughter of Otto von Traun, a profitable fiefdom in order to keep him in constant allegiance. The third daughter of Heinrich was probably married to Gerhoh VIII from the Bergheim-Radecker family of ministers and possibly a son of Bertha von Lonstorf. A daughter from this marriage could have been called Alheid according to a document from the Raitenhaslach monastery from 1289. For this too, Bishop Otto found a marriage with his follower Heinrich von Falkenstein - again with the promise of a high dowry.

In this third generation of the Lonstorf family, only the son Siboto of Heinrich had further offspring and continued the Lonstorf family in the male line. Siboto was a constant companion of the Passau bishops and appears as a witness in many documents. The oldest document, on which he seals together with his brothers Otto and Ulrich, dates from 1240. It is also true for him that he sealed in a prominent place, for example the second behind the Ortlof von Volkensdorf. As the younger brother and close confidante of Bishop Otto, he had to lead a wandering life with him in order to advise or conclude the many legal transactions. Even after his brother's death, nothing changed about Siboto's prominent position in the bishopric. Even after that, he often travels with his new master, Bishop Peter . He made his last legal transaction for himself in 1275, when he bequeathed a substantial foundation to the St. Florian monastery. Siboto was probably married to Margareth de Zierberch. From this marriage came five children, the three sons Heinrich II., Otto II. And Meinhard (so named after his grandfather Meinhard Tröstel) as well as the two daughters Elsbeth and Margareth.

Relocation of the family seat to Zierberg

In addition to his share of the family assets, Siboto had a number of possessions that had come to him through his work for the Passau bishopric. The acquisition of the Ipf-Zierberg property in 1272, which had come to him through his wife, Meinhard Tröstel's heir and his first wife Kunigunde von Zierberg, was also significant . The castle and rule Zierberg was in the lower Kremstal near Ansfelden ; further goods were available next to the Traunviertel in the Lower Austrian Waldviertel around Langschlag; Then there were the fiefs in the vicinity of Linz, which Tröstel had received as a Passau fief and which, after violent disputes with the Trauners and the Lobensteiners, passed to the Lonstorfer. Thus the economic situation of Lonstorf had been improved significantly. This in turn meant that the strong ties to Passau were loosened and became a mere formality. Only on particularly festive occasions (such as the city charter for Passau on August 15, 1299) do the people of Lonstorf still seal on Passau documents. This can also be seen in the following, since now the marriage of the daughters with the respected families in the states above and below the Enns took place and no longer with other ministers of the bishopric. That also meant a weakening of the relationship with the Hochstift Passau.

After the death of his father, Heinrich II took over the family estates including the rule of Zierberg (see below).

His brother Otto II settled in Enns, but the inheritance was not divided. He attests for the first time in 1281 in St. Pölten in the wake of the Passau bishop, whereby it is referred to as "Lord" or in later documents as "Dominus". In some documents Otto appears as a witness together with his brother and his children. Otto called himself "von Enns" because of his place of residence, which could mean a division of the Lobenstein line. He survived his brother and some of his nephews, and he is believed to have died after 1338. Otto was married to a Mrs. Reitz (also Reich = Richenza); between 1303 and 1338 this seal was found on several documents, but without it being possible to determine her ancestry (possibly a Zelkinger). Otto also had a share in the Altenhofen festival near St. Valentin in Lower Austria; this should have come to him through his wife. Of the children from this marriage, only one is Otto VI. verifiable by Lonstorf. He chose the clergy and became canon, cathedral dean and provost of Passau. With him this branch of the family ends. The aforementioned Meinhard seems to have lived only briefly; it appears in 1272 on Hartneid von Traun's letter of resignation to the Zierberg-Ipf inheritance of the Lonstorf family. He seems to have died in 1283, because in that year his older brother Heinrich II and his wife Adelheid donated to the Wilhering monastery for the healing of Meinhard's soul.

Of the Siboto's daughters, Elisabeth married the already widowed and elderly Alber von Zellking in 1260/61. Bishop Otto wanted to tie the Zelkingers closer to the bishopric, who in turn were favorites of the new sovereigns, the Habsburgs. Elisabeth had already become a widow in 1266. Nevertheless, this marriage led to a deepening of the relationship between the Lonstorf and the Zelkings, because Wernher von Zelking auf Schlierbach, the son of Albers from the first marriage, took Mathild, a daughter of Ulrich I, from Lonstorf as his wife. In her second marriage, Elisabeth married the Regensburg feudal man Friedrich the Younger von Hausegg (1265–1303). This marriage remained childless and the Hausegger family died out. There are contradicting traditions about the other daughter of Sibotos von Lonstorf, Margaretha. Presumably she was married to Ortlof von Polheim zu Wartenburg in 1288.

Heinrich II was the oldest son of Siboto. For the first time, he and his father document for the bishopric in 1263. Later he only appears in the country above the Enns. After the death of his father at the latest, he settled at the Zierberg fortress in the Kremstal. In 1280 he is referred to as Heinrich von Zierberg, called the Lonstorfer. In later documents he appears as "dominus". From the order in which his name appears in documents (before the Volkersdorfern, Starhembergern, Kapellern or Wallseern), it can be concluded that Dominus Hainricus de Lanstorf was a respected personality. The last time it appears in a document in 1320; he must have died shortly afterwards in old age. Heinrich was married twice: The first marriage with an Adelheid (unknown origin) ends in 1283. In 1287 he was married to an Agnes (also about her parentage are only speculations, possibly she was a daughter of Konrad I of Sumerau). This marriage had three sons (Heinrich III., Ulrich II. And Otto III.) And four daughters (Diemut, Adelheid and Kunigunde; the name of the fourth is unknown). Here, too, it is again the case that from this fifth generation only Heinrich III. Had children who continued the family.

Consolidation as domines and further expansion

Otto III. was the second youngest son of Heinrich II. 1312 he is mentioned for the first time on a document. He also seems to have lived on Zierberg. He must have died in 1328 without having been married. Ulrich II was the youngest son of Heinrich. He and his father appear for the first time on various documents in 1317 and should also have been based in Zierberg. He called himself both von Zierberg and von Sinibelkirchen; the latter rule was acquired by the Lonstorf people at the beginning of the 14th century. Ulrich was married twice, his first marriage to Agnes from the Bavarian family of Sonderndorfer and his second marriage to Anna (from an unknown family). There are no children from these marriages. His niece Kunigunde von Ehrenfels (daughter of Heinrich III) took over his inheritance.

A first daughter of Heinrich II's unknown name was married to Haymreich von Ror on Leonstein. The other daughter Diemut (sometimes called Humilitas) was abbess of the Erla convent between 1293 and 1315 . She was therefore the third high spiritual dignitary of this family in the 13th century. The daughter Alheid was married to Heinrich I von Volkenstorf shortly after 1298 as the second wife. At least one son named Siboto I. (Seybot) comes from this marriage. The fourth daughter named Kunigunde was married to Stephan I. von Hohenberg. It is mentioned in documents between 1312 and 1343.

Henry III. von Lonstorf appears on documents between 1308 and 1323. He was married to Agnes von Scheuertberg (Scheuerbeck). It is possible that she married her husband to the Sinibelkirchen estate near Mank . Henry III. is different at a young age.

The end of Lonstorf

From the marriage between Heinrich III. and Agnes von Schüstenberg had two children: Kunigunde, married to Wolfhart von Ehrenfels, and Heinrich IV., married to Adelheid von Molln. Henry IV no longer seems to have taken a significant position in society. This also includes the fact that he had apparently married under his rank, because the Mollners only rose to the nobility by official means for the Dukes of Austria and Steyr. This marriage apparently remained childless and so the line of Losensteiners disappears from history in the seventh generation.

It is different with Kunigunde, who was blessed with five sons and one daughter. She married Wolfhart von Ehrenfels in 1345. Since that time and the great legacy of Zierberg, the Ehrenfelsers have been acting in the land above the Enns. Wolfhart was in the service of the Bamberg diocese . He was Burgrave of Reichenfels and in 1356 Vice Cathedral. As early as 1370 Kunigunde (her husband Wolfhart had died in 1363) took over the Lonstorf inheritance from her uncle Ulrich II, who was still alive. The Lords of Ehrenfels came from Styria.

In the 16th and 17th centuries, between 1468 and 1655, Lonstorfs reappear, namely a Johann Christoph and his grandson Johann Philipp Persius von Lonstorf. The latter also worked in the area of ​​Linz and carried the same coat of arms as the Lonstorf family. Their relationship to the Lonstorfer described here is unclear; it would be possible that it is a not equal branch of the family, which after the inappropriate marriage of Henry VI. has emigrated to other parts of the empire. But this remains speculation; the Linzer Lonstorf, however, seem to have died out in the male line at the end of the 14th century.

Tribe list

  1. NN
    1. Ugo (Hugo) von Lonstorf (mentioned in a document about 1167–1187), ∞ NN von Aheim
    2. Chunrat von Lonstorf (originally approx. 1180)
      1. Heinrich I (urk. 1188–1232), Passauer Truchsess, ∞ NN von Tannberg (unsecured)
        1. Ulrich I. (urk. 1223–1261), ∞ Richza von N. (urk. 1261)
          1. Gertraut (urk. 1276–1281), ∞ Ulrich III. of chapels (Urk. 1267–1301)
          2. Mathild (urk. 1288-1300), ∞ Wernher von Zelking auf Schlierbach (urk. 1258-1306)
        2. Otto I. , Bishop of Passau (urk. 1240–1265)
        3. Siboto (urk. 1240–1276), ∞ Margareth von Zierberg (urk. 1263–1274)
          1. Margareth (urk. 1288), ∞ Ortolf von Polheim (urk. 1277–1294)
          2. Heinrich II. (Urk. 1263–1320), ∞ Adelheid von N. (urk. 1283), ∞ Agnes von Sumerau (urk. 1287–1323)
            1. Kunigunde (urk. 1312-1343), ∞ Stephan I. von Hohenberg (urk. 1280-1325)
            2. Alheid (urk. 1305), ∞ Heinrich I. von Volkenstorf (urk. 1275–1318)
            3. N. von Lonstorf (1315–1328), ∞ Haymreich von Ror (urk. 1315–1328)
            4. Henry III. (1308–1323), ∞ Agnes von Scheuertberg (urk. 1312–1323)
              1. Kunigunde (ext. 1397), ∞ Wolfhart von Ehrenfels (urk. 1326–1363)
              2. Heinrich IV. (1335–1342), ∞ Adelheid von Molln (urk. 1335–1342)
            5. Ulrich II. (Urk. 1317–1397), ∞ Agnes von Sonderndorf (urk. 1341–1352), ∞ Anna von N. (1356)
            6. Otto III. (urk. 1312-1328)
            7. Diemut (Urk. 1293-1313), Abbess of Erla
          3. Meinhart (urk. 1272–1283)
          4. Elsbeth (urk. 1260–1309), ∞ Albero von Zelking (urk. 1238–1266), ∞ Friedrich von Hausegg (urk. 1260–1303)
          5. Otto II. (Urk. 1281–1338), ∞ Reitz by N.
            1. Otto IV. (Dated 1327–1353), Provost of Passau
        4. Arnold (urk. 1230-1263)
        5. Daughter N. von Lonstorf, ∞ Gerhoh VIII. Von Radeck (urk. 1255–1260)
          1. Adelheid (urk. 1259), ∞ Heinrich von Falkenstein (urk. 1255–1268)
        6. Daughter N. von Lonstorf, ∞ Hadmar von Liebenstein (urk. 1258–1279)
          1. Agnes (urk. 1258–1301), ∞ Albero von Puchhein (urk. 1242–1303)
        7. Daughter N. von Lonstorf, ∞ Otto I. von Traun (urk. 1230–1276)
          1. Daughter N. von Traun (urk. 1253), ∞ Wernhard von Dachsberg (urk. 1253–1292)
          2. Wilbirg (urk. 1258), ∞ Johann von Merswang (urk. 1252–1282)
      2. Rudiger (urk. 1204–1244), Passau Canon
      3. Bertha (urk. 1213), ∞ Gerhoh VI. von Bergheim (urk. 1198–1242)

Personalities

literature

  • Franz Wilflingseder : The former Lonstorf Castle near Linz and its owners. In: City of Linz, Municipal Collections (ed.): Special publications on the history of the city of Linz. Oberösterreichischer Landesverlag, Linz 1955, 194 pages.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Wilflingseder 1955, p. 12.
  2. ^ Theodor Berchem, Eckhard Heftrich, Volker Kapp, Franz Link, Kurt Müller and Alois Wolf (eds.): Literaturwissenschaftliches Jahrbuch. On behalf of the Görres Society. Volume 36, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1995 (Google eBook).
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Wilflingseder 1955, p. 19.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f Wilflingseder 1955, p. 27.
  5. ↑ Alois Topitz: The pestilence book of Doctor Philipp Persius von Lonstorff (Linz 1649). In: Yearbook of the City of Linz 1961. Linz 1962, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at.
  6. ↑ Master list based on Wilflingseder 1955, Appendix 5 (between p. 182 and p. 183).