Order of St. Ruperti

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The Order of St. Rupert , and St. Rupert's Military Order or Order of St. Rupert was a Salzburg military orders . The order submitted to the patronage of the first bishop of the city of Salzburg, St. Rupert .

The foundation of the order goes back to Archbishop Johann Ernst Graf von Thun und Hohenstein , who was nicknamed "the founder". The foundation date was May 12, 1701. In memory of the Kahlowitz Peace Treaty in 1699, this foundation was also in keeping with the times , especially since Emperor Leopold I gave his consent to the foundation on August 23, 1701. The celebrations took place on November 15, 1701 in the Trinity Order Church . Another purpose was the military honor of merited war veterans.

The order of St. Rupert was abolished with the secularization of Salzburg in 1810. Salzburg came under Bavarian administration.

The medal was worn around the neck. A gold-rimmed, white enameled Maltese cross with gold balls attached to the tips hangs on a gold chain. A medallion with the image of St. Rupert on the front and a red enamelled cross on the back formed the decoration of the order . Originally the ribbon was purple. Archbishop Sigismund changed the ribbon in 1767 to a ribbon bordered in red and black. From 1760 the order was already worn by the real knights instead of the previous purple one on a red ribbon with a black border. In addition, Sigismund awarded an embroidered star in red and gold that was applied to the left breast. In the center of the star were the letters SR.

The founder presented a large initial capital even before the order became active. In a letter of donation, he decreed the lordship and the Emsburg Castle , the latter became the seat of the order. The order was also enriched by shares of 90% in the iron mines in Lungau and an inn and a forge . The order crosses for commanders and knights were also made at the expense of the founder .

In 1978 the order was renewed under the name of St. Rupert Order (SRO) .

Known commanders

Were commanders until the order was abolished

  • from 1702 to 1709 was Johann Ernst Warmund Count Khuen
  • from 1710 to 1713 Franz Anton Freiherr von Rehlingen
  • from 1714 to 1767 Joseph Anton Graf Plaz
  • from 1767 to 1798 Josef Johann Nepomuk Dückher Freiherr von Haßlau auf Urstein and Winkl
  • from 1798 to 1802 Count Leopold Anton Lodron
  • from 1802 until the dissolution in 1810 Johann Ferdinand Dücker Baron von Haßlau, Urstein and Winkl

literature

  • Aristide Michel Perrot: Historical collection of all still existing knight orders of the different nations ... Baumgärtnersche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1821, p. 37.
  • Kurt von der Aue: The knighthood and the knight orders: or historical-critical presentation ... JTJ Sonntag, Merseburg 1825, p. 225.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Johann Bernhard Zezi: high-Princely Salzburgian shear church and state calendar: the year after Christ Jsu 1794. Upper, Salzburg 1794, paragraph 93rd
  2. ↑ a b c Corbinian Gärtner: History and constitution of the military order of Ruperti Knights established in 1701 for the Salzburg nobility. Mayrische Buchhandlung, Salzburg 1802, p. 7.
  3. ↑ Aristide Michel Perrot: Historical collection of all still existing knight orders of the different nations ... Baumgärtnersche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1821, p. 35, table 12 no. 9.
  4. ↑ Lorenz Hübner: Description of the High Prince-Archbishop's Capital and Residence, Verlag Lorenz Hübner, Salzburg 1793, p. 222.
  5. ↑ Ferdinand von Biedenfeld: History and constitution of all religious and secular orders of knights ... Volume 1, Verlag Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, Weimar 1841, p. 234.