Steinpeiss

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Family coat of arms of those von Steinpeiss, after Zacharias Bartsch, colored

Steinpeiss (also Steinpeis, Stainpeisz, Steinbeiss, later Steinpeiss von Kirchberg zu Raab ) is the name of an Austrian noble family that belonged to the Lower Austrian rural nobility as well as the nobility of Styria and Carniola .

history

Origin and possessions

Headquarters Aichberg with castle and chapel

Ancestral seat of the von Steinpeiss family was from 1412 to 1771 at Aichberg or Aichperg Castle (today Aichberg Castle (Styria) ). Hans [Johann] Ritter von Aichberg was the last of his family, who lived in the castle until the 14th century, to receive lordship from Duke Wilhelm of Austria in 1396 . He fathered a daughter who was married to Hans dem Reuter , and whose daughter Barbara in turn married Balthasar Welzer ( Welser ) from the Augsburg patrician family in 1407 . The inherited castle was sold to her brother-in-law Moritz Welzer by the Aichberg heir daughter Barbara .

In 1412 Seyfried Steinpeiß , who originally came from a former ministerial family of the Stubenberger residing near Weiz , acquired the castle complex from the large merchant family. The castle was later expanded into a palace by the von Steinpeiss family in the middle of the 17th century . The Aichberg Castle ( Eichberg ) is located in Eichberg in the municipality Rohrbach an der Lafnitz in the State of Styria and is now a part of the Castle Road in the southeast of Austria .

The castle chapel near Aichberg Castle, which was built under the Wulfing Knight of Aichberg and consecrated to John the Baptist in 1378, was expanded by the Eichberg parish church in the 17th century. It houses the burial place as well as several tombstones of the former Count von Steinpeiss family, who also donated a Marian column near the church.

Stone pubs in Hartberg and Anger as well as other properties

Since 1412 Seyfried Steinpeiß was the owner of the so-called Steinpeißhaus es , which today functions as the town museum in the Hartberg community . He also owned another so-called Steinpeisshaus ( Stainpeißhaus or Freihaus Anger ) in the municipality of Anger in the Weiz district in Styria , which later came to the barons of Teuffenbach zu Mayerhofen in 1507 . Steinpeiss bought further properties in the following year (1413) in Dechantskirchen , Friedberg , Kleinschlag, between Lafnitz and Lungitz as well as properties in Limbach, Pinka , Rohrbach and Stegersbach.

Kirchberg an der Raab

According to the March fodder register of 1414 and 1426, the von Steinpeiss family had been in the possession of the Kirchberg an der Raab rulership since the 15th century through the acquisition of Hans von Steinpeiss [Johann von Steinpeiss] . This property initially changed to the side of the knightly family of the Zöbinger [Zöbing, also Zebinger ] (including Caspar Zebinger zu Kirchberg an der Raab ). Later, however, family members of those von Steinpeiss took it over again in two parts (Ober- and Unterkirchberg). In 1634 the Gut Unter-Kirchberg was pledged to Siegmund von Steinpeiss and the Gut Ober-Kirchberg in 1669 to Siegmund's grandson Georg Christof von Steinpeiss .

Everyone sparks

At the beginning of the 16th century until 1524, u. a. also the Jedenspeigen Castle near Jedenspeigen (in the Gänserndorf district , Lower Austria ) passed from the knightly noble family of those von Jedenspeigen ( Idunspeugen ) to the family of those von Steinpeiss.

Schrattenberg

Eva Rosina Countess Steinpeiss and Maria Viktoria Freiin Unverzagt were the heirs and daughters of Viktor Jakob Freiherr von Prandegg , who had acquired the Schrattenberg property in 1680 , an estate in the former Sankt Lorenzen near Scheifling (today Scheifling , Murau district , Styria) with medieval fortifications and had a new, splendid castle built in place of the defense structure by 1685. Schrattenberg was mentioned in writing as early as 1144, later in 1448 as the Schrattenberg tower . Due to the associated debts, the daughters had to sell Schrattenberg Castle to Prince Ferdinand Schwarzenberg , so that the estate with the castle ruins still preserved is owned by the von Schwarzenberg family to this day.

Teufenbach-Katsch

In addition to Schrattenberg, Eva Rosina Countess Steinpeiss inherited the Katsch Castle near Teufenbach-Katsch from her father Viktor Jakob von Prandegg in 1691 , which he had owned for 30 years since 1661 and which ultimately became the family's daughter (similar to Schrattenberg) Schwarzenberg passed over. Today only a ruin remains of the castle.

Birkfeld with Birkenstein Castle

Josef Graf von Steinbeiß received the rule of Birkfeld bei Weiz including Birkenstein Castle as an inheritance in 1675 and enlarged the building in the 17th century. Johann Josef Graf Steinbeiß sold the property in 1707 to his cousin Max Siegmund Graf Trauttmansdorff , through whom it came after several changes of ownership to Johanna Imperial Countess Wurmbrand with Marchese Antonio Tacoli .

Dornhofen

Dornhofen Castle in the municipality of Eggersdorf near Graz in the Graz-Umgebung district (Styria) was bequeathed to Maria Eleonore Countess Steinpeiss in 1720 , after Maria Rosina Freiin von Eibiswald (noble family) in 1656 and later her daughter Maria Eusebia Countess Galler (noble family), who shared with Gottfried von Falbenhaupt ) had acquired the property. In 1733 she handed over the property to Ferdinand Josef Graf Pranckh , her son from her first marriage. He sold the castle in 1746 to Cardinal Ladislaus Graf Kollonitsch , the then Archbishop of Vienna.

Deutschlandsberg with Feilhofen Castle (Feilhöfer Schlössl)

The Schloss Hofen Feil also Feil Hofer Schlössl in the municipality Germany Berg (Styria) originated from a former farmyard of the Castle Mountain Germany out. After several changes of ownership, Maria Eleonore Countess Steinpeiß and Maria Anna Countess Gaisruck , two great-nieces of Karl Freiherr von Puchbaum , took over the inheritance in the 18th century. The family of the Counts of Gaisruck took over the rule from 1759 until the property was finally sold to the Hollenegg rule of Johann Prince Liechtenstein ( Holleneger Line) in 1822 after several changes and now houses a forest administration.

  • Ancestral seat of the von Steinpeiss family: Schloss Aichberg ( Eichberg ) in Styria.

  • Eichberg parish church near Aichberg Castle: Home of the gravestones and crypt of the Counts of Steinpeiss with epitaphs (coats of arms).

  • From 1412 in the possession of Seyfried Steinpeiss: Steinpeißhaus in Hartberg .

  • Former property of those von Steinpeiss: so-called Steinpeisshaus ( Stainpeißhaus ) on the main square in Anger in Styria.

  • Former manorial rule in the 15th and 16th centuries of the Counts of Steinpeiss zu Aichberg and Kirchberg an der Raab : Kirchberg an der Raab with the Kirchberg Castle, which was built later.

  • Owned by von Steinpeiss until 1524: Jedenspeigen Castle near Jedenspeigen in the municipality of Gänserndorf .

  • Former property of the Countess von Steinpeiss: Schrattenberg near Scheifling.

  • Ownership of Countess Rosina von Steinpeiss in the 17th century: Styrian Castle Katsch.

  • Owned by those von Steinpeiss in the 18th century: Dornhofen Castle in Eggersdorf near Graz (Graz area, Styria).

  • In the 18th century owned by the great nieces of Karl Freiherr von Puchbaum, Maria Eleonore Countess Steinpeiß and Maria Anna Countess Gaisruck: Feilhofen Castle (from a former farmyard of Deutschlandsberg Castle ).

Ennobling and dynastic marriages

The noble family which initially is of Steinpeiss to Aichperg ( Aichberg or Eichberg called) gained initially bringing in a baron (Barons to Aichberg and Kirchberg an der Raab ) and later carried ennoblement in the count's rank. The Counts of Steinpeiss had held the highest hereditary land falcon master office since 1675 .

The noble family von Steinpeiss became extinct in the male line in the 18th century . The family banded together through dynastic marriages and the like. a. with the following other noble families: Herberstein , Saurau ( Soro ) Kuenburg ( Khuenburg ) Teuffenbach , Dietrich Stein , Wildenstein , Stürghk , Pranckh , Scherffenberg ( Scharfenberg, Schärffenberg ), Schrattenbach , Kuefstein , Pergen , Breuner ( Breunner ), digging stone ( von Graben ), Glojach ( Gloiach ), Pfundan ( Phuntan ), Hagen ( Haagen ), Webersberg ,führungberg, Steger von Ladendorf ( Steger ), Rindschaid ( Rindschait ), Mörsberg, Rottal ( Rothal ), Rindsmaul , Schätzl, Hohenkraen, Feuchter, Fronau ( Fronauer ), Schindtel, Mauer, Cronegg ( Kronegg , Kroneck ), Lengheimb , Weber, Aschau and Hilleprandt ( Hilleprant ) as well as the aforementioned noble families of those from Eibiswald ( Eybiswald ), Galler, Prandegg ( Brandeck ), Trauttmansdorff ( Trautmannsdorff ) and wormburn.

coat of arms

Blazon : The coat of arms of the family coat of arms shows three blue stakes in silver; the helmet with a blue and silver cover has two silver buffalo horns , which are topped with three blue sloping beams , which are topped by rafters .

The changing number of stakes, such as four instead of three stakes, and the exceptional but never loaned helmet crown , should represent the only experienced changes to the coat of arms.

Grave stones and tomb of the Counts of Steinpeiss in the parish church Eichberg at Schloss Aichberg Show epitaphs with the coat according to the blazon. Aichberg Castle ( Eichberg ) itself still shows the coat of arms on its gates today. On an epitaph in the parish church of Grafendorf near Hartberg (Styria) the marital connection to the Trauttmannsdorff is shown, which is reflected in the coat of arms and the inscription as follows: “The high and woolly Frañen Frañen Maria Sallame Graffin von Steinpeis Ein Gepohrne Graffin von Trautmannstorff died April 8, 1689 of her age for 48 years. "

literature

  • Johann Baptist Witting : The Lower Austrian rural nobility. Panels, SZ. In: J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms . Volume 4. Bauer and Raspe, Nuremberg 1918, p. 187: Plate 91 ( online ).
  • Johann Baptist Witting: The Lower Austrian rural nobility. Text, SZ. In: J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms . Volume 4. Bauer and Raspe, Nuremberg 1918, pp. 220-223 ( online ).
  • Georg Clam Martinic : Castles and palaces in Austria - from Vorarlberg to Burgenland . Verlag A und M, St. Pölten / Vienna / Linz 1991, 506 pages ( online ).
  • Joseph Zahn: Styrian coat of arms book by Zacharias Bartsch 1567 . Ulrich Moser's bookstore (J. Meyerhoff), Graz / Leipzig 1983, 550 pages.
  • Kurt Woisetschläger , Peter Krenn (editor) with contributions by Géza Hajós , Wolfram Helke, Horst R. Huber, Viktor H. Pöttler, Amélie Sztatecsny: Dehio-Handbuch . The art monuments of Austria. Styria (excluding Graz). Verlag Anton Schroll & Co, Vienna 1982, ISBN 3-85028-439-5 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d e Johann Baptist Witting: Der Niederösterreichische Landständische Nobility. Text, SZ . In: J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms . tape 4 . Bauer and Raspe, Nuremberg 1908, p. 220-223 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Joseph Zahn: Steiermärkisches Wappen-Buch by Zacharias Bartsch 1567 . Ulrich Moser's bookstore (J. Meyerhoff), Graz and Leipzig 1893, p. 129 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Georg Clam Martinic: Castles and palaces in Austria: from Vorarlberg to Burgenland . A and M, St. Pölten, Vienna and Linz 1991, p. 507 .
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  11. ^ Georg Clam Martinic: Castles and palaces in Austria: from Vorarlberg to Burgenland . Ed .: A and M. A and M, St. Pölten, Vienna and Linz 1991, p. 140 .
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  13. ↑ Hermann Truschnig: castle ruins Katsch. In: http://www.wehrbauten.at . Hermann Truschnig, accessed on May 12, 2018 (eng).
  14. ^ Werner Hammerl: Birkfeld - Birkenstein. In: http://www.burgen-austria.com . Werner Hammerl, accessed on May 12, 2018 (eng).
  15. ^ Werner Hammerl: Dornhofen. In: http://www.burgen-austria.com . Werner Hammerl, accessed on May 13, 2018 (eng).
  16. ^ Werner Hammerl: Deutschlandsberg - Feilhofen. In: http://www.burgen-austria.com . Werner Hammerl, accessed on May 13, 2018 (eng).
  17. ↑ Third part, which contains the German Empire according to its present state constitution: 3.1 . Joh. Carl Bohn, 1758 ( google.de [accessed on March 15, 2019]).
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  20. ↑ Johann Baptist Witting: The Lower Austrian rural nobility. Panels, SZ . In: J. Siebmacher's large and general book of arms . tape 4 . Bauer and Raspe, Nuremberg 1918, p. 187: Plate 91, 220 .
  21. ↑ Eichberg parish church. In: https://www.meiniertel.at/ . August 24, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2018 .