Trapp (noble family)
The Counts Trapp von Matsch are a Styrian nobility family that was first mentioned in documents in 1250. They have been based in Tyrol since around 1450 , on the Churburg near Schluderns in Vinschgau ( South Tyrol ) as well as at Friedberg Castle and Innsbruck.
history
Since the middle of the 15th century the Barons von Trapp were resident in Tyrol. After the last representative of the Lords of Matsch , Gaudenz († 1504), fell from grace in 1487, his property was confiscated by the sovereign. Most of the Matsch estates in today's South Tyrol, including the Churburg , were inherited by the Trapp, who had held the office of Hereditary Court Master of Tyrol since 1459 . In 1655 they achieved the status of Austrian count with the title “von Matsch”. The head of the house had been a hereditary member of the manor house , the upper house of the Austrian Imperial Council , since 1909 . The full title was last and until the Nobility Repeal Act in 1919: "Count Trapp von Matsch zu Pisein and Caldonatsch".
As a family tree on display at the Churburg shows, the Counts Trapp von Matsch were closely connected to the Counts Fuchs von Fuchsberg through marriages over several generations .
The art historian (Count) Oswald Trapp (1899–1988) was the state curator of Tyrol, he wrote the 8-volume Tyrolean castle book.
Note: The Counts Trapp are not related to the "singing Trapp family" of the former kuk submarine commander Georg Ludwig von Trapp . He was the son of the frigate captain August Trapp, who had only received the Austrian knighthood in 1876.
Possessions
In addition to the Churburg near Schluderns in Vinschgau ( South Tyrol ), the family property of the Counts von Trapp also includes the Palais Trapp / Wolkenstein in Maria-Theresien-Straße 38 in Innsbruck . This building was a residence called "Wolkenburg", built in 1625 by Baron Berchtold von Wolkenstein which was redesigned in 1700 by the builders Gumpp into a baroque palace. The complex with a U-shaped floor plan, vestibule and baroque garden has been owned by Count Trapp since 1804. The current owner of the Churburg and the Innsbrucker Palais is Johannes Jakob Trapp.
In 1845 they also acquired Friedberg Castle near Volders . Today's owner is Gaudenz Trapp. The family also owned the Palais Trapp in Bozener Mustergasse .
A family grave is located at the parish church in Schluderns.
coat of arms
The family coat of arms shows a red bar broken three times in silver. On the helmet with red-silver helmet covers, a red hat with a hermelina top with a closed black flight.
literature
- Franz Gall : Austrian heraldry. Handbook of coat of arms science. 2nd edition, Böhlau, Vienna 1992, ISBN 3-205-05352-4 , p. 354.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christopher R. Seddon: Noble ways of life between Bavaria and Austria. Forms of rule and rulership structures of the landed nobility on the lower Inn in the early modern period. Vienna 2009, pp. 707–708.