Valentin Preuenhueber

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Valentin Preuenhueber († 1642 in Haag ) was an Austrian historian. His main works are the Annales Styrenses from around 1630, the first chronicle of the city of Steyr .

life and work

First printing of the Annales Styrenses , Nuremberg 1740

Preuenhueber comes from obersteirischem Gender and studied probably in Graz . From the first decade of the 17th century he was an official of the city of Steyr and from 1625 secretary of the Innerberg main trade union . From this point on, he probably worked on his city chronicle, for which he used sources from the city registry and from monastery and aristocratic archives. In the course of the Counter Reformation , the Protestant Preuenhueber had to leave Austria in 1629 and moved to Regensburg . There he published the font Castrum Styrense in 1631 . The exact time of his return to Austria is unknown, but he was from 1635 until his death in 1642Salburg regent and head nurse in Salaberg near Haag. He was buried in Haag on April 7, 1642. In 1643, Preuenhueber's widow Ursula gave the city of Steyr the manuscript of the Annales Styrenses for copying, for which she was promised repayment of a capital of 841 guilders. It remains unclear whether this is a loan or a purchase price . After a resolution of December 9, 1654, the city returned the original manuscript to the Preuenhueber family after eleven years. Then it ended up in the library of Count Johann Joachim zu Windhag . The work was not printed in Nuremberg until 1740 .

Keepsakes and family

The Preuenhueberstraße in Steyr is named after the historian. It branches off from Handel-Mazzetti -Promenade and leads to Voglsang Castle . There is also a private road in Graz called Prevenhueberweg. It connects Rudolfstrasse with Janneckweg.

The Preuenhueber family (Prevenhueber) settled in Weyer and Steyr at the end of the 16th century . The Prevenhueberhaus (second half of the 16th century) , built in the late Gothic style, still stands at Marktplatz 6 in Weyer . The Renaissance portal dates from 1642, the paintings of a double-headed eagle at the gate from around 1800.

  • Preuenhueberstraße in Steyr, in the background Voglsang Castle

  • Preuenhueberhaus in Weyer

literature

Web links

Commons : Valentin Preuenhueber  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Josef Ofner : Annales Styrenses. A Nuremberg print from the 18th century. In: Upper Austrian homeland sheets. Volume 20, issue 1/2. January-June 1966 p. 63ff, online (PDF; 991 kB) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at
  2. ↑ previously Prevenhubergasse, see: Adolf Frisé (ed.): Robert Musil Tagebücher. Notes, appendix, register. Rowohlt, 1983 p. 481
  3. ^ Preuenhubergasse: The street names Steyrs, section "P" (accessed on October 10, 2014). See also: City map with writing Preuenhueberstraße (accessed on October 10, 2014)
  4. ^ Rudolf Lehr: Oberösterreichische Landeschronik, Verlag Christian Brandstätter 2004 p. 129 ISBN 3-85498-331-X
personal data
SURNAME Preuenhueber, Valentin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Prevenhueber, Valentin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian civil servant and historian
DATE OF BIRTH 16th century or 17th century
DATE OF DEATH April 1642
Place of death Hague