Wolkenstein-Rodenegg

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Coat of arms of the Selva family from Scheibler's book of arms .

The Wolkenstein-Rodenegg family (also Wolkenstein-Rodeneck ) is a noble family in Tyrol , whose roots go back to the 12th century . The Wolkenstein family is a side line of the Lords of Villanders . In 1293 the family acquired the castle and the court of Selva , from which the later family name is derived. The nickname refers to Rodenegg Castle near Rodeneck , South Tyrol .

history

Rodenegg Castle

The family split off at the beginning of the 15th century as a side line of the Wolkenstein-Trostburg family and goes back to the late medieval poet composer Oswald von Wolkenstein (around 1377–1445), the younger brother of Michael von Wolkenstein on Trostburg († 1443). However, Oswald himself did not own the Rodenegg Castle, but only received a third part of the Hauenstein Castle when the estate was divided with his siblings in 1407 , which only came into his sole possession in 1427. Rodenegg was sovereign, but was under the usufruct of Oswald's sister Martha, married from Liechtenstein at Karneid Castle . Oswald and his brother Michael had an inheritance dispute with her that was not settled until 1425. In 1491, Rodenegg Castle finally passed to the descendants of Oswald von Wolkenstein, who died in 1445, the barons (and later counts) of Wolkenstein-Rodenegg, who enlarged the complex in the 16th century and expanded it to resemble a castle.

When Leonhard von Görz, the last of the Counts of Görz, died in 1500 , the county fell to Emperor Maximilian I under an inheritance contract . This in turn first loaned it to Virgil von Graben , who administered it as the imperial governor . Then the county of Gorizia was sold to Maximilian's landlord Michael von Wolkenstein in order to generate the high demand for armaments and defense . The same Michael von Wolkenstein had also been in the possession of the High Lordship of Lienz . Due to the financial damage caused by the fire in Lienz in 1609, the barons of Selva were forced to return the county to the Tyrolean sovereigns in 1647, who sold them to the women's monastery in Hall in Tyrol .

From 1568 Christoph von Wolkenstein-Rodenegg was the sole trader of the Prettau copper mine, which the family of his wife, the von Welsperg, had run since around 1500. He brought the depleted plant back up through significant investments. He attracted the trade in copper and built a brass works in Lienz (1564). The economic crisis at the beginning of the Thirty Years War, inflation and overexploitation led to administration in 1643 and sale in 1654. Christoph von Wolkenstein-Rodenegg set up an important library at Rodenegg Castle .

In 1564 the family achieved the status of barons and in 1628 was elevated to the status of imperial count .

(see also Stammliste der Wolkenstein )

Name bearer

literature

Web links

Commons : Wolkenstein (noble family)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Commons : Wappen der Wolkenstein-Rodenegg  - collection of images, videos and audio files

proof

  1. ^ Anton Dörrer : The library of Baron Christoph von Wolkenstein at Rodenegg Castle: a noble counterpart to the sovereign Ambras collection. In: Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen 58 (1941), pp. 18–43.
  2. ↑ On him cf. Hans von Voltelini :  Wolkenstein, Veit Freiherr von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 44, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, pp. 140 f.