Zacharias Geizkofler

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Reichspfennigmeister Zacharias Geizkofler

Zacharias Geizkofler von Gailenbach and Haunsheim (born November 1, 1560 in Brixen , † May 8, 1617 in Prague ) was Reichspfennigmeister of the Holy Roman Empire from 1589 to 1603 . He was the advisor to Emperors Rudolf II and Matthias and the author of reports on the financial policy of the empire.

Life

Geizkofler studied at the Academy in Strasbourg and at the University of Basel and lived in Augsburg . He was royal councilor at the Bohemian court, imperial knight and baron and from 1597 to 1603 he was general supplies master of the imperial army in Hungary . In 1589 he had already taken over the office of Reichspfennigmeister and had the task of collecting the Turkish tax and other imperial money. Its main task was to collect the funds approved by the Reichstag for the benefit of the Reich. Due to his energy and skill he succeeded in persuading the imperial estates to pay the vast majority of the imperial contributions and some banks to provide financial bridging funds.

Geizkofler resigned from all offices in 1603. He officially stated health problems for this. However, it is likely that financial difficulties due to the loans he had taken out, which could only be repaid slowly with incoming government aid, were a cause. Furthermore, hostility from employees of the imperial court chamber and his successor Matthäus Welser also contributed to this.

He built from 1592 Edenbergen the Gailenbach Castle . In 1607 he donated the bath at the Brenner (see Brennerbad ). Previously, he had the springs damaged by landslides and avalanches completely renovated, which also prevented them from mixing with external cold water. An inscription on the bath's drinking fountain still reminds of this today. The main source of the bath is still called Sanct Zacharias today.

In 1603 he introduced the Lutheran denomination there as lord of Haunsheim . In the Dreifaltigkeitskirche there he is noted as a knight of the golden spur .

A primary school in Haunsheim is named after him today.

epitaph

Epitaph for Zacharias Geizkofler and Maria von Rehlingen

In the Dreifaltigkeitskirche in Haunsheim there is a limestone epitaph on the east wall of the choir for Zacharias Geizkofler and his wife Maria von Rehlingen. It was founded in 1617 by Christoph Murmann the Elder. J. made in Augsburg. The Latin inscription reads in German translation: God, the best and greatest, consecrated / Zacharias Geizkofler / von Reiffenegg zu Gailenbach Haunsheim Moos und Wäschenbeuren / Ritter / Council of Rudolf II. Roman Emperor and Archdukes of Austria / Mindful of human frailty / has for himself / and Maria von Rehlingen / his incomparable wife / this monument / in the church he built from scratch / erected during his lifetime / in the year of salvation 1609 / he died in Prague on May 8th 1617 / she in the year 16 .. (in October 1645)

progeny

⚭ 1591 Maria Jakobine, née Rehlinger (* unknown; † 1600)

  1. Ferdinand Geizkofler von Gailenbach and Haunsheim (* 1592; † 1653)

Publications

  • Drey Politische Discurs Deß Edlen und Gestrengen Mr. Zachariae Geitzkofflers von Gailenbach zu Haunßheim Ritters […] . 1614
  • More detailed in the ReichsConstitutionibus and otherwise in the Experientz Well-founded fundamental concern about the torn, highly damaging Müntz mischief / and strengthening of the coarse types of gel / of gold and silver . 1620, digitized version of an edition from 1621 ( DjVu format)
  • Bedencken / From the state of the Teutscher Nation […] . 1623

literature

  • Adam Wolf:  Geizkofler von Gailenbach and Haunsheim, Zacharias . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1878, p. 529.
  • Johannes Müller: Zacharias Geizkofler, 1560-1617, of the Holy Roman Empire Pfennigmeister and chief steward in the Kingdom of Hungary . (= Publications of the Vienna Hofkammerarchiv; 3). Rohrer, Baden near Vienna 1938.
  • Friedrich Blendinger:  Geizkofler von Reiffenegg, from and to Gailenbach, Zacharias. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 167 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Hans-Ulrich von Ruepprecht : Zacharias Geizkofler's official acts as Hofpfalzgraf (Haunsheim, Sterzing, Brixen, Augsburg, Gailenbach, Glött, Holzheim, Bolheim, Landshausen, Wittislingen, Tapfheim, Wallerstein, Lauingen (Danube), Dillingen an der Donau, Höchstädt an der Donau ) , in: Historischer Verein Dillingen (Hrsg.): Yearbook of the Historisches Verein Dillingen . LXXII year 1970; Dillingen 1970, pp. 128-139.
  • Alexander Sigelen: "Useful and laudable to the whole race". Reichspfennigmeister Zacharias Geizkofler between prince service and family politics . Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-17-020509-3 (Publications of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg, 171).

Web links

Commons : Zacharias Geizkofler  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ^ Friedrich Blendinger:  Geizkofler von Reiffenegg, from and to Gailenbach, Zacharias. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 167 f. ( Digitized version ).
  2. ↑ a b Lukas Winder: The creditors of Ferdinand I, Maximilian II and Rudolf II (1521-1612) . Vienna 2013, p. 41 ( univie.ac.at [PDF]).
  3. ^ Association for Computer Genealogy : Zacharias Geizkofler - Retrieved July 28, 2013.
  4. ^ Association for Computer Genealogy : Ferdinand Geizkofler - Retrieved July 28, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Geizkofler, Zacharias
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Geizkofler von Gailenbach and Haunsheim, Zacharias (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Reichspfennigmeister of the Holy Roman Empire (1589–1603)
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1560
PLACE OF BIRTH Brixen
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1617
Place of death Prague