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adam_text | Inhalt
9 Vorwort des Erzherzogs Michael
Salvator
von Habsburg-Lothringen
11 Vorwort der Herausgeber
13 Zur Einleitung
Marek Vařeka
15 Die Liechtensteiner in der Geschichte der böhmischen Kronländer:
Hauptentwicklungsaspekte
43 Die Liechtensteiner in Mähren im Mittelalter
und in der Zeit vor der Schlacht am Weißen Berg
Miroslav
Plaček
45 Zu den Residenzen der Liechtensteiner vor ihrer mährischen Zeit
Miroslav
Svoboda
55 Das Vermögen der Liechtensteiner im mittelalterlichen Mähren
Marek Starý
75 „Ich sehe keinen braveren Landeshauptmann
als Herrn Karl von Liechtenstein .
Die Liechtensteiner in der mährischen Landesverwaltung
vor der Schlacht am Weißen Berg
Kateřina Dufková
93 Johann
Šembera Černohorský
von Boskowitz
und die Heiratspolitik der Liechtensteiner im 16. Jahrhundert
Peter Futák
109 Die zwei Heiraten der Elisabeth von Liechtenstein
117 Aufstieg und Glanz des Fürstenhauses Liechtenstein
Tomáš Knoz
119 Liechtenstein, Dietrichstein, Wallenstein - drei Wege zum Erfolg
Gerald Schöpfer
147 Der Aufstieg des Hauses Liechtenstein - Kriege als Sprungbrett
zur Macht
Miroslav
Geršic
163 Erbverträge der Familie Liechtenstein und Bemühungen,
das Eigentum der Familie zu erhalten
Hana Šústková
169 Die Beziehung der Fürstenfamilie von Liechtenstein
zu [Österreichisch) Schlesien
Karel
Müller
179 Huldigung an Karl Eusebius, Fürst von Liechtenstein im Jahr 1632
in Troppau
Herbert Haupt
187 Fürst Johann Adam
I.
Andreas von Liechtenstein. Repräsentation
als Ausdruck von Sozialdifferenzierung und Herrschaftsanspruch
Rostislav Smíšek
197 Anton Florian von Liechtenstein und Rom. Selbstpräsentation
eines kaiserlichen Gesandten zum Ausgang des 17. Jahrhunderts
Pavel
Juřík
213 Josef WenzeJ von Liechtenstein. Reformator und Diplomat
Dušan Uhlíř
221 Das militärische und diplomatische Engagement
des Fürsten Johann Josef von Liechtenstein
in den Koalitionskriegen gegen Frankreich
233 Die Liechtensteiner und die Gegenreformation
Arthur StÖgmann
235 Hindernisse und Widerstände bei der Durchführung
der Gegenreformation in niederösterreichischen und mährischen
Herrschaften Gundakers von Liechtenstein
Jan
Al Saheb
247 Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Rekatholisierungspolitik
der Liechtensteiner im Fürstentum Troppau
Katarzyna
Brzezina-Scheuerer
267 Zu den
Stiftungs-
und Patronatsfragen der Fürsten von Liechtenstein
in Troppauer und Jägerndorfer Schlesien in der Zeit des Barock.
Die Kirche in Lichten
275 Die Liechtensteiner als Grundherren
Emil Kordiovský
277 Die südmährischen Herrschaften der Liechtensteiner
in den Lahnregister und im Theresianischen Kataster
Jan
Štěpán
289 Ein neuer Herr - eine alte Herrschaft.
Zu den gegenseitigen Beziehungen zwischen Karl von Liechtenstein
und seiner Herrschaft Aussee
Michaela
Kokojanová
295 „Laus tu
sit
atque felix!
Auf und Ab der Koexistenz zwischen Karl von Liechtenstein
und den Proßnitzern
Vladimír Mrvík
311 Schwarzkosteletz in der Ära der Liechtensteiner.
Praktische Fragen des Betriebs eines Landschlosses
und einer Herrschaft im 17.-19. Jahrhundert
Marie
Macková
337 Die Liechtensteinischen Beamten in den böhmischen Kronländern
des 19. Jahrhunderts
VÁCLAV ŠTĚPÁN
351 Glasherstellung in den Herrschaften der Liechtensteiner
369 Die Liechtensteiner im Strudel des 20. Jahrhunderts
David
В
e atti e
371 Liechtensteins Kampf zur internationalen Anerkennung
(1919-1922)
Ondřej Horák
381 Das Fürstenhaus Liechtenstein
und die tschechoslowakische Rechtswissenschaft
Miloš Hořejš - Jiří Křížek
407 Die Liechtensteiner und die Anfänge des
Automobilismus
Marcin Dziedzic
423 Der Beitrag der Fürsten von Liechtenstein
zur Entwicklung des Tourismus im Altvatergebirge
435 Das Kunstschaffen auf den Domänen
und in den Residenzen der Liechtensteiner
Christine Salge
437 Römische Barockrezeption und architektonische Traditionspflege.
Die Umgestaltungen des Schlosses Feldsberg
unter Fürst Anton Florian von Liechtenstein (1713-1721)
Hellmut Lorenz
455 Die Ansichten-Serie der Liechtenstein-Schlösser
von Johann Adam Delsenbach
Pavel
Zatloukal
469 Das „lange Jahrhundert im Grenzland von Südmähren
und Niederösterreich. Versuch einer Charakteristik des kulturellen
Geschehens im Parkareal von Eisgrub, Feldsberg und Lundenburg
in den Jahren 1785-1918
483 Sammlungen und Museen der Liechtensteiner
in der Vergangenheit und Gegenwart
Markéta Jarošová
485 Der Mäzen Johann
II.
von Liechtenstein im Kontext der Sammlung
mittelalterlicher Kunst des Schlesischen Landesmuseums
Marie
Mžyková
499 Porträts der Liechtensteiner
in den böhmischen und mährischen Sammlungen
Hans Huysza
519 Das Schloss Wilfersdorf in der Geschichte der Familie Liechtenstein
525 Abkürzungsverzeichnis
527 Literaturverzeichnis
569 Personenregister
583 Ortsregister
595 Autorenverzeichnis
605
Summary
605
The Princely House of Liechtenstein
in the History of the Lands
of the Bohemian Crown
Introduction
Marek Vařeka - Aleš Zářický
The history of the
Liechtensteins,
princes from
1608,
is inextricably con¬
nected with the history of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown. The activities
of this dynasty can be traced continuously from the Middle Ages to
1945,
when they were interrupted for a time until their revival in the present
day
-
based on new, democratic principles in an emerging integrated Eu¬
rope. The main aim of the international conference The Princely House of
Liechtenstein in the History of the Lands of the Bohemian Crown was to pre¬
sent and discuss the history of this dynasty in the widest possible range
of contexts
-
not only in relation to the Czech lands but also in connection
with the
Habsburg
monarchy and Europe as a whole. The conference
-
the
first Czech-Liechtenstein academic event after the establishment of diplo¬
matic relations between the two countries
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took place on
24-26
Novem¬
ber
2010
in the impressive surroundings of the Archdiocesan Museum in
Olomouc;
it was organized by the Centre for Economic and Social History
at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava in conjunction with the Histori¬
cal Society of the Principality of Liechtenstein. The event featured
45
aca¬
demics from
7
European countries, and was held under the auspices of
the Prince of Liechtenstein Hans Adam II, the Archbishop of
Olomouc
and
Metropolitan of Moravia Mons. Jan Graubner, and the Auxiliary Bishop of
Olomouc
and Titular Bishop of Thunudrum, Mons. Josef
Hrdlička.
The individual panel discussions at the conference traced the history of
the dynasty, individual figures, their political, economic and cultural activi¬
ties, and aspects of their everyday lives. A particularly important topic of
discussion was the process by which the family s property and assets were
created, accumulated and then lost
-
including the family s relocation to
the Principality of Liechtenstein. Participants also focused on issues of rel¬
evance at the regional level
-
especially the history of the estates, cities and
villages owned by the
Liechtensteins
in the Czech lands
-
as well as exam¬
ining the traces left by the
Liechtensteins
in culture, architecture and art.
We are confident that this publication will contribute to a deeper un¬
derstanding of the history of the Princely House of Liechtenstein
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a family
which has made a huge contribution to forming the space in which we live
today.
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Introduction
The House of Liechtenstein in the History of the Czech Lands: Key Historical Aspects
Marek Vařeka
Every historical dynastic family has experienced phases of growth and also stagnation dur¬
ing its history. The same phases can be found in the history of the House of Liechtenstein.
In relation to Czech history, seven individual phases can be identified. Each of them will be
dealt with in turn by this paper, represented by key figures or events. The purpose of this
presentation is to show
-
in brief- the 700-year history of the
Liechtensteins in
relation
to Czech history. Not many families have been so closely associated with Czech history for
so long; the
Liechtensteins
rank among names such as
Sternberg, Lobkowicz
and Kinsky as
families which have made a decisive contribution to the nation s development. Moreover,
the
Liechtensteins
have left a permanent architectural legacy in the landscape through¬
out the entire Czech Republic. Most people associate the family with the Lednice-Valtice
[Eisgrub-Feldsberg] complex, however there are many more Liechtenstein structures
-
the
châteaux
at Plumlov,
Úsov, Nové dvory, Mikulov, Koloděje,
the
Liechtenstein
Palace in
Prague, the
château
in
Moravský Krumlov,
the tombs in
Vranov
near Brno and
Moravský
Krumlov,
and many more.
A crucial impetus in the family s history came with the arrival of
Heinrich
of Liechten¬
stein at the
Mikulov [Nikolsburg]
estates in
1249 -
the first member of the House of Liech¬
tenstein to come to the Czech lands. At the end of
1249
Heinrich
I moved to
Mikulov,
ac¬
companied by his wife
Mathilde
and their many children. For
Heinrich,
the
Mikulov
region
offered great potential thanks to its wealth of assets. Thanks to this property, the family
began to develop and prosper. The Bohemian King
Přemysl Otakar
II needed a capable no¬
bleman to whom he could entrust the border regions of southern Moravia.
Heinrich
I stood
out as a suitable candidate; he also owned property in the Duchy of Austria, and he knew
the political situation there. It is evident that the King s decision soon began to pay divi¬
dends.
Heinrich
I brought stability to the
Mikulov
region, which began to prosper under his
rule. The iron and golden King , as
Přemysl Otakar
II was known, needed his own man in
place to maintain peace in the southern border regions. This was not an easy task, as the
nobility were constantly involved in conflicts on both sides of the border. For this reason,
the King s choice of an Austrian family
-
the
Liechtensteins -
for a Moravian border outpost
was an astute one. Moreover, the King became so fond of
Heinrich
I that he appointed him
governor of
Styria.
It is a great shame that the King did not continue in this astute policy
of bringing local noble families on-side, but instead decided to send his own people from
Bohemia to the Austrian provinces. This was to prove a major problem in the conflict which
eventually flared up in
1278.
However, as is often the case, a period of success was followed by less auspicious times.
The end of the harmonious relationship between the
Liechtensteins
and King
Přemysl Ota¬
kar
II came with Henry s death
(1265/66].
The estates were inherited by his sons
Frie¬
drich
I and
Heinrich
II (who had not yet come of age). Whose side would the Liechtenstein
brothers join? That of the King, who had been abandoned by almost everybody, or that
of the
Habsburg
King Rudolf I? It appears that the brothers decision was motivated by
pure pragmatism; they came down on the side of Rudolf
-
as did the entire Austrian no¬
bility. At the decisive battle of the Marchfeld in
1278,
Friedrich
I and
Heinrich
II of Liech¬
tenstein fought for Austria, not for Bohemia. We may ask the question why they chose the
side of Rudolf
Habsburg,
when the Bohemian King had provided them with such extensive
estates? They knew that
Přemysl
Otakar s political power was on the wane, and simply
calculated that it would be more advantageous to them to fight on the Austrian side, and
Summary
607
then to attempt to rescue their father s possessions after the battle. This gamble paid off, as
Přemysl Otakar
was killed at the Marchfeld and Rudolf
Habsburg
emerged victorious.
The second milestone in the family s history came with
Johann
I
von
Liechtenstein. This
important nobleman managed to build up a huge power base for the family, and it was he
who began the
Liechtensteins
expansion on the borders of Moravia and Austria. Until
Jo¬
hann
I, family members had purchased parts of villages, expanding their property gradually.
But
Johann
made several major new acquisitions, transforming the provincial family into
one of the wealthiest in the entire region.
Johann
I is associated with the acquisition of the
Valtice
[Feldsberg]
estates, which re¬
mained in the family s possession until
1945.
The most important event of
1388
was the
acquisition of five-sixths of the estates.
Johann
I had had his sights fixed on
Valtice
for a
while. He had purchased individual villages in the area in order to strengthen his posi¬
tion, encouraging him to be bolder in his demands. However, acquiring the whole of the
estates was a more difficult task. The easiest way of achieving this goal appeared to be by
marriage
-
so this was the policy
Johann
chose. In
1383
he married Elisabeth of Puchheim,
giving him a sufficient claim over part of the
Valtice
estates. Moreover,
Johann
I served at
the court of the Austrian Dukes, and thus had a direct influence over their domestic and for¬
eign policy. This brought him many advantages, but also many potential dangers.
Johann
I
of Liechtenstein began to focus his sights on Bohemia, cultivating good relations with the
Bohemian King Wenceslas
[Václav]
IV. It was
Johann
who helped Wenceslas to escape from
Vienna. However, he paid a heavy price, when the Austrian Duke
Albrecht
III confiscated
almost all of the family s property in Austria and incarcerated
Johann
I. This was the most
significant loss of property experienced by the family in the Middle Ages. The next com¬
parable loss came after the First and Second World Wars, when the family lost most of its
property in the Czech lands.
However, for each action there is a reaction-and this case was no exception. The im¬
prisoned
Johann
I of Liechtenstein was supported by key figures on the Central European
political scene: King Wenceslas IV, his younger brother Duke
Jan Zhořelecký,
and the Duke
of Bavaria. They concluded a covenant with Matthias I of Liechtenstein against
Albrecht
III.
The covenant was intended to intimidate the Duke -and it evidently served this purpose
well.
Johann
was incarcerated sometime in the autumn of
1394;
there is documented evi¬
dence that he was in custody in early December. However, at the end of April
1395
he was
again a free man. We can assume that his incarceration did not involve the harsh conditions
endured by the poorest sections of medieval society. The status of
Johann
I would have been
reflected in his place of imprisonment
-
probably in a castle, under constant guard. Never¬
theless, even this form of incarceration leaves permanent psychological scars on a person
-
and
Johann
emerged from his captivity a changed man. He no longer harboured his former
burning desire to accumulate wealth for the family. Although his name continues to ap¬
pear on some family documents, this is more in recognition of his former achievements for
the House of Liechtenstein. These years also brought the death of Johann s elder brothers
Georg
II and
Hartneid
IV.
Georg
II, who had held the post of chamberlain to
Albrecht
III, died
in around
1393.
He was followed in
1395
by
Hartneid
IV, who had been provincial governor
of
Styria
since
1388. Johann
I was deeply affected by his loss of status, his imprisonment,
the confiscation of huge amounts of wealth, and the death of his brothers
-
whom he would
soon join. After his release, he lived as a recluse, waiting for his end.
Johann was
released from prison shortly before his death in
1397.
He is an exceptional
figure in the history of the House of Liechtenstein. It was he who showed future generations
of the family which strategy they should adopt on the Moravian-Austrian border in order to
placate both rulers. Loyalty to only one of the rulers was unthinkable; they had to learn to
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live with both. This balancing act was not always simple. However, from
1526
onwards the
task became easier when Moravia and Austria came to be ruled by a single monarch
-
with
positive implications for the family as a whole.
The well-known Liechtenstein urbary of
1414
is an important source
ofinformation
on
the family s assets in the early 15th century. This document enables us to study the struc¬
ture of the House s property in Lower Austria and southern Moravia
-
making the urbary
at least the equal of the Rosenberg urbaries from the same period. It remains an excellent
source of insights into the lives of people in the Liechtenstein domains, and provides exten¬
sive information on the family s entire range of possessions along the Austrian-Moravian
border.
Johann s death signalled the start of a difficult 15th century for the
Liechtensteins,
when
the family lost extensive property first as a result of the Hussite Wars, and subsequently
in the Bohemian-Hungarian Wars. Before the outbreak of the Bohemian-Hungarian Wars,
Perchta
of Rosenberg
[Rožmberk]
-
the wife of
Johann
V of Liechtenstein
-
received poor
treatment in
Mikulov [Nikolsburg].
Personal correspondence between
Perchta
and her fa¬
ther
Ulrich
of Rosenberg gives an insight into the world of the
Liechtensteins in
the mid-
15th century. This correspondence is a valuable source of information, making it possible
to reconstruct the complex relationships among the individual members of the family. The
letters offer a unique insight into the various
Liechtensteins
living together at the
Mikulov
château.
Mikulov
was the family s main base until
1504.
It served as a central office from which
the individual family members controlled and managed their extensive domains in Austria
and Moravia. The
Liechtensteins
always stood on the side of the Moravian Margrave, who
attempted to compensate the family for the considerable costs of defending the realm
-
largely without success. By the end of the 15th century the family s finances were in a par¬
lous state, its domains restricted to southern Moravia and Lower Austria.
In the early 16th century the family split into separate lines, making it essential to keep
the current property within the family and prevent its gradual erosion. A new family cov¬
enant was drawn up in
1504
to serve this purpose. Unfortunately, during the 16th century
this covenant proved to be highly problematic
-
and it ultimately resulted in the sale of the
Mikulov
estates in
1560.
The
Mikulov Hne
of the family was so heavily in debt that it was
forced to sell the House s most important Moravian possessions. The other lines of the fam¬
ily were not able to pay the asking price
-
and so the family lost this domain entirely.
We should also not forget the
Liechtensteins
Protestant phase, which was connected
with the arrival in
Mikulov
of an Anabaptist sect from Switzerland. The
Liechtensteins
con¬
verted to Protestantism in the 1520s, remaining in this confession until their reversion to
Catholicism at the turn of the 17th century.
One figure often neglected in discussions of the family s history is
Hartmann
II of Liech¬
tenstein. Most historians emphasize the role played by his son Karl, who brought excep¬
tional political power to the family, while paying only minimal attention to Karl s father.
However, it was
Hartmann
II who quickly understood the principles of loan finance in the
16th century and attempted to extract the maximum possible benefit from the system. He
decided to consolidate his family s property, and managed to regain the
Lednice
[Eisgrub]
estates near
Mikulov.
Hartmann
not only introduced more efficient systems of manage¬
ment on the estates
-
as shown by extensive accounting documentation
-
but he also real¬
ized that the family needed more than one source of income. At the time, members of the
nobility lived almost exclusively on the income from their own estates, which was collected
twice a year. However, this money was insufficient to cover the needs of the nobility of the
time
-
and so
Hartmann
II took advantage of the loan finance system which was becoming
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increasingly popular throughout Europe. He was also the official provider of provisions for
the imperial army. He invested his enormous income not into large-scale reconstructions
of family seats, like most of his fellow noblemen, but into extensive loan financing opera¬
tions. This activity brought him to the imperial court, clearing the way for his successor
Karl I of Liechtenstein.
Hartmann H
managed to halt the economic decline of the family and
prepare the foundations for its future prosperity. A crucial role in the family s history was
played by Karl I and his brothers Gundakar and Maximilian. Karl was the more prominent
figure of the two. A pragmatist in every way, he was prepared to do almost anything to gain
wealth and assets. First he married the Sembera heiress, Anna Maria, bringing him two
new estates in Moravia
-
(Jsov and
Černá Hora.
However, this did not quench his thirst for
enrichment. He began a complicated attempt to acquire the Plumlov estates, which were
deeply in debt, succeeding in
1599.
Karl I of Liechtenstein entered the 17th century as one
of the richest nobles in Moravia, a recent convert to Catholicism. In combination with large-
scale imperial loans, this opened his path to the highest strata of society. However, Karl was
not satisfied with being a mere Moravian nobleman
-
his ambitions lay in higher places, at
the imperial court itself. Emperor Rudolf II had received extensive loan finance from the
young Liechtenstein, who was one of his most important creditors. It is clear to see that
Karl continued the financial strategy begun by his father. As the Emperor was unable to
repay the loans, Karl acquired further property
-
the town of
Hustopeče
[Auspitz]
-
and in
1607
he received a palatinate entitling him to mint coins. However, by this time Karl had
entered the service of the new Hungarian King Matyas, who raised him to the rank of Prince
in
1608.
This marked the beginning of a stellar career for Karl I. However, what use was a
princely title without a principality? The solution soon appeared in the rebellious
Opava
[Troppau] region, where Karl was installed as the hereditary prince in the local Duchy. The
Opava
estates protested, but could do nothing more. The rule of the young Liechtenstein
was uncompromisingly absolutist. However,
Opava
represented merely an overture to
Karl s career.
The future Emperor Ferdinand II was paying close attention to Karl s handling of the
Opava
situation, and quickly realized that he would need Karl to help him implement his
plans. Events took a rapid turn in
1619
when Moravia joined the rebellion of the Bohe¬
mian estates, creating a confederation. Karl fled from Brno to Vienna, determined not to
return to the dangerous territory of Moravia. However, a turning point in his career came
after the Battle of the White Mountain, when the Emperor entrusted the entire Kingdom
of Bohemia to Karl, who
-
as the absolute governor
-
had enormous powers. Karl joined
forces with other prominent figures
-
including
Albrecht
von Wallenstein
and
Johan
de
Witt -
who formed a minting consortium which would eventually bring disaster to the im¬
perial treasury. Karl played a major role in these machinations, and acquired tremendous
wealth
- 427,000
gulden according to historical sources. He used this money to purchase
confiscated estates, which swelled the family s possessions to an unprecedented extent. In
1622,
he acquired the Duchy of
Krnov
[Jägerndorf]
after the expulsion of the Margrave of
Brandenburg
Johann
Georg.
It was joked at the time that the property of the
Liechtensteins
was so extensive that you could travel from Lower Austria to
Opava
without ever leaving
their estates. Of course this was something of an exaggeration, but if we take into account
the property of Karl s brothers Maximilian and Gundakar, the family s assets by the end
of the 1620s were truly enormous. In my view, the figure of Karl I of Liechtenstein is of
key importance for understanding the family s history in its entirety. How should we view
him? Certainly he was a highly ambitious man, driven by his desire for success. However,
not all of his acquisitions were entirely legal. We should also not forget that it was Karl I of
Liechtenstein who oversaw the execution of the
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For
these
reasons, I think that we should view Karl I from several different angles. The first
is the perspective of the family
-
and here Karl is an exceptional figure. During his life, he
managed to acquire not only titles, but immense wealth and property. He was a key figure
in the family s history, founding the princely dynasty. However, on the other hand we must
also assess him as a human being. Here we can see a man who engaged in dubious financial
practices throughout his life, in addition to a range of other activities which were to have a
profound impact on the family in the coming decades. His activities have traditionally been
viewed very differently by historians in the Czech lands and in Austria. The Czech view has
been highly negative, seeing Karl as an unscrupulous man, whereas in Austria he has been
viewed more charitably. This difference can also be seen in the different approaches to the
Bohemian estates rebellion of
1618-1620.
Czech historians have traditionally painted this
movement as an act of defiance against
Habsburg
absolutism, while Austrian historians
emphasize the successful quashing of a Czech insurgency. In the future it will be highly
beneficial to learn more about the life of Karl I and gain a more rounded and subtle un¬
derstanding of his role. The polarized views of his activities can also be seen in the claim
-
made repeatedly in Czech historical literature
-
that Karl I acquired
10,500,000
gulden
through his activities in the minting consortium; the real figure was considerably lower
(427,000
gulden). Moreover, it is hardly ever mentioned that Karl s son, Karl Eusebius, was
forced to pay
256,000
gulden to the imperial treasury to compensate for his father s role in
the consortium. Karl Eusebius was the only descendant of a consortium member who actu¬
ally paid this compensation. The same applies to Karl s role in the execution of the
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Czech
nobles; in fact, Karl I petitioned the Emperor for clemency, but the appeal was rejected as
groundless by Ferdinand II.
Unlike his brother Karl, Prince Gundakar of Liechtenstein made a career as a soldier,
achieving notable success in the military profession. He fought mainly in the first phase
of the Thirty Years War, and managed to acquire two Moravian estates
-
Uherský Ostroh
and
Moravský
Krumlov.
In
1633
these estates were redesignated the Principality of Liech¬
tenstein as part of Gundakar s attempt to boost his status. The family was controlled by
the young Karl Eusebius, the Prince of
Opava
and
Krnov.
Gundakar therefore decided to
raise his own estates to the status of Principality
-
but the idea did not find favour with the
estates, who petitioned the Emperor against it. Eventually, after Gundakar s death, both
estates reverted to their original names.
Prince Gundakar was to some extent overshadowed by his elder brother Karl. However, it
was he who did the most to ensure the continuation of the line. He was bound by the highly
effective family covenant of
1606,
which defined the ruling line of the family as its oldest
line
-
represented after
1627
by Karl s son, Karl Eusebius. Prince Gundakar never consid¬
ered attacking the covenant; he knew his position within the family, and did everything in
his power to assist his nephew and his own children.
The fifth important figure in the family history is
Johann Adam
I of Liechtenstein. Unlike
his father, he entered public service at the
Habsburg
court. Prince Karl Eusebius tried to
deter his son from entering a career at the court, which in many ways was a hazardous one.
However, fathers advice is not always taken.
From a very early age, the young Prince
Johann Adam
I was predestined to become the
head of the entire House of Liechtenstein. His father Karl Eusebius urged him to concentrate
on managing the family s estates and advised him against pursuing a court career, which in
his view brought no benefits.
Johann Adam
inherited several dozen estates, which brought
considerable income to the family s treasury. However, under the reign of Karl Eusebius the
costs of the Principality s bureaucracy became too high, reaching a critical point after his
death. The family s debts had grown to an astronomical
800,000
gulden
-
and it was clear
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that a few cosmetic changes to the bureaucratic system would not be enough to rectify the
situation.
Johann Adam
I suspended all of his father s building projects, reduced the size of
the court, and cut the bureaucratic apparatus by
75 %
at all levels.
These reforms began to bear fruit in the early 1690s. The family had saved enough money
to pay off debts and invest in the purchase of new estates. The Prince attempted to acquire
estates with good economic potential, located in fertile regions. In
1692
he bought one of
the largest estates in Moravia:
Hodonín
[Göding].
He also invested in agricultural innova¬
tions, acquiring new livestock and improving productivity.
Unlike his father,
Johann Adam
entered service at the imperial court. He began his career
as an imperial chamberlain, having been helped to achieve this post by his father-in-law
Ferdinand Josef. He then became a privy counsellor, and in
1693
he received the Order of
the Golden Fleece. In recognition of the excellent financial management he had pioneered
on his own estates, he was entrusted with the task of reforming the court s economic affairs.
He proposed to reduce the number of officials, cut pension entitlements, increase exports
and introduce state monopolies on selected goods. Unfortunately his working committee
constantly ran up against resistance from the court structures, and it was disbanded in
1700.
A new opportunity came his way in
1703,
when he became the president of the first
Austrian bank (Banco del Giro). This bank was set up to invest capital in manufacturing
in order to increase the monarchy s economic self-sufficiency. However, foreign financiers
and domestic opponents soon began to undermine the new bank, which was disbanded in
1705.
It was not until later that the Vienna Municipal Bank was founded to perform the role
of a state financial institution.
In addition to the acquisition of the extensive estates of
Hodonín
and
Sternberg,
Johann
Adam also purchased the
Schellenberg
estate
(1699)
and the County of Vaduz
(1712).
In
1719
these small estates became the basis for the Principality of Liechtenstein, which is
controlled by the family to this day.
Johann Adam
had thus succeeded where Prince Gunda-
kar had failed
-
he had created a Principality.
Prince
Johann
Adam I took over his father s plans to build the most ambitious
château
in
the family s history
-
in Plumlov. The new
château
was to replace
Valtice
as the princely res¬
idence. Originally it was planned that the Prince would reside their almost all year round.
However, this soon proved unrealistic; Plumlov was too far from Vienna, and the cold cli¬
mate of the Drahany Hills was another obstacle. Building work was eventually stopped in
1690.
The needs of
Johann Adam
I differed from those of his father. The Viennese palace at
Herrengasse 8
was not adequate for a permanent presence at the imperial court, and so
the Prince decided to build new palaces. The city palace near the Hofburg, designed by
Do¬
menico
Martinelli, was completed in
1705
under the supervision of the architect Gabriel
de
Gabriele.
The garden palace in the in Rossau outside Vienna was built to plans by
Domenico
Egidio Rossi and
Domenico
Martinelli. This monumental building, with its
cour d honneur,
stables and extensive parkland, was completed in
1706.
Prince
Johann Adam
I died in
1712,
his death marking the end of the line established by
Prince Karl I. Everything
Johann Adam
had built passed to the next line, founded by Gunda-
kar
-
the line which still reigns today.
Johann Adam
I consolidated the family s property and
brought further prosperity, which continued throughout the 18th century.
The next important point in the
Liechtensteins
history was the construction of the huge
complex at Lednice-Valtice [Eisgrub-Feldsberg], which was begun in the late 18th century
and reached its completion in the mid-19th century. Naturally, the
Liechtensteins
could only
build such a huge complex if they owned extensive lands. The estates of
Lednice
and
Valtice
had been held by the family since the Middle Ages, and they were viewed with great fond¬
ness. There are few families in Czech history which have managed to retain one piece of
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land from the Middle Ages right into the 20th century: in Moravia only the
Liechtensteins
were able to do so, and in Bohemia the
Sternbergs
(at
Šternberk).
The construction of this extensive complex raised the prominence of the
Liechtensteins
at all levels of Czech society, creating widespread public awareness of the family;
Lednice
and
Valtice
are among the most popular and frequently visited historical sites in Moravia.
The complex is a unique achievement of landscaping, featuring sensitively positioned build¬
ings. The
Liechtensteins
had an intimate knowledge of the landscape on the borders of
Moravia and Lower Austria, and so they were able to approach the project with great sen¬
sitivity. The result speaks for itself
-
the largest artificially created landscape in the world,
always offering something new to visitors, who keep on returning.
Here I would like to stop for a moment and discuss another major figure
-
Prince
Jo¬
hann
II of Liechtenstein. He was known as
Johann
the Good for his progressive treatment
of his employees and his propensity to embrace the latest social trends. Besides improving
the social status of his employees, he also built many churches, schools and houses, which
can be seen today not only in Liechtenstein itself, but also in the
Břeclav
[Lundenburg] area
and at Lednice-Valtice.
The next major turning point in the family s history came in
1918,
with the foundation
of the Czechoslovak Republic. The
Liechtensteins
owned extensive lands in the new state,
and they faced a similar situation to their predecessors in
1249-1526.
Suddenly their es¬
tates were scattered across four different states
-
Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary and
Liechtenstein
-
and they had to deal with this situation somehow. They were also among
the largest landowners in Moravia. It was clear that major changes would soon follow. The
new Czechoslovakia needed to carry out land reforms in order to support small farmers
-
who were to be the backbone of the new economic system. In this connection, it is impor¬
tant to mention the change of political system from a monarchy to a republic. Aristocratic
titles and privileges could have no place in a republican system. It is interesting to trace
the relationship between the new state and Prince
Johann
II, who was the reigning Prince
of Liechtenstein, but lived for most of the year in
Lednice
and
Valtice.
For this reason the
new Czechoslovakia was reluctant to recognize Liechtenstein as a state; it feared that the
land confiscated in the first and second land reforms may have to be returned to its original
owner. Prince
Johann
II did not live to see the recognition of Liechtenstein. These circum¬
stances gave rise to an interesting situation: Czechoslovakia was home to a monarch who
was not recognized by the republic as a head of state. For the republic, he was merely a
private citizen living in southern Moravia. By contrast, the majority of European countries
-
including the United Kingdom
-
did recognize Liechtenstein.
The first and second land reforms deprived the
Liechtensteins
of a large part of their
property. They did receive compensation for a large part of this loss before
1938.
The first
serious problem that clouded the relationship between Czechoslovakia and the Principality
of Liechtenstein was the mutual recognition of both states. Moreover, until
1938
Liechten¬
stein was a very poor country, which had always gained the majority of its income from the
Liechtenstein estates in Moravia. This served as a pretext for Czechoslovakia to refuse to
recognize the principality. Mutual recognition did not come until the turbulent year of
1938,
only for the relations between the two states to be cut off by the Second World War, when
the Czech lands were under German occupation and Liechtenstein fought for its independ¬
ence as a neutral state (alongside Switzerland). Here it is worth remembering that Liech¬
tenstein (unlike Switzerland) did not recognize the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia.
After the Second World War, the entire Czechoslovak assets of the
Liechtensteins
were con¬
fiscated through the
Beneš
decrees. The main criterion for this confiscation was the alleged
German nationality of the House of Liechtenstein
-
despite the fact that all members had
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passports issued by the Principality of Liechtenstein, and were thus not German nationals.
Relations between the two countries remained at a low point for
50
long years. It was only
after
1989
that steps were taken towards a more healthy relationship, culminating in
2009
with the establishment of diplomatic relations between both states.
The
Liechtensteins in
Moravia during the Middle Ages
AND THE PRE-WHITE MOUNTAIN ERA
The Seats of the
Liechtensteins
before their Arrival in Moravia
Miroslav Plaček
The beginnings of the
Liechtensteins
have been studied mainly by Austrian historians. It
should be said that their ideas have developed over time, and sometimes differ. However,
they do concur that the founder of the family was Hugo
von
Liechtenstein, documented in
1120/30-1143.
Until the completion of Liechtenstein Castle, Hugo was probably known
after
Leesdorf [also
near
Mödling).
It appears that he (or his ancestor) came to Austria from
Bavaria, with the Vohburg margraves, though he soon sided with the Babenbergs, from
whom he obtained estates on the Zaya river in Lower Austria. The only surviving remnants
of the original castle are the lower part of the eastern tower and chapel, and also probably
the courtyard area, which dates from the 13th century. Hugo s successors were members of
the lower and free gentry
-
their allodial land was at Petronell, where they built another
seat near the church of St John. We do not know what this building looked like; it probably
consisted of fortifications to protect the church from Turkish attack.
After the division of the family s assets into three lines around
1230,
Dietrich built a
lowland castle in Rohrau, which was completely obliterated by the later
château.
Heinrich
I
moved to his estates on the Zaya, where he was first based at a mud-and-timber structure
known as Hutsaul , north of
Altlichten
warth; then a small castle with a masonry core (Neu-
lichtenwarth) was built on higher ground above St.
Ulrich
by the mid-13th century. When
Přemysl Otakar
II and his father King Wenceslas gave
Mikulov [Nikolsburg]
to
Heinrich
I
in
1249,
the town s castle and estates represented a huge acquisition for the family, boost¬
ing its importance greatly. When the line in Petronell and Rohrau died out, the family lost
Liechtenstein, although the successors of
Heinrich
I continued to use the name. Other small
seats
(Würnitz
and
Reichenberg)
were received by female members of the family as dowry.
Mikulov
remained the family s most important property until the early modern era, and
was the
Liechtensteins
main seat until
1560.
The family regained the ruined Liechtenstein
Castle in the 19th century, restoring it to the Romantic structure we see today.
The Liechtenstein Family s Property in Moravia in the Middle Ages
Miroslav Svoboda
The Liechtenstein family gradually accumulated property in Moravia from the 13th century.
The first member of the family to come to Moravia was
Heinrich
of Liechtenstein, who in
1249
was invested by Margrave
Přemysl
with the village of
Mikulov
and its holdings in rec¬
ognition of his services. A significant enlargement of property came to the
Liechtensteins
after the related
Sirotek
family died out, leaving them the
Sirotek
castle in the
Palava
Hills
with an extensive hinterland. Two years later,
Hartneid
of Liechtenstein acquired
Děvíčky
Castle in the
Palava
Hills as well. All the property the
Liechtensteins
had received in Mora¬
via was feudal, which meant that they could not be judged by the Provincial Court, but only
by the Margrave Court.
They could not sell or exchange their property freely; however, on the other hand, its
tenure was guaranteed even if they fell into debt. The obligations ensuing from the feudal
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status of the property included providing an armed force to the Margrave and also provid¬
ing him with refuge in the feudal castles. In return, the ruler was obliged to protect and
defend his vassal.
Most feudal tenures were given to the
Liechtensteins
by Margrave
Jošt
of Luxemburg,
who pursued long and exhausting wars with his brother
Prokop.
From
1380,
after the ac¬
quisition of
Nový hrad
[New Castle], the Liechtenstein family held all of the fortified loca¬
tions in the
Palava
Hills. In
1383
Margrave
Jošt
gave Jan
1
of Liechtenstein the fortress and
estate of
Břeclav
as a pledge, but five years later it was given to the family as a feoff. Ten
years later Margrave
Jošt
invested Jan I of Liechtenstein with the estate of Drnholec for
4,000
gulden and
54,000
groschen. Buchlov Castle was also held as a pledge by the
Liech¬
tensteins
for a short time, but they profited more in
1416
when they acquired
Podivín;
in
1422
they converted it into a free estate, though this had little impact. In the early
15*
cen¬
tury the
Liechtensteins
had an urbary of all their property compiled, which was the oldest
aristocratic property register in Moravia, recording in detail the size and form of all the
family estates.
The Liechtenstein family s property continued to grow even after
Jošťs
death, though
not so quickly as before: their last purchase, in
1470,
was
Týnec
Castle, which was also
considered as a feudal tenure in
1486.
The ruler invested the
Liechtensteins
with extensive
estates and they in turn established the same feudal system on those estates, enabling in¬
dividual members of their family to have large groups of armed vassals. Unfortunately, due
to a lack of sources we hardly know anything about the way in which this feudal system
operated.
At the turn of the 16th century, before the great division of the family into three lines,
the Moravian property of the
Liechtensteins
made up an extensive domain in the south of
Moravia. It was obtained as a feoff from the ruler of the country, nearly always in return for
loyalty to the Margrave in many wars. The whole process undoubtedly represented a mutu¬
ally advantageous deal: the
Liechtensteins
continued to grow ever richer, while the ruler
had this powerful family bound to himself by means of important feudal bonds. Moreover,
the relationship enabled the ruler to secure the southern frontier of the province.
I can see no more suitable Man for the Office of Governor than Karl of Liechtenstein
(The
Liechtensteins
in the Moravian Provincial Government during the pre-White
Mountain era)
Marek Starý
The
Liechtensteins
settled in Moravia in the mid-13th century, and in the period before the
Battle of the White Mountain they grew to be one of the most firmly established Moravian
families. This was confirmed by a resolution of the provincial assembly in
1479.
The
Liech¬
tensteins
also retained extensive property on the Austrian side of the
Dyje
[Thaya], and
they maintained close links with Austria. This is perhaps why they generally played only a
minor role in Moravian provincial government, and did not hold posts in the highest offices.
In the first half of the 16th century
Linhart
of Liechtenstein (f
1534)
served for a short
time at the provincial court, making him one of a select group of the most influential mem¬
bers of the Moravian nobility. Soon after his death he was followed by his nephew
Johann
(t
1552),
who was also a member of a special court tribunal judging a prominent case of
fraud in the Czech estates
(1547).
In the following year he took over the vacant office of the
supreme provincial judge, becoming the first member of the family to penetrate into the
highest echelons of the Moravian official hierarchy.
The most important intersection between the
Liechtensteins
family history and the
Moravian provincial government in the pre-White Mountain era is to be found in the
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activities of one of the most important, capable and best-known members of the family,
later to become the Prince of
Opava
[Troppau] and
Krnov
[Jägerndorf] - Karl von Liechten¬
stein
[f
1627).
His father
Hartmann
II
(1-1585)
had served at the provincial court for sev¬
eral years, and Karl was nominated as a member of this elite body in
1596.
Three years later
he was appointed supreme provincial judge by the Emperor. He immediately converted to
Catholicism, and in the spring of
1600
he was appointed as a member of the court, where he
ultimately served as privy counsellor. This brought an end to his activities as judge, though
he continued to hold the office formally until mid-1601.
In
1603
Liechtenstein left the Prague court, and in March
1604
he was appointed by the
Emperor to the vacant position of Moravian provincial governor. He thus became the only
member of the family who had managed to reach the highest office in the province. His
governorship ended similarly to his role as judge
-
in October
1606
he returned to the ser¬
vices of Rudolf II where he headed the privy council as the master of the court; he ceased
to perform his role as governor, and was released from his duties as governor in June
1607.
This study attempts to map Karl s official career in Moravia, mainly using the documents
held by the National Archive. These materials are a valuable source
ofinformation
not only
on the career of Karl and (to a lesser extent) other members of the family, but they also re¬
veal much about the mechanisms that were used in the pre-White Mountain period when
appointing officials to provincial administrative and court positions.
John Sembera Czernohorsky of
Boskovice
and the Marital Strategy
of the Liechtenstein Family in the
Іб 1
Century
Kateřina Dufková
John Sembera Czernohorsky of
Boskovice
was born sometime around
1543.
After the early
death of his father, John s older brother
Albrecht
Czernohorsky of
Boskovice
took over his
education; John studied in Vienna and later undertook a grand tour of Italy. In
1560
he
inherited his father s property, and in
1569
he was married for the first time, to Sidonia,
Countess Schllik of Passau. She died in
1575
and immediately the next year John married
his second wife, Mary Zabkovna of Limberk. Although this marriage ended soon, in
1581,
it
produced two daughters, Ann Mary and Catherine.
John Sembera was reluctant to become involved in politics or in the management of his
holdings, and he is rather famous for his
bon vivant
lifestyle. Yet during his life he man¬
aged to accumulate considerable property, which should have passed to his two daughters
after his death. This made them very lucrative potential brides for many noblemen of this
time. The most successful suitor was Charles of Liechtenstein, who [partly through the
intercession of the Archduke Matthias) married the elder of the two sisters, Ann, in the
mid-lSgOs. John Sembera died in his castle on
30
April
1597.
Charles of Liechtenstein
then became the guardian of his wife s younger sister, Catherine, who soon married his
brother Maximilian.
Both of these marriages had a crucial importance for Lords of Liechtenstein. Newly
acquired property consolidated their position among the local nobility, while ensuring
sufficient resources for the future careers of both brothers. Traditionally, therefore, both
Charles and Maximilian s behaviour is considered primarily as a sophisticated economic
move. But we must not forget the long tradition of marriages between both families, and
the symbolic importance of such connections. John Sembera was the last male descend¬
ant of an old aristocratic family which first appeared in Moravia in the early 13th cen¬
tury. The transfer of this legacy to the House of Liechtenstein is among the provisions of
John s will, and it is also mentioned in the annals of the Minorite monastery, which was
the traditional burial-place of the Lords of
Boskovice,
over a hundred years later. Charles
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of Liechtenstein was well aware of this legacy, as evidenced for example by his addition
of a coat-of-arms of the Lords of
Boskovice
to his own arms, or the building of a beauti¬
ful mausoleum for his father-in-law. John s entire property was again consolidated after
the death of the childless Maximilian, who passed his legacy to his brother s son Charles
Eusebius of Liechtenstein.
The two Marriages of Elisabeth
von
Liechtenstein
Peter
Futák
Elisabeth came from the
Mikulov [Nikolsburg]
line of the
Liechtensteins.
She was the
daughter of
Linhart
von
Liechtenstein and Catherine (f
1550),
daughter of
Beneš
Czerno-
horsky the Younger of
Boskovice
[Boskowitz]. She was born around
1534.
In accordance
with the custom at the time, female members of the nobility usually married when they
reached
15
years of age. Elisabeth reached this age sometime between
1550
and
1555,
when she married
Jaroslav
of
Kunovice
and
Hluk.
The lords of
Kunovice
were among the
wealthiest and most influential Moravian noble families of the
Іб 11
century. They held sev¬
eral large estates in south-eastern Moravia
-
the family seat at
Kunovice,
plus
Uherský Os¬
troh, Louka u Ostrohu, Hluk and Uherský Brod. By
1555
Elisabeth was Jaroslav s wife. The
couple moved to
Hluk,
where they had the local fortress
-
which was unsuitable for their
required standard of living
-
reconstructed to create a comfortable Renaissance residence.
However, the marriage remained childless. After Jaroslav s death on
20
October
1563,
Elis¬
abeth married for a second time, taking Count Sebastian of Gutstein as her husband and
moving to his home in western Bohemia. The
Gutsteins
were a branch of the old Bohemian
Hrozňatov
family, and Sebastian was the last male member of the
Žirovnice
line of the
Gutsteins.
Elisabeth s second marriage also remained childless. She is last mentioned in
1568.
Her second husband Sebastian died in
1578
and is buried in the church of St John
the Baptist in
Teplice.
The
Liechtensteins
Rise to Glory
Liechtenstein,
Dietrichstein,
Wallenstein
-
three Paths to Success
Tomáš
Knoz
The late 16th and early 17th century was one of the most important periods in the long his¬
tory of the
Liechtensteins
in Central Europe, personified primarily by Prince Karl of Liech¬
tenstein and also to an extent by his younger brothers Maximilian and Gundakar. In the
period
1590-1650
the family became incorporated into the structures of the province, and
the process of integration into the emerging structures of the
Habsburg
monarchy was also
begun. Karl of Liechtenstein gradually rose to become the highest-ranking estates official
in Moravia, and then the highest-ranking imperial officer in the most prominent of the
lands of the Bohemian Crown. He became part of the imperial privy council, the emerg¬
ing stratum of princes, and the elite echelons of knights holding the Order of the Golden
Fleece. Before the White Mountain, he linked the family by marriage with the Czernohor-
skys of
Boskovice,
marking the culmination of many centuries of efforts to build a strong
network of family possessions in Moravia; this was followed after the White Mountain by
the acquisition of estates confiscated from the
Žerotíns.
His princely title also brought him
extensive lands in the Duchy of
Opava
[Troppau] and later
Krnov
[Jägerndorf]. In
the early
17th century, Karl s younger brother Gundakar had already attempted to achieve the promo¬
tion of the Moravian secundogeniture
Liechtensteins
estates to a principality. The family
also made a major contribution to cultural life thanks to Karl, Maximilian, Gundakar and
Summary
617
Karl
Eusebias,
who accumulated extensive art collections at their estates and undertook
major building work in
Valtice, Lednice, Moravská Třebová and Uherský Ostroh.
In all of the
criteria listed above it can be asserted that
Karl von
Liechtenstein s carrier mirrored that
of his most important contemporaries
-
Franz
von Dietrichstein
and
Albrecht von
Wallen¬
stein.
Wallenstein s career was launched from a weaker starting position, and he achieved
prominence through his military exploits. For this reason, the end of the war after the Peace
of Prague meant a dramatic change of fortunes for
Wallenstein,
bringing his career to a sud¬
den end and complicating the continuation of his family in all its lines. Compared to Liech¬
tenstein, Dietrichstein s career was also considerably more unusual, as he linked himself
to the Church rather than with the territorially limited provincial boundaries of Moravia.
Although Franz
von
Dietrichstein s career stimulated the development of other lines of his
family, the
Dietrichsteins
did not achieve the same level of success as the
Liechtensteins in
any criterion. We can state that among his contemporaries in the Bohemian and Moravian
nobility, it was
Karl von
Liechtenstein who had the greatest ability, and it was he who man¬
aged to harness this ability and achieve success for himself and his family.
The Advancement of the Dynasty of Liechtenstein
-
Wars as a Stepping Stone to Lordship
Gerald Schöpfer
The history of the dynasty of the Liechtenstein princes goes back almost
800
years, with
numerous
ups
and downs. But with eminent political skills and prudent diplomacy it was
possible for the family to cope with all of the changing and critical situations that they faced.
The dynasty of Liechtenstein provided many commanders for the armed forces under
Habs¬
burg
rule, who were very successful in countless battles throughout the centuries. However,
the dynasty also included many highly effective businessmen, who increased the vested
rights of the dynasty through testamentary contracts and a very prudent family policy.
Over many centuries, the Liechtenstein dynasty dealt successfully with various conflicts;
they always responded to the early signs of radical political changes, and managed to pre¬
serve their independence and sovereignty through the skilful use of a see-saw policy.
Today the dynasty of the princes of Liechtenstein represents the only German-speaking
monarchy. From this fact alone it is abundantly clear how successful the dynasty has been
throughout its long-lasting history.
Succession Agreements of the
Liechtensteins
and their Efforts
to secure Family Property
Miroslav Geršic
From the 13th to the 16th century the
Liechtensteins
policy of succession rights applied the
seniority principle, as did other European aristocratic families at the time. Unfortunately,
this system constantly threatened to cause losses of the family estates.
The family agreement dated
1386
was the first significant attempt to secure proprietary
rights. In order to safeguard their joint estate, specifically the castles and manors of
Miku¬
lov,
Weissenstein and Maidburg, the parties to the contract acknowledged that ownership
of their property would be shared and impartible once and for all.
In the middle of the 15th century the
Liechtensteins
again faced problems connected with
the division of their property and the maintenance of economic integrity. On
13
July
1452
a controversial agreement regarding the division and joint administration of manors was
signed.
The parties to the succession agreement dated
3
March
1504
were Christopher III from
the
Mikulov
branch of the family, his nephews George VI and Erasmus from the Steyregg
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branch, and
Hartmann
I from the
Valtice
branch. The mismanagement of the
Mikulov
manor,
its debts and the abandonment of the principle of economic unity ultimately led to the sale
of the
Mikulov
dominion.
The agreement of
1670
also threatened the integrity of the family assets; therefore three
brothers, the sons of
Hartmann II
(Charles, Maximilian and Gundakar), signed a new suc¬
cession agreement based on the concept of trust (fideicommissum) and primogeniture.
Most of the
Liechtensteins
family property became impartible and inalienable; it was a
trust administered by the family sovereign.
In
1712
Charles branch died off; Maximilian was childless, so the whole fund was
transferred to the descendants of Prince Gundakar, the sovereigns of the Principality of
Liechtenstein.
Prince Franz Josef I founded the secundogeniture fund of Moravia-Krumlov for his
younger brother Charles Borromeo
-
a famous imperial marshal and one of the victors
over Napoleon at the Battle of Leipzig in
1813.
In
1823,
Prince
Johann
I Josef founded the
Neulengbach tertiogeniture fund for his third son Charles
Johann,
who ruled temporarily
instead of his father between the years
1806
and
1814.
To this day, the fund agreement of
1606
has represented the cornerstone of the Liechten¬
stein dominion and its wealth.
The Relationship between the Princely Family of Liechtenstein and Silesia
Hana Šústková
This short article examines the relationship between the of
Liechtensteins
and their estates
in Silesia (particularly Austrian Silesia), mainly during the 19th century and the first half of
the 20th century. The presence of the Liechtenstein princes in Silesia began in
1613,
when
Karl I became the ruler of the Troppau Principality. In
1622
he took over governance of
the
Jägerndorf
Principality. Also his younger brother Gundakar tried to establish himself
through marriage in the Teschen Principality, but this attempt failed. From the very begin¬
ning of their governance over two Silesian principalities to the end of their presence in Sile¬
sia, they did not choose this region as their place of residence. For the Liechtenstein princes,
the Silesian dominions were merely a source of income. All their mansions in Silesia were
used as administrative centres or agricultural buildings.
After the partition of Silesia between Prussia and Austria following the first Silesian War
in
1742,
most of the Liechtenstein estates were located in the Austrian part of Silesia. The
long war between
Friedrich
II and Maria
Theresia
caused extensive damage to the estates.
However, economic reforms introduced by the princes turned the Silesian estates once
more into a source of income for the princely family. The princes of Liechtenstein were
known for their extensive building projects; during the second half of the 19th century, un¬
der the guidance of Prince
Johann
II, the family played an important role in the develop¬
ment of the Silesian Museum.
After WWI the property of the
Liechtensteins was
affected by the agrarian reforms in¬
troduced in the newly created Czechoslovakia; half of their estates were lost. The Silesian
estates were not seriously affected because most of them consisted of forests. Czechoslova¬
kia refused to establish diplomatic relations with the Principality of Liechtenstein, and its
officials treated Prince
Johann
not as a head of state but as a private person. The relations
between the
Liechtensteins
and Silesia were now very sporadic.
Just before the outbreak of WWII, both states attempted to use Swiss diplomacy to estab¬
lish diplomatic relations; however, the Munich Agreement of
1938
brought an end to this.
After WWII, the entire property of the Liechtenstein Family was confiscated, including their
estates in Silesia.
Summary
619
Homage to Karl Eusebius, Prince of Liechtenstein, in
Opava,
1632
Karel
Müller
This paper traces the history of an interesting printed document published in
1632
in
Olo¬
mouc
by
jan
Václav Sedlnický z Choltic.
The document contains a detailed description of a
ceremony of homage paid by the estates of the Duchy of
Opava
[Troppau] to the new Prince,
which took place in
Opava
in August
1632.
It includes four unattributed engravings depict¬
ing the Prince s coat-of-arms, Karl Eusebius arrival in
Opava
with his entourage, his receipt
of homage at the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, and a portrait of the Prince on
horseback against the background of the city walls.
Sedlnický
was a member of the gentry,
from an important family based in Moravia and the
Opava
region. He was born sometime in
the second half of the 1580s; in
1619
he purchased the
Třebovice
estate in the
Opava
region,
and during the rebellion of the estates he held the office of provincial chamberlain. After
converting to Catholicism he gained the trust of
Karl von
Liechtenstein, who appointed him
the supreme governor of the Liechtenstein estates in the Lands of the Bohemian Crown
(1625).
In
1632
he became the supreme judge of the Duchy of
Opava,
which made him
one of the most important figures in the ceremony of homage to the new Prince. Several
years later he withdrew from public life, dying on
18
October
1648
at his court in Vikantice
near
Kolštejn.
This document
-
the only example of Sedlnicky s literary ambitions
-
was
first described by the historian Faustin Ens in
1835;
this description was then adopted by
subsequent German historians. Among Czech historians, the print was also studied by Fer¬
dinand
Menčík.
In
1914
the Silesian Museum in
Opava
held a major exhibition on the
Liech¬
tensteins
to mark the
ЗОО *1
anniversary of the family s arrival in the region; as part of this
exhibition, the museum s director Edmund
Wilhelm Braun
borrowed Sedlnicky s document
from the family archive in Vienna. He photographed all four engravings, which were then
reproduced in various historical studies, though the authors were not aware of the origin of
the images. This situation changed in
1991,
when a complete copy of Sedlnicky s print was
acquired from the Liechtenstein family archive in Vaduz. The other known print is held by
the Austrian National Library in Vienna; remarkably, it is not owned by any Czech libraries.
Prince
Johann
Adam I. Andreas
von
Liechtenstein.
Prestige Promotion as Manifestation of Social Distinction and Claim to Reign
Herbert
Haupt
Prince
Johann
Adam I of Liechtenstein undertook to create a public demonstration of his
family s power. Unlike his father Prince Karl Eusebius,
Johann
Adam did not restrict his ac¬
tivities to the family s own estates, but attempted to make a mark on the highest echelons of
society. He built two grand Viennese palaces
-
one in the city centre and one garden palace.
These structures were meant to reflect the powerful status achieved by the young
Johann
Adam through his activities at the imperial court. He was the prototype of a modern noble¬
man, and was keen to distance himself from his father s old-fashioned views; for example,
his court no longer retained the services of alchemists, as his father had done. In every sense,
Johann
Adam was a progressive Baroque aristocrat who was highly skilled at demonstrat¬
ing his power
-
not only through grand buildings, but also through his clothing, carnages,
horses, and all other attributes reflecting the high status of the Prince of Liechtenstein.
Anton
Florian
of Liechtenstein and Rome.
The Self-presentation of the Imperial Legate in the late 17th Century
Rostislav Smíšek
This paper focuses on the reconstruction of the image and the ways of self-presentation
of Anton
Florian
of Liechtenstein to both inhabitants and visitors of Rome during his
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diplomatic mission at the Papal court by the end of the 1680s and in the first half of the
1690s. The author examines two Baroque performances and Liechtenstein s everyday life
as the Legate to Leopold I in the capital of the Papal States. The paper offers an interpre¬
tation of the ceremonial procession of the Legate to the College of Cardinals on Septem¬
ber
29, 1689
and on February
19, 1691,
and an interpretation of the ceremonial caval¬
cade in commemoration of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth on December
25, 1691.
For the
Emperor and his Legate, performances of this kind presented a welcome opportunity to
legitimise their real power and to display their wealth and social status in public. Further¬
more, the author describes the significance of social contacts in the eyes of Anton
Florian
of Liechtenstein. The carefully defined circle of chosen people with whom the diplomat
met personally gave him a certain exclusivity within the hierarchically structured Roman
society and at the Papal court. For many individuals from Italy and beyond he was a highly
respected and much sought-after person, as his recommendation could play an important
role in obtaining a favour from the Emperor. Moreover, these meetings had a greater so¬
cial importance, as they helped to establish and strengthen the relationships among their
participants.
Josef
Wenzel von
Liechtenstein
-
Reformer and Diplomat
Pavel
Juřík
Prince Josef
Wenzel [9.8.1696,
Prague-
10.2.1772,
Vienna] was the son of the Deputy
Field Marshal
Philipp
Erasmus
von
Liechtenstein
(11.8.1664-9.1.1704)
and Christina,
née
Countess
zu Löwenstein (1699-1753).
His father served in the imperial army, fighting
in Italy under Prince Eugene of Savoy, and fell at the Battle of Castelnuovo at the age of
40
(11.1.1704).
Prince Josef
Wenzel
made a major contribution not only to his family s history,
but also to Austrian diplomacy and military history. He showed great talent in military tac¬
tics and organization. His interests included a wide range of typical pastimes of a Baroque
nobleman.
The Military and Diplomatic Contribution of
Johann
Josef
von
Liechtenstein
in the Coalition Wars against France
Dušan Uhlíř
Prince
Johann
Josef
von
Liechtenstein twice played the role of diplomat, each time when the
Austrian monarchy had been plunged into a serious crisis
-
the first time in
1805
after the
Battle of Austerlitz, and then in
1809
after the Battle of Wagram. The role was forced upon
him by circumstances, and he could not refuse to perform this service to the throne and
the empire. He carried out this role to the best of his ability without receiving any reward.
He had little room for manoeuvre, because the final result of the negotiations was always
conditioned by the crushing defeats inflicted upon the Austrian army.
As a soldier,
Johann
Josef was not a great strategist. However, as a cavalry officer his
tactical excellence was evident, as he was able to make astute use of the advantages offered
by a mounted army. His rapid career was undoubtedly helped by his noble birth, yet his
talents meant that he was fully deserving of his success. Liechtenstein s operations were
courageous, intelligent and thorough. He often managed to trick his opponents into defeat.
He was also popular among his troops, and was prepared to lead them into action even in
the most dangerous situations. Alongside Archduke Karl, Marshal
Karl von Schwarzenberg
and Josef
Radetzky, Johann
Josef
von
Liechtenstein ranked among the foremost Austrian
military commanders at the time of the Napoleonic Wars.
Summary
The
Liechtensteins
and the Counter-Reformation
621
Obstacles and Resistance to Counterreformation on the Lower Austrian
and Moravian Estates of Gundakar
von
Liechtenstein
Arthur
Stögmann
The article analyzes the phenomena of counterreformation and ecclesiastical reform in
specific cases, focusing on events in some estates and parishes belonging to the princes
Gundakar and Maximilian of Liechtenstein in the
Habsburg
provinces of Lower Austria and
of Moravia. While the role of Catholic rulers and that of leading ecclesiastical representa¬
tives constitutes one of the most frequently studied topics in both Austrian and interna¬
tional research, the actions of the local lords, the parish clergy and their „agents among the
members of the communities both in towns and in the countryside has hardly attracted the
attention of historians until now. The same can be stated about the factors that hindered
the advancement of Catholicism in regions that had been influenced by Protestantism to
varying degrees. This study aims to address this problem by applying a microhistorical
approach. It is shown how seriously specific ecclesiastical, social and economic problems
affected the religious behaviour of ordinary people and the efforts of Catholic landowners,
like the princes of Liechtenstein, to implement their visions of religious discipline within
the context of Catholic confessionalisation. Catholic landowners, governmental and eccle¬
siastical authorities had to take these problems seriously, if they wanted their claims for
religious uniformity and discipline to be accepted by the people.
The explored cases show how fragile those attempts could be if they were not supported
by an effective ecclesiastical organisation that was able to produce well-trained priests
who were willing to act as spiritual advisers and as models who tried to aid the people in
their afflictions and troubles. Only a high standard of theological knowledge and pastoral
credibility made it possible for them to be recognized as mediators between mankind and
God. Isolated and purely normative attempts to establish religious obedience were doomed
to fail and to evoke resistance against the clergy and the standardized behaviour, practices
and rituals of religious life within Catholic Church.
The Possibilities and Limits of the Re-Catholicization Policies
of the
Liechtensteins
in the Duchy of
Opava
Jan Al Saheb
Whereas the
Olomouc
bishops supported an uncompromising programme of blanket re-Ca-
tholicization, Prince
Karl von
Liechtenstein, and later Karl Eusebius, took a more reserved
approach to the process within the Duchy of
Opava.
Although there is no doubt that Karl and
Karl Eusebius had a personal interest in implementing a re-Catholicization programme in
their lands, it was the CatholicChurch which played the leading role in the process in the
Opava
region throughout the 17th century. A fully coordinated approach by secular and ecclesiasti¬
cal authorities proved impossible; this eventually led to the preservation of a relatively large
non-Catholic diaspora in the region almost up until the issuing of the patent of tolerance.
On the Question of the Foundation and Patronage of the Liechtenstein Princes in the
Silesian Duchies of
Opava
and
Krnov
during the Baroque Era: the Church at Lichnov
Katarzyna
Brzezina-Scheuerer
This paper focuses on the different types of church foundations practised by the Princes
of Liechtenstein in the Silesian Duchies of
Opava
[Troppau] and
Krnov
[Jägerndorf].
On
the one hand the
Liechtensteins
built monumental structures in their residential towns
of
Opava
and
Krnov
-
which were important centres of the Counter-Reformation. On the
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other hand they founded small churches supporting the Counter-Reformation in rural ar¬
eas. These examples show the Liechtenstein Princes as important founders and patrons
in the region, who used these activities to influence life in their dominions. They also sup¬
ported the production of interesting works of art, which merit further research not only
with respect to their patrons, but also for their artistic quality.
The Liechtenstein as Landowners
Liechtenstein Holdings in Southern Moravia as Recorded in Ylib and 18th Century
Land Registers
Emil Kordiovský
The land registers preserved from the years
1673-1675
are an important source of 17th cen¬
tury information concerning the economics of the
Liechtensteins
estates in southern Mora¬
via. Another source is a list of subjects and their property from
1716.
TheTheresian register
of subjects and their property, and its expansion to include the property of the nobility, are
the most important sources from the mid-18th century. Information concerning numbers
of inhabitants was acquired from the first preserved general census in Moravia in
1763.
The Liechtenstein family owned
9
estates in the regions of
Brno, Uherské
Hradiště
and
Znojmo.
These estates consisted of
134
villages,
18
townlets and
6
towns with
7829
tax-
paying farmsteads. During the Thirty Years War the number of renting farmers fell down
to
47.08%
of the pre-war count. About
50%
of arable land lay fallow. The worst hit were
the vineyards, which were reduced to one third of their pre-war area.
In
1716
there were
6,008
tax-paying renting farmers in the farmsteads of the Brno,
Uherské Hradiště
and
Znojmo
regions. If we consider the data from the pre-war land reg¬
istry
tobe 100%,
then a hundred years later their number reached
76.74%
of the pre-war
number and in
1763
it reached
130.9%
of the pre-war number.
The census in
1763
recorded
10248
families of renting farmers and
4,254
families of farm
servants. The ratio of children to adults was
51.58 : 48.42 %.
The data suggests high mortal¬
ity of children before the fifteenth year of age. Of a total
61,759
inhabitants,
93.33 %
were
subject farmers and farm servants. In second place were domestic servants with
3.34%.
Craftsmen constitute a mere
0.2 %
of the total. Only
92
civil servants were recorded on the
farmsteads, which is
0.15 %
of the population. Equally surprising is only
122
clergymen in
5
small towns,
20
townlets and
132
villages in the middle of the 18th century
-
a mere
0.2 %.
An the time of the Theresian land register, the nine
Liechtensteins
estates had an overall
area of
369,920
metzen . Two thirds of the area was farmed by subjects; one third belonged
to the landlord s farmsteads.
The
Liechtensteins
paid great attention to forestry. Forests occupied
80.05 %
of their ma¬
norial land. Only
3.78%
of forests were owned by subjects. The areas of manorial vineyards
(0.48%),
gardens
(0.42%)
and commons
(0.02%)
were negligible.
82.23%
of subjects land was arable land. In second place were vineyards with
7.16%.
The total area of the
Liechtensteins
land consisted of
28.10%
forests,
59.16%
arable land,
5.57%
pastures,
4.9%
vineyards and
0.98%
gardens. Only
0.21%
of the land was barren,
and
1.06%
was commons.
New Lord
-
old Estate.
Karl von
Liechtenstein and his Estate at
Úsov
Jan Štěpán
The
Úsov
estate originally belonged to high-ranking officials, and during the 14th and 15th
centuries it passed into the holdings of various noble families. In
1513
it was acquired by
the Czernohorskys of
Boskovice,
who held it through male succession until the death of
Summary
John Sembera of
Boskovice
in
1597.
In
1598
the estate passed to
Karl von
Liechtenstein by
virtue of his marriage to Ann Elisabeth Sembera of
Boskovice.
The estates thus acquired
by the
Liechtensteins
were Lutheran, though Karl was a Catholic; logically, one of the first
obstacles was confessional. Karl naturally wanted to turn his subjects back to the Catholic
faith. However, as he spent very little time at
Úsov,
this proved rather difficult, and when he
died in
1627
he had still not achieved his aim
-
despite the fact that the estate was not far
from
Olomouc,
where Karl attempted to make use of his contacts with the
Olomouc
Bishop
and Cardinal Franz
von Dietrichstein.
More information on the religious composition of the
estate is known from the parish inventory of
1606,
ordered by Bishop
Dietrichstein,
which
broke down the territory of the Bishopric into separate districts. This document reveals
that the district of
Uničov
had three Catholic parishes and three heretical parishes; the
district of
Mohelnice
had ten Catholic parishes, though three of them had large numbers
of heretics, and
Litovel
was also heretical. At the time, nobody could have known that the
estates would rebel, nor that the rebellion would be short-lived; in any case, the re-Catholi-
cization of the estates did not begin until a later date.
Laus tu
sit atque felix! On the Changing Relationship
between
Karl von
Liechtenstein and the Town of
Prostějov
Michaela Kokojanová
At the end of the
ló 11
century,
Prostějov
-
known as the largest and richest subject town in
Moravia- found itself in an unenviable position as the most heavily indebted holding of Jan
of
Pernštejn.
The constant threat of the seizure of assets placed the burghers into a posi¬
tion of isolation
-
both economically and socially. All of the town s main activities
-
finance,
trade, crafts, and supply
-
were negatively affected.
It is no surprise that the people of
Prostějov
welcomed
Karl von
Liechtenstein s interest
in the Plumlov estates; they collected
27,000
gulden in donations to help finance the pur¬
chase. The new lord rewarded this gesture by preserving as many of the subjects previous
rights as possible; he promised that the town would no longer be burdened with loans, paid
regular contributions to the town s hospital, and in the first years of his rule took a very
sensitive approach to dealing with the problems left behind by the
Pernštejns.
In the autumn of
1607,
Karl decided to terminate his service with Rudolf II and consid¬
ered relocating the Liechtenstein family residence to
Prostějov.
However, in the following
years he abandoned this idea, as better alternatives presented themselves. His patriarchal
approach to his subjects gradually cooled into a more problematic relationship. He changed
certain official structures, and gradually passed judicial powers to himself. The Latin phrase
in the title of this paper was written in
1599
by Prostejov s private chronicler Pavel
Zlýpivo
(who later emigrated after the White Mountain) as part of a record of Karl s purchase, and
expressed the wish that the purchase would be blessed with fortune. These hopes were
soon to turn sour
-
though until
1624
the burghers of
Prostějov
were left in relative peace
to concentrate mainly on economic affairs.
Although the town then experienced the most critical and turbulent period in its history
(during the re-Catholicization and the Thirty Years War], the townspeople did not gener¬
ally associate these problems with
Karl von
Liechtenstein
-
perhaps because the events
occurred under Karl s successors, and perhaps because people remained fascinated with
him as a genuinely exceptional figure. The traditional view emphasized the good relations
between the people of
Prostějov
and the first Liechtenstein to rule the town. As late as the
18th century, servants told stories recalling the happy times Karl spent at the local
château.
Karl s obituary in the town s chronicle is extensive, while the chronicler entirely omitted
the name of Jan of
Pernštejn
in the death records.
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Kostelec nad Černými lesy
in the
Liechtenstein
Era -
Practical Questions of Running a Rural
Château
and Estate
in the 17th-19th Century
Vladimír Jakub Mrvík
The
château
of
Kostelec nad Černými lesy [Schwarzkosteletz]
in the
region
of
Central Bo¬
hemia
is a typical example of many aristocratic sites which were not used as permanent
residences by nobles in the Baroque period; the lord of the domain was present there only
rarely and irregularly. The
château
eventually became used only as the administrative cen¬
tre for a large princely
dominium.
As a result it lived its own way of life; the aim of this
study is to show how this kind of
château
functioned, how often the Prince of Liechtenstein
came here, and the types and functions of the interior fittings in the Baroque era and the
19th century.
The first part of the paper observes how often the owner (the princely family of Liechten¬
stein) stayed here. The
château
of
Kostelec
was used especially by Prince Charles II Euse-
bius of Liechtenstein
(1627-1684).
It is interesting that the young Charles Eusebius was
sent here by his father to learn the Czech language, and he had to write letters in Czech to
his father
-
so he spent part of his youth in this castle. Later, this ruling prince slept here
on his journeys to Prague and when hunting. It is necessary to say that parts of this castle
were more comfortable in the first half of 17th century than the family s main residence in
Valtice
[Feldsberg].
Prince Charles II also died in
Kostelec
in April
1684.
A radical break in
the relationship of the princely family to this castle came in the autumn of
1663.
At that
time, Ottoman Sultan Mehmed IV launched a campaign against the
Habsburg
monarchy. As
a reaction, Charles Eusebius of Liechtenstein (with his family and his whole court) left their
home in
Valtice,
southern Moravia, and moved to the safety of
Kostelec
for one year. The
family celebrated feasts of Christmas and Easter here, and they introduced one important
liturgical novelty (originally from a German-speaking region) to Bohemia
-
the sculpture
of the Holy Tomb (found today in every Catholic parish church), which local people had
never seen before.
In the following years, the
château
in
Kostelec
failed to measure up to the Baroque era s
requirements for comfort, and it was deemed insufficiently grand to represent an impor¬
tant aristocratic dynasty such as the
Liechtensteins.
The son of Charles Eusebius, prince
Hans Adam I, hardly ever came here, and nor did his successors. The only exception was
Hans Adam s daughter, Duchess Maria
Theresia,
married to Duke Thomas
Emanuel
of Sa-
voy-Carignan. She lived here between
1712
and
1717
while a new and comfortable Ba¬
roque
château
in nearby
Koloděje
was being built. The
Koloděje
château
then took over
the position of the
Liechtensteins
main Bohemian home, and the family started to go there
instead.
The second part of the paper observes some aspects of social rank and the private life of
princely patrimonial officers. For example, it is interesting that the salary and perquisite
of the chief officer of the
Kostelec dominium
was as much as an average small nobiliary
allodium (one farmyard) earned in a single year
-
and without risk of crop failure (in the
years
1642-1650
the salary was on average
725
Kopas of Meissner
Groschen
plus per¬
quisite). He also had luxury items such as a golden shrine with a part of the
Christi
cross
and a bone relic of St. John of
Nepomuk,
three horses, and several diamond rings. From
the 18th and 19th centuries in the
Kostelec dominium,
there was a pension fund for all old
or permanently ill princely officers, employees and, in many cases, for their surviving
relatives too.
Summary
625
Clerks of the House of Liechtenstein in the Czech Lands during the 19th Century
Marie
Macková
The possessions of the Liechtenstein family in the
Habsburg
Monarchy, which were still
growing in the 19th century, needed clerical staff to function well. These clerks were part of
the middle class
-
or more precisely, the upper middle class. Most of them had a good level
of education; they were often university graduates. Since the majority of them held their of¬
fices directly in individual demesnes and later large estates, they became members of the top
layer of provincial society. These men were always well-off. However, they were not always
the richest in the region. Compared to civil servants in the second half of the 19th century,
the private clerks employed by the Liechtenstein administration were better paid. This was
a common practice at that time: almost all private clerks were paid more than civil servants.
In the first half of the 19th century, some of the demesne clerks had to take part in judicial
matters as well as in public administration. Thus a great deal of power was concentrated
in their hands. This power seemed stronger in remote demesnes than it really was. Such
demesnes managed to welcome the ruling prince in person only once during his reign in
the 19th century. Nevertheless, the clerks had to justify their decisions to superior officers at
higher levels in the administration (e.g. inspectorates or central authorities).
The clerical staff changed in the second half of the 19th century. Their main tasks came to
focus on the economic prosperity of large estates. The structure of clerical staff was trans¬
formed in the Liechtenstein demesnes after
1858,
i.e. after the death of Prince Alois Jo¬
seph II. Their number decreased, and their powers and qualification requirements changed.
The demesne clerks and later large estate clerks were a small and limited social group.
This socio-professional group guarded its own exclusivity, and at the same time it was (as a
minority group] forced to become exclusive. This was the reason why real clerical dynasties
were formed within the Liechtenstein possessions.
Glassmaking on the Liechtenstein Estates
Vaclav
Štěpán
The role of the
Liechtensteins in
glassmaking began after the Battle of the White Moun¬
tain, when the family expanded its possessions through confiscation or shrewd purchases.
They also acquired some manors where glassworks were located. The circumstances of the
Thirty Years War and the conservative attitudes of family members
-
who were unwilling
to become involved in industrial production
-
soon led to the closure of the glassworks at
the manors of
Lanškroun, Ruda nad Moravou, Štíty and Moravská Třebová.
Only the glass
factory at
Malá Morava
in the
Branná
manor survived. It was later joined by the glassworks
in
Nová Josefova
and
Kvetná,
and in the 19th century, the glassworks at
Františkov.
In the second half of the 17th century the alchemist
Pietro del
Bono was called to the ser¬
vice of the
Liechtensteins
in connection with Prince Karl Eusebius artistic and alchemistic
inclinations and with the effort to create the Prince s Mint in
Litovel
to deal with the prob¬
lem of the family s insolvency. He established the glassworks in
Olomoučany
at
Pozořice
Manor in
1676.
This was the most influential Moravian glass factory in the feudal period.
Its importance surpassed that of the Drahany Hills region. However, from
1689
the
Liech¬
tensteins
focused their glassmaking on domestic consumption at their manors. This ex¬
cluded the works from participating in foreign trade, and was the reason why glassmaking
in Moravia and Silesia did not become as famous as glassmaking in Bohemia. The
Liechten¬
steins
funded the operation of the glassworks themselves. They aimed to optimise profits,
but they were not always successful. The glass factory at
Olomoučany
was closed in
1747
due to the lack of timber from the surrounding forests; this situation was partly caused
by the high consumption of wood by the iron mills at
Adamov.
These iron mills were used
626 Fürstenhaus Liechtenstein in
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Geschichte her Länder der böhmischen Krone
for armaments production, according to the reforms of the Austrian army implemented by
Prince Josef Vaclav
Vavřinec
of Liechtenstein.
At the end of the 18th century the
Liechtensteins
employed the chemist and doctor Franz
von Weissbach.
He transformed the glassmaking process to base it on more scientific pro¬
cesses and introduced new technological procedures; in
1794-1795
he established the new
glass factory at
Stráně
in the
Uherský Ostroh
manor (nowadays
Květná).
He tried to raise
production levels and sell the
Liechtensteins
glass products abroad. The crisis of Czech
glassmaking during the Napoleonic Wars presented an obstacle to his aims. In
1802
the
members of the Liechtenstein secundogeniture in
Moravský Krumlov
bought the
Velké
Losiny
manor, which included a glass factory in
Annin.
This glass factory was replaced by
the glass factory in Rapotin, which is still in production today. Both of these glass factories
were influential companies which supplied much of Eastern and Northern Bohemia. After
overcoming the crisis period, from
1830
onwards new developments in Czech glassmaking
saw industrial companies re-orient their efforts to capitalist mass production; the tradi¬
tional forms of business clearly had no future. The
Liechtensteins
had to ensure the future
of the glassworks in Rapotin and
Květná
at
Uherský Brod
-
the rest of the works had already
closed down. Both factories were acquired by private entrepreneurs, who developed them
into prosperous businesses
-
thanks to which they both survive to the present day.
The existence of the glass factories at the
Liechtensteins
manors of
Červený Hrádek
at
Cho¬
mutov, Kostelec nad Černými lesy, Uhříněves-Skvorec and Rataje nad Sázavou
is documented
by historical sources. Very little is known about these glass factories, and so a large field of
research into the
Liechtensteins
glassmaking and its contribution to the industrial and ar¬
tistic history of the Czech lands is open for the future. The plans for a Museum of Mining and
Glassmaking in the
Jeseníky
Mountains (at
Branná
Castle) will also be of great importance.
The
Liechtensteins in
the Turbulent 20th Century
Liechtenstein s Campaign for International Recognition
(1919-1922)
David Beattie
In
1918
Liechtenstein faced disaster. Internally, there was a constitutional crisis and the
economy collapsed. Externally, the Dual Monarchy s disintegration had left Liechtenstein
isolated and unprotected. If
Vorarlberg
were to join Switzerland, the Principality would
find itself embedded within Swiss territory. The Princely House s possessions in Czecho¬
slovakia were threatened by land reform or even by confiscation without compensation.
In these circumstances it was essential to the political and economic interests of Liech¬
tenstein and the Princely House that the Principality s sovereignty, independence and war¬
time neutrality should be internationally recognised. The Princely House and Government
conducted a vigorous campaign to that end. The constitutional settlement
(1921)
helped
Liechtenstein to survive the dangerous years of
1933-1945.
The customs union with Swit¬
zerland
(1924)
gave stability and the possibility of economic development.
Vorarlberg
stayed with Austria. Liechtenstein s efforts to join the Paris Peace Conference and the
League of Nations failed, but its sovereignty, independence and neutrality were interna¬
tionally recognised except by Czechoslovakia.
The British Government consistently viewed Liechtenstein as a sovereign, independ¬
ent, neutral and friendly state. It therefore considered that confiscation of the Sovereign
Prince s properties in Czechoslovakia would not be justifiable in international law. However,
it saw no reason why Czechoslovak land reform legislation applied generally (that is, not
against the Sovereign Prince in particular) should not be applied to the Prince s property.
Summary
627
The
Liechtensteins
and Czechoslovak jurisprudence
Ondřej Horák
The recently established Czech-Liechtenstein committee of historians represents an im¬
portant signal that the problematic areas of the two countries common history will finally
be viewed objectively and critically. The main focus will be on the events of the White
Mountain, and also on the Protectorate and the events in the
Sudetenland.
The
Liechten¬
steins
activities during the Second World War did not play a legally relevant role in the
post-war decisions of official bodies and courts; however, the committee should investi¬
gate this chapter of the family s history in more detail,
1)
evaluating the reliability of exist¬
ing sources, especially with respect to the moral credit of those who wrote them (e.g. infor¬
mation written by Nazi officials or controversial communist officials with links to foreign
intelligence services), and
2)
evaluating them in the context of their time
-
especially by
comparison with citizens of other neutral states.
This work should lead the historians to clear conclusions on whether and how the status
of Liechtenstein differed from that of Switzerland (including the activities of both countries
citizens especially in the former Czechoslovakia). This may lay the foundation for different
legal approaches to citizens of these neutral states
-
not only in cases of confiscations car¬
ried out by state bodies, but also in subsequent negotiations on compensation. However, if
the committee finds that the distinction between Liechtenstein and Switzerland was purely
one of convenience and expediency, enabled by the international political situation of the
time, then it should state this finding clearly and explicitly.
The
Liechtensteins
and the Beginnings of Motorizing
Miloš Hořejš - Jiří Křížek
At the end of the 19th century, the members of the aristocracy did not remain detached from
progress in technology
-
though their perception of progress in science and technology
continues to be viewed through the lens of many stereotypes. This was also the case with
the revolutionary invention of the motor car, which was used by the aristocracy not only
for amusement or reasons of prestige, but often also to satisfy their interest in technical in¬
novation and, later, to enhance the economic effectiveness of their estates. The aristocrats
lived their lives of traditional rituals. Despite these established routines, the motor car soon
gained a firm place in many families. The car ceased soon to be viewed only as an exclusive
personal means of transport and started to be used for transportation of commodities and
materials. As in the case of previous technical inventions and innovations, this way of using
the car did not escape the notice of the noble owners of estates. The employment of cars for
the management of estates was often influenced by the owner s personal experience with
the car. The
Liechtensteins
were no exception, also using cars for their economic activities.
Detailed journey logs of the Plumlov Forest Administration from
1929-1930
can be found
among preserved archive materials. The car was viewed more and more as a means of in¬
creasing profits. Taking into account the increasing use of combustion engines in agriculture
in general, aristocratic estates in the
1920s
and
1930s
made wide use of motorized tech¬
nologies. In
1906,
Prince
Johann von und zu Liechtenstein -
the uncle of the future Ruling
Prince of Liechtenstein, Franz Josef
11 von und zu
Liechtenstein
(1906-1989) -
was married
to Maria
(Marizze) Gabriella Andrássy
(1886-1961).
This brought the
Liechtensteins
into
the favour of a family which stood at the birth of motorizing in Hungary. This naturally had
an impact on
Johann
Liechtenstein and his family. A preserved collection of photographs
documents their intense interest in automotive technology during the first four decades of
the 20th century. The affection of Princess
Eleonora
of Liechtenstein for motorizing is inter¬
esting from the point of view of gender history; the Princess drove cars as early as the
1920s.
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The Contribution of the Liechtenstein Princes to the Development of Tourism
in the
Jeseníky
Mountains
Marcin Dziedzic
The article examines the contribution of the Liechtenstein princes to the development of
tourism in the
Jeseníky
mountains.
Johann
II, Prince of Liechtenstein, sponsored the Mora-
vian-Silesian Mountaineering Club
-
which was the main organisation for hiking tourism
in the
Jeseníky
mountains. He paid annual contributions to the Club and also helped to
fund building work done by the organisation. He gave his consent to the building of view¬
ing towers on the hill of Cvilin near
Krnov
(1902)
and
Pastvisko
near
Moravská Třebová
(1906).
Both towers bore his name, being known as
Liechtensteinwarte. Johann
II, Prince
of Liechtenstein also gave money and donated timber, which made it possible to build an
inn on
Králický Sněžník
(1908-1912).
It also bore his name
- Fürst Johann Liechtenstein-
Schutzhaus.
The Liechtenstein family from
Velké Losiny
gave the Moravian-Silesian Moun¬
taineering Club permission to build a shelter on
Praděd
(1883),
builtan inn near
Praděd
called
Schweizerei (1887),
and financially supported children s summer camps in
Velké Losiny.
Art on the Liechtenstein Estates
The Reception of Roman Baroque and the Conservation of Architectural Tradition:
The Reconstruction of the
Feldsberg
[Valtice]
Château
under the Supervision
of Prince Anton
Florian
von
Liechtenstein
(1713-1721)
Christiane Salge
It is clear that Prince Anton
Florian
abided very closely by the instructions of his predeces¬
sor Karl Eusebius. Anton
Florian
evidently wanted to preserve as much as possible at the
Feldsberg
[Valtice]
château
-
which was of great importance to the family
-
by preserving
the old system. However, he also wanted to build an image of himself as a man of artistic
sensibility, as well as demonstrating his family s success in politics by creating a grand ap¬
proach to the
château
and creating innovative interiors for the stables and riding school
in Borromini s Roman style. This approach represented a sensitive means of conserving
architectural traditions.
Johann Adam
Delsenbach s Series of Drawings of Liechtenstein
Châteaux
Hellmut Lorenz
The drawings and engravings of
Johann Adam
Delsenbach remain an important source of
knowledge of the culture of the nobility in one of the most artistically rich regions of Cen¬
tral Europe; in a way they can be viewed as seminal works on Baroque architecture. The
pieces also clearly document the importance of the nobility for Central European Baroque
art; this is a fascinating subject for art-historic research.
A Long Century on the Border of south Moravia and Lower Austria.
An Attempt to characterize Cultural Events at
Lednice-Valtice-Břeclav
in
1785-1918
Pavel
Zatloukal
The Liechtenstein s complex at
Lednice-Valtice-Břeclav [Eisgrub-Feldsberg-Lundenberg]
underwent major changes during the 19th century to become the largest artificial landscape
in Europe. At least eight major phases can be distinguished with regard to architecture and
park landscaping: the formal gardens at the
Lednice
[Eisgrub]
château
(early 18th century);
the celebration of light, enlightenment and magical numbers (late 18th century); the cult of
ruins; the development of a Classicist repertoire based on the combination of a colonnade
Summary
629
with a triumphal arch; celebrations of hunting through the cult of the goddess Diana; the
construction of a landscape of temples accompanied by major re-landscaping work to
create various types of landscape while respecting the genius loci; the expression of con¬
tinuity through the use of secular and sacred neo-Gothic forms; and finally at the end of
the 19th century, the construction of a church to dominate the surrounding landscape, its
architecture returning to the roots of Christian art. More detailed excursions are devoted
to Apollo s temple
(1817-1819),
whose creators
-
the Liechtenstein s own architects Jo¬
seph
Kornhäusel
and Josef Franz
Engel -
modelled it on the Paris house of Marie Madeleine
Guimard
(1770-1773)
designed by Claude Nicolas Ledoux. While the facade of the Paris
building hid a Libertine palace, the
Lednice
structure was the centrepiece of a complex of
sacred buildings and small
châteaux
positioned around three ponds, representing a culmi¬
nation of the cult of light. Ledoux s building was widely cited throughout Europe at the time.
At
Lednice,
it represents a culmination of the contemporary aesthetic debate, marking a
transition from the picturesque (including the curious and ephemeral) to the sublime (the
grand and eternal).
Liechtenstein Collections and Museums
-
Past and Present
The Patron
Johann
II
von
Liechtenstein in the Context of the Medieval Art Collection
at the Silesian Museum
Markéta Jarošová
The collection of medieval paintings and sculptural works held by the Silesian Museum in
Opava
consists of almost
80
items. The large majority of these were acquired in the first
quarter of the 20th century; most of these came into the possession of the museum in
1910
(26
items
- 33%
of the total). Acquisitions from the pre-1945 period account for
83%
of the
total number of items in the collection. When creating the collection, the most important
role was played by donations from two noblemen
-
Prince
Johann
II of Liechtenstein (who
provided
27%
of the items) and Count Hans
Wilczek
(22%
of the items of high artistic qual¬
ity). This means that almost half of the items in the collection are present due to the gener¬
ous patronage of the local nobility. The museum s former director Edmund
Wilhelm
Braun
also played a major role. After
1945
several confiscated items were added to the collection
(6%),
and the
1950s
and
1960s
saw a further
6%
of items added thanks to the systematic
research by Albert Kutal s team. The remaining
5%
of the items are listed as original prop¬
erty of the museum. It is clear that the foundations for this collection were systematically
laid in the first third of the 20th century with the invaluable support of the local aristocracy.
Of the total number of items in the medieval art collection,
64%
are of German or Aus¬
trian origin, while
63%
are associated with Silesia. The majority of the items are sculptural
(mainly woodcarvings), accounting for almost
80%,
while just over
20%
of the items are
paintings.
Although some of these works have been studied in the past, an important task for the
future will be the compilation of a complete catalogue of the entire collection.
The Representation of the
Liechtensteins in
Bohemian and Moravian Collections
Marie
Mžyková
The author studies the Liechtenstein s collections of paintings of castles and
châteaux
in the
Czech Republic, mapping the original Liechtenstein collections including portraits of family
members. She focuses both on the movements of the paintings during the previous regime
and on the natural process by which family portraits found their way to new homes. The
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Geschichte der Länder der böhmischen Krone
paper outlines the historical periods during which the works were created (Baroque, Neo-
classicism, 19th century) and characterizes their thematic content (imaginary portraits of
Perchta
von
Liechtenstein, known as the White Lady, carousel or carnival costumes,
crypto¬
portraits,
and holders of the Order of the Golden Fleece).
The paper examines portraits including watercolours and graphic art, which are strongly
represented in the collections (including the copper plates by Ruben s collaborator Lucas
Vosterman and the 19th century lithographs of Robert Theer). The author also discusses the
depiction of
Liechtensteins in
the historical salons with which they are associated (espe¬
cially in
Moravský Krumlov).
Particular attention (including reproductions) is focused on the highest-quality works
(Martin van Meytens, Franz
Stampart,
Anton Glunck,
Georg
Desmarées, Johann
Georg
Weickert,
Jean Baptist
Isabey, Henri Gervex etc.). However, in order to provide a complete
overview of the subject, the author also includes details of works which are of historic
rather than artistic interest (e.g. the
Moravský Krumlov
portraits by
Johann Georg
Gutwein).
The research also focuses on one previously neglected genre
-
the aristocratic caricature,
especially those works produced by talented amateurs from the ranks of the nobility. Their
artists used their talents as a way of entertaining their peers, and the caricatures often be¬
came valuable items in the collections of the aristocracy.
An entirely different type of work is represented by the portraits of beautiful women
from the Liechtenstein family. Czech collections mainly contain portraits commissioned
from Viennese academic painters such as Franz Schrotzberg,
Carl von
Blaas,
Heinrich von
Angeli
and others. These portraits clearly show the Liechtenstein s fondness for Viennese
culture, linked to their role at the imperial court.
The Liechtenstein Castle in Wilfersdorf
Hans Huysza
The history of Wilfersdorf is inseparably connected with that of the princes of Liechten¬
stein. Numerous monuments and buildings in the village give evidence of a turbulent com¬
mon past. The landmark of the village is the castle, which is often called a bridge to the
Liechtenstein castles in Moravia.
In the Middle Ages, a Gothic castle stood on the site of today s palace. In
1436,
the castle
and its estates were passed from the Lords of Maissau to the family of Liechtenstein, who
converted the building into a four-winged moated castle with bastions and enclosing walls.
We must mention Prince Gundakar, who lived with his family in the castle of Wilfersdorf
and died there in
1658.
He is considered to be the founder of the family line today living
in the principality of Liechtenstein. Thus, Wilfersdorf may be called the ancestral castle
of the family of Liechtenstein. Between
1713
and
1721,
Duke Anton
Florian
had further
alterations made by the architect
Johann
Anton Ospel. In
1802
the castle had to be partly
demolished due to its state of dereliction.
The origins of old families are often a mystery, and so the origin of the House of Liech¬
tenstein cannot be elucidated entirely. The first identified representative of the family was
Hugo. He lived in the middle of the 12th century and named himself Liechtenstein after his
castle located south of Vienna.
About a hundred years later,
Heinrich von
Liechtenstein
(f
1265)
inherited valuable
properties along the river Zaya due to the laws of succession. After the acquisition of new
territories near the Moravian town of Nikolsburg/Mikulov in
1249,
the properties at the
foot of the
Palava
[Pollauer]
Hills increasingly became the centre of interest of the House of
Liechtenstein. In the course of the 13th century and at the beginning of the 14th century, the
family further extended its sphere of influence both in Moravia and in Austria.
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spelling | Das Fürstenhaus Liechtenstein in der Geschichte der Länder der böhmischen Krone [Konferenz vom 24.-26. November 2010 in Olmütz] hrsg. von Marek Vařeka und Aleš Zářický The Princely House of Liechtenstein in the history of lands of the Bohemian crown 1. Ausg. Ostrava Univ. Ostraviensis, Fac. Philosophica 2013 Vaduz Lichtensteinisches Landesmuseum 630 Seiten Ill., Kt. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Documenta Liechtensteiniana. Series Nova 1 Sammelband der Vorträge der Konferenz vom 24.-26. November 2010 in Olmütz. - Beitr. dt., Zsfassungen in engl. Sprache Liechtenstein Familie ca. ab 12. Jh. (DE-588)118572784 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte gnd rswk-swf Böhmische Länder (DE-588)4069573-6 gnd rswk-swf (DE-588)1071861417 Konferenzschrift 2010 Olmütz gnd-content Liechtenstein Familie ca. ab 12. Jh. (DE-588)118572784 p Böhmische Länder (DE-588)4069573-6 g Geschichte z DE-604 Vařeka, Marek 1980- (DE-588)104716633X edt Zářický, Aleš 1973- (DE-588)1061108805 edt Documenta Liechtensteiniana. Series Nova 1 (DE-604)BV041628162 1 Digitalisierung BSB Muenchen 19 - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=027016718&sequence=000003&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis Digitalisierung BSB Muenchen 19 - ADAM Catalogue Enrichment application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=027016718&sequence=000004&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Abstract |
spellingShingle | Das Fürstenhaus Liechtenstein in der Geschichte der Länder der böhmischen Krone [Konferenz vom 24.-26. November 2010 in Olmütz] Documenta Liechtensteiniana. Series Nova Liechtenstein Familie ca. ab 12. Jh. (DE-588)118572784 gnd |
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title | Das Fürstenhaus Liechtenstein in der Geschichte der Länder der böhmischen Krone [Konferenz vom 24.-26. November 2010 in Olmütz] |
title_alt | The Princely House of Liechtenstein in the history of lands of the Bohemian crown |
title_auth | Das Fürstenhaus Liechtenstein in der Geschichte der Länder der böhmischen Krone [Konferenz vom 24.-26. November 2010 in Olmütz] |
title_exact_search | Das Fürstenhaus Liechtenstein in der Geschichte der Länder der böhmischen Krone [Konferenz vom 24.-26. November 2010 in Olmütz] |
title_full | Das Fürstenhaus Liechtenstein in der Geschichte der Länder der böhmischen Krone [Konferenz vom 24.-26. November 2010 in Olmütz] hrsg. von Marek Vařeka und Aleš Zářický |
title_fullStr | Das Fürstenhaus Liechtenstein in der Geschichte der Länder der böhmischen Krone [Konferenz vom 24.-26. November 2010 in Olmütz] hrsg. von Marek Vařeka und Aleš Zářický |
title_full_unstemmed | Das Fürstenhaus Liechtenstein in der Geschichte der Länder der böhmischen Krone [Konferenz vom 24.-26. November 2010 in Olmütz] hrsg. von Marek Vařeka und Aleš Zářický |
title_short | Das Fürstenhaus Liechtenstein in der Geschichte der Länder der böhmischen Krone |
title_sort | das furstenhaus liechtenstein in der geschichte der lander der bohmischen krone konferenz vom 24 26 november 2010 in olmutz |
title_sub | [Konferenz vom 24.-26. November 2010 in Olmütz] |
topic | Liechtenstein Familie ca. ab 12. Jh. (DE-588)118572784 gnd |
topic_facet | Liechtenstein Familie ca. ab 12. Jh. Böhmische Länder Konferenzschrift 2010 Olmütz |
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