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Herberstorff, Adam Graf
© Copyright Count Adam Herberstorff, relief on his tomb in the Trinity chapel of the late-Gothic hall church in Altmünster, Upper Austria Herberstorff, Count Adam, b. Kalsdorf (municipality of Ilz, Styria), April 15, 1585, d. Ort Castle (municipality of Gmunden, Upper Austria), Sept. 11, 1629, army commander and politician. Aug. 20, 1620 appointed governor of the lands above the River Enns by Duke Maximilian of Bavaria. From May 5, 1628 ruler of that region (Landeshauptmann). May 15, 1625 ordered the "Blutgericht auf dem Haushamerfeld" (Frankenburger Würfelspiel). Literature: H. Sturmberger, A. Gf. H., 1976; NDB.
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