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Thun-Hohenstein, Johann Ernst GrafThun-Hohenstein, Count Johann Ernst, b. Prague (Czech Republic), July 3, 1643, d. Salzburg, April 20, 1709, ecclesiastical dignitary; half-brother of Count Guidobald Thun-Hohenstein. 1679 Bishop of Seckau, 1687-1709 Archbishop of Salzburg; commissioned important baroque buildings: Kollegien Church, Trinity Church and Ursulinen Church, Priesterhaus, Maria Kirchenthal Church at Lofer, Kleßheim Palace; bought the Salzburg Glockenspiel. Literature: V. Nechansky, Wirt. und soz. Aspekte der Sbg. Entwicklung in der Regierungszeit des Erzbischofs J. E. T.-H., doctoral thesis, Salzburg 1985.
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