Johann Ernst von Thun
Johann Ernst Graf von Thun und Hohenstein, called the donor ( born July 3, 1643 Prague, † April 20, 1709 in Salzburg) was a bishop of Seckau 1679 to 1687 and Archbishop of Salzburg from 1687 to 1709.
Life
Johann Ernst was ordained a priest in 1677 and elected on December 29, 1679 as Bishop of Seckau. He received his episcopal consecration in the following year the Archbishop of Salzburg, Maximilian Gandolph of Kuenburg. With his election on 30 June 1687, he was the 58th archbishop and at the same time 63 spiritual regent of Salzburg.
Johann Ernst built from Salzburg to a magnificent Baroque city. From Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, he let the colleges, Ursuline Church and Trinity Church building with the priest's house and Klessheim. In addition to numerous smaller buildings he bought the Salzburger Glockenspiel and built the cathedral organ. He also laid the foundation stone for the construction of today's provincial hospital. The well-known worm stairs in the Cathedral, the New Türnitz, a former barracks at Mirabell Palace, the Marienbrunnen today Anton- Neumayr -Platz, the statues of the Apostles Peter and Paul in front of the Cathedral entrance and the present shape of the Karabinierisaales the residence come from that Archbishop. In Lofer he let the pilgrimage church of Maria Kirchenthal build. Johann Only Thun also donated a capital of 70,000 florins Virgilianische Collegium, 12,000 guilders for the seven townspeople Collegium and 100,000 guilders for the school of the Ursulines, and for the St. Rupert Knights.
During years of jurisdictional disputes with the cathedral chapter, ultimately decided by Pope Innocent XII. , He asserted itself against the canons, cementing his influence. To secure this influence in the future, he sat against the will of the Chapter on October 19, 1705 Count Franz Anton von Harrach as a coadjutor, who then became his successor after his death. Disagreements there were also with the Bishop of Chiemsee and the diocese of Passau, Johann Ernst, also could all decide only after long turmoil for themselves. In its countries of the secret Protestantism was followed by hardness.
A human impression was made by Archbishop Johann Ernst in dealing with the leaders of the Bavarian uprising. While the procedures were performed by the Imperial Administration in Bavaria, he has worked at Kaiser Franz Joseph I for Mayor Dürnhardt and the coppersmith Andreas Thanner of Braunau am Inn with success. Johann Georg Meindl he even added to his bodyguard.
Archbishop tuna was buried in the crypt of Salzburg Cathedral.