!!!Goëss, Adelsgeschlecht

Goëss, aristocratic family from the Spanish Low Countries 
(Belgium), in 1693 conferred the rank of counts of the Holy Roman 
Empire. The Goess family is related to the influential families of 
Saurau and Mayr-Melnhof (inherited their property in 1957); estates in 
the provinces of Styria and Carinthia. Sarau-Goess palace in Graz 
(1564-1566): three-storey building erected around courtyard with 
arcades from 1564 to 1566, coat-of-arms portal, bust of a Turk 
wielding a sword below the roof. The family has owned the palace of  
Ebenthal in Kaernten since 1704 and built Palais G. in Klagenfurt 
(1734-1738). Famous members of the family: Count Peter  Goëss, 
Count Anton  Goëss, Count Zeno Vinzenz  Goëss, Count Leopold 
 Goëss, Leopold  Goëss.


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