!!!Herberstorff, Adam Graf

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 
Wuerfelspiel).

!Literature
H. Sturmberger, A. Gf. H., 1976; NDB.



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