The Austrian outlier of the Bavarian counts of Falkenstein and Neuburg, whose famous register, the Codex Falkensteinensis, was written for Count Siboto IV in 1166.
Hernstein lies in the hills between the Triesting and the Piesting south-west of Baden, just north of the Styrian district of Pitten. The house's main record is bav's.
Who he is
- Name
- The sons of Count Siboto IV, Kuno and Siboto V (who heads the house on 1 January 1200 is not pinned)
- Title
- Counts of Falkenstein and Neuburg (a Bavarian house)
- Since
- Family holding recorded in the house register of 1166 (the Codex Falkensteinensis)
- Born
- not pinned
- Family
- Siboto IV and his wife Hildegard of Mödling appear with their sons in the register of 1166. The house's main lands are on the Inn and the Mangfall (bav's record Falkenstein).
- Confidence
- low
bav's record Falkenstein, which lists Hernstein as Austrian ground not drawn there.
Overlord
Duke Leopold VI of Austria for Hernstein; the duke of Bavaria for the house's main lands
What it holds
- Hernstein castle and its estates (extent not pinned)
How it was acquired
Held by 1166.
How things stand that morning
Held by the Falkenstein counts (head of the house not pinned).
Wealth
Estates in the Wienerwald foothills.
Military
Hernstein castle.
Places of note
- Hernstein: The Falkenstein counts' Austrian castle
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Known from the 1166 register; no 1200 document seen.
On the map: A disc; the lordship's extent is not pinned.
Primary sources for Austria
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Annals of Jarloch (Gerlach), abbot of Milevsko, Jarloch of Milevsko (about 1200 to 1220). The last Bohemian narrative before 1200, continuing Vincentius of Prague. Read online
- Annals of Schäftlarn and the Bavarian annals (12th and 13th centuries). Brief Bavarian annals. Read online
- The Austrian and Salzburg annals (kept in the 12th and 13th centuries, with continuations to the late 13th century). A family of monastic annals from Austria, Styria and Salzburg, printed together. Read online
- Regesta Imperii V: calendar of the acts of Philip, Otto IV and Frederick II, 1198 to 1272 (calendar of documents of 1198 to 1272, published 1881 to 1901). A dated calendar of every known act of King Philip and King Otto IV, with the acts of popes and princes that bear on the Empire. Read online
- The Registers of Pope Innocent III for 1199 to 1201, Innocent III and the papal chancery (22 February 1199 to 21 February 1201). The pope's outgoing letters for the year, in his chancery's own copy, touching nearly every realm in the atlas. Read online
- Bavarian monuments: the charters of the Bavarian monasteries and bishoprics (charters from the 8th century onward, published 1763 to 1916). The great charter series of Bavaria, arranged by monastery and bishopric. Read online
- The political songs of Walther von der Vogelweide, 1198 to 1201, Walther von der Vogelweide (about 1198 to 1201). Three stanzas of the Reichston, composed between 1198 and 1201 after Walther left Vienna, lament the disorder of the double election and call on Philip to take the crown. Read online
- Constitutions and public acts of the emperors and kings, volume 2, 1198 to 1272 (documents of 1198 to 1272, edited 1896). The public documents of the throne war in full text: the election notices of 1198, the princes' declaration of Speyer of 28 May 1199 to Innocent III, the pope's replies, Philip's and Otto's letters and promises, and the imperial acts of 1200 and 1201 including Otto's promises at Neuss in June 1201. Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.