Hadmar II of Kuenring (''c.'' 1140 – 22 July 1217) was an Austrian '' ministerialis'' of the Kuenring family and son of Albero III of Kuenring. In 1192 he held captive

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Castle. Hadmar II also erected from 1201 to 1208 the city of

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. Because of the creation of this city, they are sometimes referred to in documents as "Lords of Kuenring-Weitra". Hadmar is mentioned in the ''Stifterbuch'' (''Liber fundatorum''; the

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Zwettl Abbey Zwettl Abbey (german: Stift Zwettl) is a Cistercian monastery located in Zwettl in Lower Austria, in the Diocese of St. Pölten. History Zwettl Abbey was founded in 1137 by Hadmar I of Kuenring, with Herrmann, a monk of Heiligenkreuz Abbey, as ...

) as second founder (''secundus fundator'') of the monastery. Hadmar's sister Gisela (d. after 1192) was married to Leutwin of Sunnberg.Kuenringer-Stammbaum aus dem Zwettler Stiftungsbuch
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Literature

* ''Die Kuenringer - Das Werden des Landes Niederösterreich'', Katalog zur Niederösterreichischen Landesausstellung 1981, Herausgeber und Verleger: Amt der Niederösterreichischen Landesregierung, Abt. III/2 - Kulturabteilung, 2. verbesserte Auflage

Issue

Hadmar II of Kuenring had four children: * Albero IV of Kuenring, died childless after 1220 * Hadmar III of Kuenring * Henry I of Kuenring married Adelheid of Falkenstein-Neuburg *Gisela, married Ulrich of Falkenstein

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