Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch

Count Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch (3 July 1716 – 5 January 1795) was a German Prince-Bishop of Breslau and an important promoter of music.

And although Freemasonry was condemned by Pope Clement XII in 1738 in the papal bull In eminenti, Schaffgotsch supported the creation of the first Freemason loge in the Austrian capital, Vienna.

In 1757, at the outset of the Seven Years' War, Schaffgotsch, on the advice of Empress Maria Theresa, left Breslau and moved the seat of his diocese to castle Jánský Vrch in Austrian Silesia.

Frederick the Great viewed this move by the Prince-Bishop as betrayal and placed the Breslau diocese under official administration where it remained for the remainder of the war.

During his time in Javorník, Jánský Vrch became a cultural center of the region, and a meeting place for artist from the entire Holy Roman Empire.