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Count Heinrich von Bünau (German: Heinrich Graf von Bünau; 2 June 1697 – 7 April 1762) was a statesman and historian from the Electorate of Saxony, now part of Germany.
Life
Born in Weissenfels, he was the son of the Chancellor of the Elector of Saxony, Heinrich von Bünau (1665–1745), who was created an Imperial Count on 24 March 1742.[1] After studying at the University of Leipzig he entered the service of the Electors of Saxony and became an assessor in the Upper Court (Oberhofgericht) at Leipzig. Later he became Senior Consistorial President and Privy Councillor (Wirklicher Geheimrat).
He received advancement through the good offices of the Cabinet Minister of the Electors of Saxony, Count von Hoym, the uncle of his second wife. After Hoym had been ousted by Count Brühl, Heinrich von Bünau was relegated in 1734 to the position of Senior Overseer of the County of Mansfeld in Eisleben.
In 1741 however he entered the service of the Emperor Charles VII, who made him an Imperial Privy Councillor (Reichshofrat), the first Protestant to fill that role, and employed him as an ambassador in the area of Upper and Lower Saxony. After the death of the emperor, he withdrew (in 1745) to his estate at Nöthnitz near Dresden to pursue his scientific and historical studies.
Between 1744 and 1751 he had Dahlen Castle built, on the Dahlen estate he had acquired by marriage, and for the decoration of which he commissioned Adam Friedrich Oeser in 1756.
In 1751 he was appointed Guardian Governor of the Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach during the minority of Duke Constantin, for whom in 1756 he became Prime Minister in Weimar. In 1759, after the death of the Duke, he entered on his retirement and spent the evening of his life on his estate at Ossmannstedt near Weimar,[2] where he died on 7 April 1762.[3]
Library
Von Bünau's private library comprised some 42,000 volumes. It was housed at first in Dresden, then on his estate at Nöthnitz, and was publicly accessible. The archaeologist Johann Joachim Winckelmann from Stendal worked there between 1748 and 1754 as secretary.
Works
- "Probe einer genauer und umständlichen Teutschen Kayser- und Reichshistorie oder Leben und Thaten Friedrichs I. Römischen Kaysers" (1722) (Attempt at a Comprehensive History of the German Emperor and Empire, or, The Life and Deeds of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor)
- "Genaue und umständliche teutsche Kayser- und Reichshistorie aus den bewährtesten Geschichtsschreibern und Urkunden zusammengetragen" in 4 volumes (1728–1743) (Exact and Comprehensive History of the German Emperor and Empire compiled from the Most Valued Historians and Documents)
- "Historie des Kriegs zwischen Frankreich, England und Teutschland" in 4 volumes (1763–1767) (History of the War between France, England and Germany)[4]
Notes
- ^ The von Bünau family's website states that by a "private ordinance" the family obliged themselves to use only the forenames Günther, Heinrich and Rudolph, and therefore within this much ramified family there are numerous people with the name "Heinrich von Bünau". This has often led to confusion between them in previous research: for example, in the history of the Saxon state, Heinrich, Count of Bünau, has often been confused with his father of the same name, who was Chancellor at the Court of Dresden.
- ^ Apart from the estates of Nöthnitz, Dahlen and Ossmannstedt already mentioned, he also owned those of Domsen, Göllnitz and Gross-Tauschwitz.
- ^ His house at Ossmannstedt was used for a few years after his death as a summer house by the Duchess Anna Amalia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and her sons. It was bought in 1797 by Christoph Martin Wieland. It is now known as the Wielandgut and contains the Wieland Museum.
- ^ i.e., the Seven Years' War
References
- Czok, Karl, 1988: August der Starke und Kursachsen (2nd ed., 1988, pp. 124f, with portrait). Leipzig
- Justi, Carl, 1922: Winckelmann und seine Zeitgenossen, vol 1 (3rd ed., 1922)
- Sahrer v. Sahr, 1869: Heinrich, Graf von Bünau
External links
- Website of the von Bünau family Template:De icon
- Schloss Nöthnitz Template:De icon
- Bünaugut (later Wielandgut) in Ossmannstedt Template:De icon
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