Anton Fürstenau
Anton Fürstenau (* 1593 in Herford ; † 1653 ibid) was a Herford businessman and diplomat.
Anton Fürstenau was the son of the merchant and patrician Bernhard Fürstenau in Herford and the mayor's daughter Anna Catharina Brutlach. From 1617 he successfully traded in English cloth. During the Thirty Years' War he maintained economic and diplomatic relations with several imperial princes and was temporarily imperial commissioner in the Westphalian district . In 1636 he became an honorary citizen of Herford, after he had averted a siege of the city through mediation between imperial and Swedish troops. When the troops of the Brandenburg Elector Friedrich Wilhelm occupied the former imperial city and Abbey of Herford in 1647 , Fürstenau campaigned for the preservation of the imperial directness of the city in years of negotiations, but ultimately in vain . Whether he had a mandate from the city council for this is controversial.
The Fürstenauplatz and the Fürstenaustraße in Herford are named after Fürstenau. The Fürstenau monument erected in 1990 and designed by Wolfgang Knorr stands on the Fürstenauplatz .
family
Anton Fürstenau was married three times: ⚭ I. 1617 with Anna Grave († 1627), daughter of the mayor Jobst Grave and Regina Lengerke from Osnabrück, ⚭ II. 1628 in Osnabrück with Anna Elsabein Koch, daughter of the Lippischen council Liz. Johann Koch, and ⚭ III. 1636 with Margareta Rust († 1657/62), widow of Christoph Bohne from Bückeburg.
literature
- Rainer Pape: Anton Fürstenau - A businessman and diplomat from the imperial city of Herford in the 17th century. In: Herford Yearbook 12-14 (1971/73), 60-155. ( Review in Sehepunkte 7/2007 )
- Lupold von Lehsten: The Hessian Reichstag delegates in the 17th and 18th centuries , appendix lists and biographical-genealogical sheets of the Hessian delegates to the Reichstag in the 17th and 18th centuries . (Sources and research on Hessian history 137.2). Hessian Historical Commission, Darmstadt 2003, p. 32 ( Google Books ; limited preview)
- Rainer Pape: Anton Fürstenau, the emperor's commissioner (1593–1653). History from the imperial city of Herford. Self-published, Herford in Westphalia 2005
- Peter Bubig: City Guide Herford. Bielefeld 2009, p. 41f
- Frank-Michael Kiel-Steinkamp: Turned the story. Three local historical monuments were unveiled 25 years ago. Neue Westfälische from April 3, 2015
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fürstenau, Anton |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fürstenaw, Anthonius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German businessman and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1593 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Herford |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1653 |
| Place of death | Herford |