Barbara Hessler
Anna Barbara Heßler , also Hessler, née Putz , (baptized October 13, 1695 in Platten , Böhmen ; † February 4, 1747 there ) was a Bohemian coal and steel entrepreneur and benefactor
Life
She was the eldest daughter of the border customs officer Joseph Putz (1672–1730) and Christina geb. Sichelbarth († 1727) the daughter of the town clerk Theodor Sichelbarth († 1710). The Catholic family of civil servants only moved here during the Counter Reformation . Her uncle the mountain master, glassworks and blue paint factory owner Christoph Adalbert Putz (1658–1726) received the nobility diploma from the emperor in 1719 .
She grew up in the Bohemian mountain town of Platten in the Ore Mountains on the border with Saxony, probably in the town house on the market square that still exists today and which used to be number 4 and is now number 1. Her wealthy father had it built in 1709. In 1723 she married the town clerk and later imperial councilor Johann Franz Heßler (1693–1770), who himself came from a respected Joachimsthal family. Three daughters were born to her, the youngest of whom died as a toddler. She inherited the St. Konrad tin mine from her father. After their other siblings withdrew from the project, Barbara and Franz Hessler ran the mine alone. In the first half of the 18th century tin mining in the Bohemian Ore Mountains increased again and made the family one of the richest in the area. In 1740 the new Bergsegen brought in a yield of 200,000 florins and later even four times as much.
Out of gratitude, Barbara Hessler and her husband made a foundation of 6,000 florins for the employment of a chaplain at the Kreuzkapelle in Platten. In 1740 and 1745, the family had two oil paintings commissioned by the painter Elias Dollhopf (1703–1773), one of which shows Barbara Hessler in the center, holding Kerbholz in her hand, flanked by a clergyman and her husband who points to a piece of ore. In the second picture she is holding a document with the words " Rda ac Praecellenti Dno P. Joanne Paulo Neisbergerger I praesentato Peneficiato ad S. Crucum Platnensis Ao 1745 God given ".
Barbara Heßler died in 1747 at the age of 51. She found her final resting place in the Kreuzkapelle. Johann Franz Heßler was elevated to hereditary nobility by the emperor in 1749 for his services. After his death in 1770, most of the mines were closed, causing the mining industry to experience a rapid decline. The Welchau family estate was inherited by her daughter Anna Regina von Hessler. Her grandson Karl Ritter von Gamsenberg sold Welchau to the Counts of Zettwitz in 1798 because of excessive debt.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Townhouse No. 4 / House of the Putz family from Breitenbach Horní Blatná Horní Blatná. Retrieved March 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Johann Gottfried Sommer: The Kingdom of Bohemia: represented statistically and topographically. Elbogner Kreis . Ehrlich, 1847 ( google.de [accessed on March 10, 2020]).
- ↑ Josef František Jaroslav Schaller: Topography of the Kingdom of Bohemia: it describes all cities, towns, lordships, castles, country estates, noble residences, monasteries, villages, as well as dilapidated castles and cities under their former and current names, including their peculiarities. Elbow Circle. Second part . In the KK Noralbuchdruckerey by W. Piskaczek fakt, 1785 ( google.de [accessed on March 10, 2020]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hessler, Barbara |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hessler, Anna Barbara (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bohemian coal and steel entrepreneur and beneficiary |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1695 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Platten , Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 4, 1747 |
| Place of death | Platten , Bohemia |