Bernhard von Zech (politician)

Bernhard Zech , from 1716 von Zech , from 1729 Imperial Baron von Zech , from 1745 Imperial Count von Zech (* December 6, 1681 , † October 4, 1748 ) was a German politician in the service of the Elector of Saxony.

Life

Bernhard von Zech studied law at the University of Leipzig and then went on a trip to England and the Netherlands . Already on his return he became 1703 electoral Saxon Commissionsrath and Secret Chamber secretary, then Councilor and Secret clerk for the court counselor. Thus Bernhard von Zech was court and judicial councilor of the Saxon Elector Augustus the Strong and his successor. When choosing the emperor Charles VI. in Frankfurt am Main he kept the minutes of the electoral conclave . At the peace negotiations in Braunschweig he acted as a representative of the royal Polish officials. Incidentally, Bernhard Reichsgraf at Zech seems to have been an unyielding negotiating partner in negotiations with other aristocrats who were looking for the confirmation or extension of their titles or privileges on the part of Saxony itself with the help of the assurance of "real gratitude", i.e. 6 to 800 thalers to be, as the emissary of the Russian house , Hofrat Hülsemann, had to learn in 1711 .

He was the son of Minister Bernhard Zech and at the same time he was raised to the nobility by the Emperor in 1716. In 1729 he was raised to the rank of imperial baron and in 1745 to the rank of imperial count. He and his wife had three children, the son August Ferdinand von Zech and two daughters.

plant

• Current constitution of the imperial government in Germany, following the guidance of Caroli VI . Leipzig 1713.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ New genealogical-historical news of the most noble events that happened at the European courts . Vol. 45, Heinsius, Leipzig 1755, pp. 929f.
2. ↑ Vinzenz Czech: Legitimation and representation for the self-image of Thuringian-Saxon imperial counts in the early modern period . Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2001, p. 231.