Carl Christoph Cramer

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Carl Christoph Cramer (born June 7, 1750 in Ansbach ; † December 11, 1827 in Glogau ) was a German tax collector, holder of the concession for the coffee trade in Silesia, consultant and royal councilor in Glogau.

Live and act

family

Cramer was born as the son of the court, chamber and landscape councilor Johann Friedrich Cramer (1706–1768) and his wife Sabina Rosina Heberer (1710–1767) in Ansbach. Grandfathers were Melchior Conrad Cramer (1672–1760), Leibmedicus and Hochfürstl. Brandenburg-Onolzbacher Privy Council in Ansbach (Onolzbach = Ansbach) and Johann Wolfgang Heberer (1675–1730), consultant and syndicus in Weissenburg .

Cramer married in 1776 in Seppau near Dalkau district of Glogau Louise Ernestine Sack , the foster daughter of the founder of the Hofrat Simon Heinrich Sack'sche Family Foundation , Simon Heinrich Sack , Royal Prussian Court and Justice Commission Council and lawyer in Glogau. The origin of the wife is unclear.

The marriage resulted in two daughters:

Life and meaning

When Silesia changed from Austria to Prussia in 1742 as a result of the Silesian Wars , considerable legal problems arose, since most of the landowners were resident in Austria and lawyers found a wide field of activity for property management and property changes.

That is why Simon Heinrich Sack , who later became Cramer's father-in-law, moved to Glogau around 1742 after completing his legal studies, where he not only acted as a litigator, but also took on fiduciary tasks in the administration of large landowners who were abroad, among others. Among other things, he was also an advisor to the first conducting minister of Silesia, Baron Ernst Wilhelm von Schlabrendorf , who held this office from 1755 and owned extensive land in Silesia and lived on his estate in Seppau (Szczepów) near Glogau. When transferring Austrian state and private goods, Sack not only carried out the notarial acts, but also bought goods himself, took care of the repairs and then sold them for a profit, which made him a significant fortune.

For the same reasons as Sack, Cramer came to Glogau at a young age. Cramer (Carolus Cramerus) had previously studied law, from April 1768 in Erlangen. From the summer of 1771 he was matriculated in Leipzig. After completing his studies, he was appointed as a tutor in the house of Baron Ernst Wilhelm von Schlabrendorf , who died in 1767 .

There he met Simon Heinrich Sack , who supported the young son of the late baron, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Heinrich von Schlabrendorf (1743–1803) in the administration of his estates. He was appointed count in 1772 by King Friedrich II of Prussia .

Hermsdorf Castle near Glogau, in 2014
Köben Castle ruins in 2007

This resulted in a business cooperation in which Cramer was engaged by the Councilor Sack for his various business deals. Cramer became a state tax collector and received the title of "Hofrat". In 1776 he married the Schlabrendorff family's possibly biological, but illegitimate, daughter of his partner Sack, who is said to have adopted her beforehand. The daughter had already received a gift of 50,000 thalers during her father's lifetime. With this money, the Cramer couple bought Hermsdorf Castle near Glogau from Schlabrendorf's property , which was sold again before 1803. Then they acquired the rule of Köben on the Oder .

In 1781 Frederick the Great issued a state monopoly on coffee for Prussia based on the French model , which was only abolished in 1787 after his death. In addition to importing and trading, the state also regulated coffee roasting on its own. Private roasting was strictly forbidden, and roasting was only done in the state roasting plant in Berlin. Only the royal bonded warehouses and a few licensed grocers were allowed to sell the roasted coffee. Initially, in the period 1780/1781 the General-Coffee-Depot for Silesia was subordinate to Hofrat Sack. He then passed this task on to his son-in-law Cramer, who thus created another source of wealth.

Cramer invested u. a. the money in bonds. When the merchant and landowner Sigmund Otto Joseph von Treskow (1756–1825) built a palace on his estate in Owinsk , he issued his own securities that guaranteed an interest rate of three percent in politically uncertain times. Wilhelm von Humboldt contributed 38,000 thalers to this business, Carl Christoph Cramer invested 100,000 thalers.

When Glogau and the surrounding area were occupied by the French during the coalition wars in 1806 and remained occupied until 1814 due to the Peace of Tilsit , the situation changed very quickly. As a result of the unaffordable war contributions that the wealthy citizens of Glogau had to bear due to the French occupation, Cramer saw himself forced to sell the Koben rule, with the loss of almost all of his fortune. His wife's significant fortune was also lost. His son-in-law Sattig lost 15,000 thalers as a result. Cramer fell into an incurable "madness" about it. He died in a poor situation.

literature

  • Adolf Ernst: Memories of Heinrich and Amalie von Beguelin from the years 1807-1813. Along with letters from Gneisenau and Hardenberg. Berlin, pages 8, 25, 30, 61 and 90, online version: [3] and [4]
  • Hans Joachim Jörs, Familienforschung Cramer, Die Taube: Family sheet for the members of the Hofrat Sack'schen Foundation, No. 139 (1968) 1500–1501 (a CD from the magazine Die Taube is available from the Foundation, online: [5] )
  • Hans Sack, old and new about the founder Simon Heinrich Sack, Die Taube: Family sheet for the members of the Hofrat Sack Foundation, No. 131 (1964) 1425–1427

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see picture gallery Tomasz Mietlicki, Lower Silesia, - The legacy of the past united in monuments, Seppau district Glogau, accessed on January 11, 2017, picture gallery
  2. ↑ Hans Sack, old and new about the founder Simon Heinrich Sack, Die Taube: Family sheet for the members of the Hofrat Sack Foundation, No. 131 (1964), p. 1426
  3. ↑ Matriculation on the Hochfürstl. Friedrichs University of Bayreuth a. Erlangen admitted students of aristocratic and bourgeois origin - UER MS.D 30 / 1. Students of aristocratic and bourgeois origin 1742 - 1800, digital from original page 60r, digital  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically defective marked. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / digital.bib-bvb.de  
  4. ↑ Georg Erler, published on behalf of the Royal Saxon State Government, The younger matriculation of the University of Leipzig 1559–1809: 1709–1809, Leipzig 1809, vol. III p. 56
  5. ↑ A picture gallery of the castle can be seen on the homepage of Tomasz Mietlicki, Lower Silesia, - The legacy of the past united in monuments, Hermsdorf Kreis Glogau, accessed on January 11, 2017, picture gallery
  6. ↑ Monika Köpcke, beer instead of coffee, a state coffee monopoly was introduced in Prussia 225 years ago, Deutschlandfunk, calendar sheet / archive / contribution from January 21, 2006, accessed online on October 23, 2014 [1]
  7. ^ Homepage of the family association of the family v. Treskow, keyword: Sigmund Otto Joseph v. Treskow, accessed online on October 23, 2014 [2]
personal data
SURNAME Cramer, Carl Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Tax collector, consultant, holder of the concession for the coffee trade in Silesia and royal councilor in Glogau
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1750
PLACE OF BIRTH Ansbach
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1827
Place of death Glogau