Carl Philipp von Venningen

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Alliance coat of arms at Eichtersheim Castle . Seen by the viewer: on the left that of Carl Philipp von Venningen, on the right that of his wife Maria Anna von Hutten

Carl Philipp von Venningen (* 1728 ; † August 27, 1797 in Eichtersheim ) was an imperial knight from the family of the Lords of Venningen . He was President of the Electorate of the Palatinate . As a child, he was the last living male descendant of the von Venningen family and thus united the entire family estate in Kraichgau at a young age , where he shaped the image of Eichtersheim and other places through extensive building activity.

family

He came from the Catholic branch of the Venning family. His grandfather Johann Augustin von Venningen († 1713) had converted to Catholicism, his brother, Lieutenant General Eberhard Friedrich von Venningen (1642–1710) from the Electoral Palatinate , remained Protestant. Carl Philipp von Venningen was born the son of Carl Ferdinand von Venningen (1693–1731) and Elisabeth Claudia von Reichenstein. The brother Christian von Venningen died as a child in 1731, the sister Maria Anna advised Carl Ferdinand von Hatzfeld in 1754 and was the mother of the Prussian general Franz Ludwig von Hatzfeldt .

Carl Philipp von Venningen was the only male descendant of the Venningen, since all other family lines in the male line had expired, his father died early and his brother also died as a toddler in the year his father died. As a result, Carl Philipp inherited the entire family estate at the age of 3. His mother was appointed legal guardian. In 1743 she married Christoph Philipp von Erthal, Kurmainzer bailiff and director of the Lohrer Spiegelmanufaktur , the second marriage, and became the stepmother of his children, a. a. of the later Prince-Bishops Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal and Franz Ludwig von Erthal . According to Karlheinz Bartels , a local researcher from Lohr , one of her stepdaughters (a sister of the two prince-bishops) is the real role model for the fairytale figure Snow White . Elisabeth Claudia von Erthal, widowed von Venningen, b. von Reichenstein is the evil stepmother described in the fairy tale .

Carl Philipp married Maria Anna von Hutten zu Stolzenberg († 1781) in 1750 , a great niece of the Speyer prince-bishop and cardinal Franz Christoph von Hutten zu Stolzenberg . A dozen children were born to the couple between 1751 and 1767. Son Franz Anton (1763–1799) founded an Eichtersheimer line that died out in 1907 , son Friedrich Anton (1765–1832) founded the Grombach line of the family that still exists today .

Life

Alliance coat of arms on the hamlet of the castle
Side view of Eichtersheim Castle, with moat and bridge

After studying law , Carl Philipp was promoted to chamber and court judge in Mannheim and in 1750 to the electoral Palatinate real noble government councilor with seat and vote. He was then promoted to the higher appeal judge at the higher appeal court in Mannheim and in 1765 to the regional president. In the same year he was also senior bailiff and board member of the Kreuznach district office . He was paid for this position without having to be personally active or present there. He lived in the palace in Eichtersheim and a city palace in Mannheim. From 1786 to 1796 he was senior curator at Heidelberg University . In 1791 Carl Philipp von Venningen sold his palace in Mannheim and gradually withdrew from his offices in Eichtersheim in the following years.

Carl Philipp had the moated castle in Eichtersheim rebuilt between 1767 and 1781 , the rent office was rebuilt in 1779 and the Catholic Church rebuilt by 1782 . He also bought Agnestal Castle near Zuzenhausen , which he had completed and built Eschelbronn Castle and the hamlet of Sinsheim . He was a sponsor of the St. Anna pilgrimage in Weiler . In the course of his life, Carl Philipp von Venningen expanded the inherited family property through further acquisitions, so that he also had ownership rights in the following places: Grombach , Hilsbach , Mühlhausen , Rappenau and Spechbach . To avoid inheritance disputes, which were once common with the Venningen, he created a family entailment in 1790 .

Carl Philipp von Venningen died on August 27, 1797 and was buried in the crypt of the Catholic castle church in Eichtersheim , which he had built from 1777 to 1782.

Awards

Web links

Commons : Carl Philipp von Venningen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website about the history of Weiler near Sinsheim
  2. ↑ Wolfgang Dehm: Snow White's cradle was in Lohr Castle. In: Main-Post . July 9, 2008, accessed December 22, 2019 .
  3. ^ Website about the history of the Anna pilgrimage in Weiler near Sinsheim
personal data
SURNAME Venningen, Carl Philipp von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION District President and Senior Administrator
DATE OF BIRTH 1728
DATE OF DEATH August 27, 1797
Place of death Eichtersheim