Carl von Nellessen

Carl Martin Nellessen (from 1862: Carl Martin Freiherr von Nellessen ; born November 18, 1799 in Aachen , † April 21, 1871 in Cologne ) was a German cloth manufacturer and politician as well as a manor owner .

Live and act

The son of the cloth manufacturer Franz Carl Nellessen (1752–1819) and Rosalia Theyssen (1765–1840) took over after their father's death together with his brothers Heinrich (1789–1866), Theodor (1802–1888) and Franz (1805–1862) ) his father's cloth factory C. Nellessen, JM son . From 1826 they modernized and expanded the company and introduced the steam engine, among other things. Together, however, they were also responsible for the Aachen riot of August 30, 1830 in front of their factory gates, during which the factory workers complained about penalties in the wages.

In addition to his professional obligations, Carl Nellessen was also politically active in many ways. He was elected to the council of the city of Aachen and held the office of mayor's council from 1850 to 1871 . In addition, he was from 1843 to 1845 and again in 1865 a member of the knighthood of the provincial parliament of the Rhine Province .

In 1854 Nellessen was appointed a lifelong member of the Prussian mansion and two years later was raised to the nobility and in 1862 to the baron status. As early as May 23, 1855, he was appointed Roman Count (comes aulae Lateranensis et Palatii apostolici), a papal title of Count conferred by the Roman Curia.

Carl Martin Freiherr von Nellessen found his final resting place in the family crypt in the old Forst cemetery near the church of St. Katharina.

Gut Schönthal

On May 12, 1860, Nellessen acquired the Schönthal estate on the Beverbach in Aachen-Forst , along with 450 acres of arable land and meadows as well as 200 acres of oak and beech forest, and donated the entire property as a family entrepre- neurship , which was to be passed on as a majorate . The extensive park with its shady trees and the cooling stream served the entire Nellessen family and their families of friends as a refuge for relaxation and hunting. Since Carl's marriage to Johanna Sibylla Kelleter (1806-1884) remained childless, he bequeathed the property to his nephew, the commercial judge and city councilor Franz Carl Freiherr von Nellessen (1833-1882), a son of his brother Franz, who in 1872 was also a baron had been raised. Finally, the property passed to his son Carl Adolph Freiherr von Nellessen (1862-1927), who also died childless, whereupon the Nellesse'sche Majorat passed to Georg Nellessen (1875-1948), a grandson of Carl von Nellessen's brother Theodor.

After that, the property was taken over by a community of heirs who opened the Nellessen Park to the general public in 1969, which made it part of the Aachen Forest and from which the surrounding riding stables benefited in particular. Since the community of heirs could not agree on the costly management of the park, attempts have been made for several years to auction it to the highest bidder. Today the estate itself belongs to the operations of the Aachen regional horse sports association and has been placed under monument protection.

Literature and Sources

• Eduard Arens / Wilhelm Leopold Janssen : Club Aachener Casino Druck Metz, Aachen 1964, p. 131

Web links

• Entry in acta borussica, Volume 6.2, p. 683
• Gut Schönthal (PDF; 219 kB)
• Extract from the Gothaischen genealogical pocket book of the count's houses, 47th year, 1874, p. 591

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry in the historical address book 1850
2. ↑ Entry in the historical address book 1850
3. ↑ Entry in the historical address book 1850
4. ↑ Entry in the historical address book 1850
5. ↑ Cloth factory Nellessen on Rhenish industrial culture
6. ↑ Nellessenpark only for the time being under the hammer  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Aachener Nachrichten of October 11, 2007