Caspar Adolf von Romberg

Caspar Adolf von Romberg (* 1721 in Dortmund ; † 1795 there ) was a Westphalian-Brandenburg nobleman from the Romberg family and an important entrepreneur in the coal mining industry . He was the son of Stephan von Romberg (1691–1755), heir of Brünninghausen and Bladenhorst as well as Drost von Hörde and Lünen and director of the Brandenburg knighthood and the Mechtild Maria Christine von Bottlenberg called Kessel from the house of Kasparbruch (1700–1771).

Together with his son Gisbert , he expanded the family's mine holdings so considerably that the Rombergs were among the largest owners in the Ruhr area in the first half of the 19th century .

Through his marriage to Louise von Diepenbrock in 1765, Buldern Castle fell to the Rombergs. Through the Diepenbrock family he acquired the aristocratic residences Haus Westhemmerde near Unna and the associated Haus Werl. He was also able to expand his possessions near his headquarters in Brünninghausen. He acquired Haus Rüdinghausen and Haus Ermlinghofen with the associated lands, cottages and serf farmers.

His last acquisition was the Stockum House in Stockum an der Lippe, today Werne- Stockum . He acquired this property in 1794, a year before his death. The business was already done by his son Giesbert.

In addition to his clever marriage policy, Caspar Adolf was also involved in mining. Together with middle-class financiers, from 1752 he set up new tunnel mines, which were later to be grouped under the name of Zeche Glückaufsegen . At the time of his death, shortly before the start of industrial mining with the help of steam engines, he was one of the most important owners of mining rights .

When he died, Caspar Adolf was one of the richest aristocrats in Westphalia. The value of his goods and possessions was put at 900,000 Reichstalers.

literature

• Wilfried Reininghaus: The economic activity of the von Romberg family in the 17th to 20th centuries , in: zeitenblicke 4, 2 (2005), available online

Web links

• The archive of the vom Romberg family (PDF) ( Memento from July 6, 2004 in the Internet Archive )