Caspar Aman

Caspar Aman (born January 3, 1616 in Deggendorf ; † July 11, 1699 in Vienna ) was court controller at the imperial court in Vienna.

Life

The son of a black dyer lost his father at an early age and his mother in 1633. In 1637 he worked as a clerk for the city administration. From 1640 he was in the service of Emperor Ferdinand III. and worked for the imperial court controller in Vienna. In 1657 he became a court controller himself and thus, to a certain extent, the highest administrative manager. He held this responsible office for 42 years until his death. Aman organized a. a. 1657 Emperor Ferdinand's splendid funeral.

In doing so, he earned the special trust of the imperial family and accompanied Emperor Leopold I and several of his children on trips as an indispensable organizer of accommodation, food and entertainment for the numerous accompanying persons. In recognition of his services, the emperor awarded him a civil coat of arms, later elevated him to the nobility and awarded him the honorary title of Imperial Councilor .

Apparently fully engaged in the service of the emperor, Aman remained unmarried. In his will, he bequeathed some of the considerable fortune he had acquired at the Viennese court to his servants, but most of them to numerous foundations in the churches of his hometown Deggendorf in concern for his soul . Among other things, the sandstone figures of the Way of the Cross on the Geiersberg, the Holy Sepulcher Chapel and the large wall candlesticks in the Ascension Church are due to his donations. He also founded the Deggendorfer Orphanage Foundation . With these achievements, Aman is considered the city's greatest benefactor.