Caspar Wittich

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Caspar Wittich (born April 10 . Jul / 20th April  1602 greg. In Wolfsgrün ; † August 3 jul. / 13 August  1673 greg. In Wittigsthal ) was a German entrepreneur and Hammerherrenhaus in Breitenbach , Wittigsthal and dawn .

Life

Caspar Wittich was the son of the master tin maker and owner of the rod hammer Zwota near Bleystadt in Bohemia , Laurentius Wittich (1574–1647) and Susanna geb. Ruscher (1580–1636), daughter of the councilor and trader Abraham Ruscher († 1591) from Schneeberg . He was baptized on April 11, 1602 in the Protestant church in Eibenstock .

Because of the persecution of exiles , he had to leave Zwota with his parents when he was eight weeks old. They settled in Breitenbach near Platten, where Protestants were tolerated at that time. At that time there was a hammer mill there, where he received private lessons. From 1621 he served five years in the body regiment of Duke Julius Heinrich von Sachsen-Lauenburg. After returning home, he acquired the three hammer works in Breitenbach , Wittigsthal and Morgenröthe named after him .

The later mayor of Johanngeorgenstadt, Johann Bleyer , worked as a scribe in the two hammer mills. Caspar Wittich died on August 13, 1673 at the age of 70 and had seen 10 children and 69 grandchildren. He was buried on August 19, 1673 in the town church of Johanngeorgenstadt, which burned down in 1867. His wife Magdalena was buried there on February 2, 1688.

family

Caspar Wittich married Magdalena Epperlein (1606–1647) on July 25, 1627, the daughter of the citizen and trader Joachim Epperlein from Platten. The following children were born from the marriage:

  1. Susanna (1628–1662), married in 1646 Heinrich von Ryssel (1619–1694), merchant and councilor of Schneeberg
  2. Maria (* 1629), married Johann Fischer, Hammerherr zum Schlössel in Unterwiesenthal in 1645
  3. Rosina, married in 1649 in Platten Johannes Korb , shift supervisor and clerk at her father's hammer mill in Breitenbach, later Hammerherr zu Rittersgrün
  4. Magdalena (* 1635), married in 1651 Johann Georg Rachalß , head forester in Lauter / Sa.
  5. Dorothea (1636–1697), married Christian Siegel, a trader in Johanngeorgenstadt , who leased the Morgenröthe hammer mill from 1661 to 1664
  6. Christian Wittich (1638–1696), trader in Eibenstock and owner of the Morgenröthe hammer mill
  7. Anna Catharina, married Christian Rockstroh, electoral field and court trumpeter in Dresden in 1660
  8. Anna Elisabeth (1644–1713), married Daniel Zobel, City General Counsel of Wunsiedel in 1664
  9. Maria Magdalena († 1695), married Johann Gabriel Löbel in 1665 , electoral factor of the blue paint works Jugel , co-owner of the hammer works Wittigsthal and Breitenbach

literature

  • Caspar Wittich, Hammerherr von Breitenbach, Wittichsthal and Morgenröte , Korb'sches Kippenarchiv, issue 15, 1962

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Detailed description of the Meißnische Ober-Ertzgebürges, according to its location, shape, mountains (etc.) . Lanckisch, January 1, 1747 ( google.de [accessed February 2, 2017]).
personal data
SURNAME Wittich, Caspar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1602
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolf green
DATE OF DEATH August 13, 1673
Place of death Wittigsthal