Christian Gottfried Winckler

Christian Gottfried Winckler (* 1734 in Leipzig , † 1784 in Kesselshain ) was a royal Saxon court advisor, merchant and civil manor owner. He was heir, feudal and court lord on Wehlitz .

Life

Winckler came from a respected Leipzig merchant family, some of whose representatives had been raised to the nobility . As a financially strong businessman, his father left him a handsome fortune that enabled him to finance a three-year trip to Europe. While looking for a companion and planner for this trip, Winckler came across Gotthold Ephraim Lessing in 1756 . They went traveling together on May 10th. The Seven Years' War, which broke out in 1756, destroyed their travel plans after a few months, so that Winckler returned to Leipzig together with Lessing.

On February 19, 1783 he sold his manor Wehlitz, located near Schkeuditz , with the distinctive baroque gate tower to Johann Friedrich Junius . Winckler bought this manor on October 23, 1765 from the heavily indebted nobleman Friedrich Wilhelm von Schlegel. Most recently he lived on the manor Kesselsheim in the Borna district that was owned by the family of his first wife ( von Einsiedel ).

family

Christian Gottfried Winckler was married to a woman from Einsiedel who was divorced from Görne. In his second marriage, Winckler took a von Griesheim woman as his wife.

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Lessing's great journey
↑ Winckler is often referred to in the literature as Dr. Confused Gottfried Winckler from Leipzig. The latter belonged to the close family and was also a lean of the Wehlitz manor, but is by no means identical with Christian Gottfried Winckler.
↑ Axel Flügel: Bürgerliche Rittergüter: social change and political reform in Kursachsen , 2000, p. 136.

personal data
SURNAME	Winckler, Christian Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German entrepreneur, Princely Saxon Councilor and civil manor owner
DATE OF BIRTH	1734
PLACE OF BIRTH	Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH	1784
Place of death	Kesselhain

[1] Lessing's great journey

[2] Winckler is often referred to in the literature as Dr. Confused Gottfried Winckler from Leipzig. The latter belonged to the close family and was also a lean of the Wehlitz manor, but is by no means identical with Christian Gottfried Winckler.

[3] Axel Flügel: Bürgerliche Rittergüter: social change and political reform in Kursachsen , 2000, p. 136.