Christian Wittich

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Christian Wittich , also Christian Wittig , (born October 24, 1638 in Blauenthal ; † buried February 9, 1716 in Johanngeorgenstadt ) was a German entrepreneur . He owned several hammer mills and the Oberjugel glassworks in the western Ore Mountains .

Life

The son of Hammerherrn Caspar Wittich studied law at the University of Leipzig from 1652 , went to the University of Strasbourg in 1657 and to the University of Altdorf in 1658 . In 1664 he received the Morgenröthe hammer mill from his father for 300 thalers , which he was unable to operate effectively. In 1672 it was so heavily indebted that in 1673 he had to sell it for 5,000 guilders to Wilhelm Gipser, the hammer master of the Muldenhammer . Wittich lived as a merchant in Eibenstock at this time . In 1689 he bought from the Saxon Elector Johann Georg III. the Oberjugel glassworks including inventory and accessories for 3,200 guilders. This made him the hereditary lord of Ober- and Unterjugel near Johanngeorgenstadt. In 1699 Wittich had to answer for a trial because he worked and cut board trees on the Jugel and had the boards guided to the boards . The operation of the glassworks was almost stopped at this time. In 1701 the glassworks was completely closed . Two years later Wittich sold the glassworks building and all associated rights to the previous leaseholder of his father's Wittigsthal hammer mill , Matthäus Burchardt. Wittich left the Ore Mountains and went to Wallendorf at the latest in 1706 , where he became chief factor and judge at the Hauenberg hammer mills. He died in 1716 and was buried in the town church of Johanngeorgenstadt.

family

Wittich married on July 3, 1665 in Johanngeorgenstadt Anna Gottschald, the daughter of Wildenthaler Hammerherr Michael Gottschald . With her he had the children:

  • Christiane Marie (* Morgenröthe)
  • Magdalene (* Morgenröthe)
  • Anna Regine (* Morgenröthe)
  • Maria Magdalena Wagner (* 1672)
  • Anna Regina Beck (1673–1754)
  • Friedrich (* / † 1675 Eibenstock)
  • Dorothea (* 1676, † 1677)
  • Lorenz (1677–1679)

Although he was Protestant, he had his daughter Dorothea, who died after 16 weeks, buried on January 20, 1677 in the Catholic Platten.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sabine Baumgärtner: Saxon Glass: d. Glashütten u. their products . GMBH, 1977, ISBN 978-3-515-02543-0 ( google.de [accessed on November 16, 2019]).
  2. ^ Bergmann Collection. Retrieved November 16, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Wittich, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wittig, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1638
PLACE OF BIRTH Blauenthal
DATE OF DEATH buried February 9, 1716
Place of death Johanngeorgenstadt