Christiana Regina Hetzer

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Christiana Regina Hetzer as court councilor Böhme

Christiana Regina Hetzer - also Christiane Regine Hetzer - later married Neuhaus (Neuhauß), Richter and Böhme (born March  26, 1724 in Leipzig ; †  December 21, 1780 there ) was the first landlady of the Gohliser Schlösschen in Leipzig from 1756 until her death .

Life

Regina Hetzer, granddaughter of the landowner and wine merchant Johann Martin Hemm (Hamm) from Gohlis, married at the age of 15 (1739) Christian Gottlieb Neuhaus, partner in the banking and trading house Richter, Neuhaus & Crayen, which ran a bills of exchange business and, above all, with it English and Dutch silk and woolen fabrics, wallpaper and East Indian goods successfully traded. Neuhaus died in 1745, and two years later his widow married her also widowed brother-in-law Johann Caspar Richter , who as a result of this connection became the sole owner of the Richter, Neuhaus & Crayen banking and trading company. Regina also inherited two farm estates from her grandfather, which were transferred to her as a fiefdom in March 1750.

Johann Caspar Richter also succeeded in acquiring further property in Gohlis, so that in 1755 he could start building the Gohliser Schlösschen. Construction was delayed considerably as a result of the Seven Years' War and the contributions to be paid to Prussia by the city of Leipzig. When Richter died in 1770, he left his widow a building that was unfinished, especially in the interior.

After the obligatory year of mourning in 1771, she entered into a third marriage with the professor of history and law at the University of Leipzig , Hofrat Johann Gottlob Böhme . After the acquisition of the Gohliser Allodialgut in 1772 , Böhme was granted inheritance, feudal and judicial rule and the castle became the center of an agricultural estate, with the Böhmes still living in their house on Reichsstraße. Together they began to finish the interior of the castle, commissioned the Leipzig painter Adam Friedrich Oeser to decorate the walls and ceilings and were honored on votive plaques in the stone hall . Above all, this shows that Regina had an alert mind, education, discipline and well-behaved femininity, and that Böhme appreciated this in a time that was unencumbered by women.

Since Regina's six children from the marriages with Neuhaus and Richter had already died in childhood, the childless couple Böhme established four foundations with their will of March 20, 1776, from which the "Vespergottesdienststiftung für Gohlis" and the "Böhmesche Foundation" emerged . The "Vespergottesdienststiftung für Gohlis" funded the construction of churches and schools in Gohlis , the "Böhmesche Foundation" served as a poor fund for widows and orphans.

A few months after the death of her third husband, Regina Böhme died on December 21, 1780 in Leipzig and her brother, the court advisor and doctor of law Johann Hieronymus Hetzer (1723–1788), inherited the Gohliser Schlösschen, where he received Friedrich Schiller in 1785 . In 1793, his widow Johanna Concordia Hetzer, née Funckler (1724–1793), left the castle of the city of Leipzig, almost unchanged since the death of the Böhmes, with the stipulation that the building and the property were preserved.

Since January 1, 1906, the city of Leipzig has been commemorating Christiana Regina Hetzer with the Reginenstrasse in Gohlis , named after her , where her two husbands have been honored with Böhmestrasse and Richterstrasse since 1875 and 1896 respectively.

literature

  • Sabine Hocquél-Schneider, Alberto Schneider, Brunhild Vollstädt; The Gohliser Schlösschen zu Leipzig , Edition Leipzig in the Dornier Medienholding GmbH, Berlin, 1st edition 2000, ISBN 3-361-00511-6

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Johann Caspar Richter was married to Christiane Sophie Neuhaus, Christian Gottlieb Neuhaus' sister.
  2. ^ The banking and trading company Richter, Neuhaus & Crayen had to pay 44,653 thalers, Richter as a person 5,465 thalers, and the city of Leipzig a total of 12 million thalers in contributions to Prussia. From: Sabine Hocquél-Schneider, Das Gohliser Schlösschen zu Leipzig , p. 33
  3. ↑ Böhme, who was also widowed, was married to Marie Rosine, née Görz (1725–1767), who positively influenced the young student Goethe in questions of fashion and social conversation and was respected by them throughout his life.
  4. ↑ The verses “To the meritorious husband who married me. My love shall belong to him. And he should keep them to the grave. Christiana Regina Böhme ” and “ Christiana Regina, the best wife. I want to love you as long as I live. I would like to pass away with you. Johann Gottlob Böhme ” had the couple put in Latin. From: Sabine Hocquél-Schneider, Das Gohliser Schlösschen zu Leipzig , p. 46
personal data
SURNAME Hetzer, Christiana Regina
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Richter, Christiana Regina; Böhme, Christiana Regina; Neuhaus, Christiana Regina; Judge, Christiane Regine; Böhme, Christiane Regine; Neuhaus, Christiane Regine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION first landlady of the Gohliser Schlösschen in Leipzig
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1724
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH December 21, 1780
Place of death Leipzig