Christoph Eberhard Friedrich von Degenfeld

Christoph Eberhard Friedrich von Degenfeld (born January 25, 1737 in Ehrstädt ; † March 12, 1792 at Neuhaus Castle ) was the landlord of Neuhaus, co-lord of Ehrstädt, of the Eulenhof , of the Unterbiegelhof , of Waibstadt and of Wagenbach . He was imperial councilor and knight council in the knight canton of Kraichgau . From 1784 until his death he was also a senior in the Degenfeld-Neuhaus condominium .

Life

He was a son of Christoph Ferdinand I von Degenfeld (1699–1766) and Clara Juliana von Gemmingen-Aries (1699 / 1700–1766). From 1760 onwards, the father had reunited the entire Degenfeld-Neuhaus property, but also started a protracted dispute with the Ehrstädt community, with the feudal farms and with the knightly canton of Kraichgau , which Christoph Eberhard Friedrich and his own, due to his autocratic rule over the subjects two brothers Christoph Ferdinand III. Friedrich (1739–1812) and Reinhard Philipp Friedrich (1722–1784) inherited the family property.

When the estate was divided, he received Neuhaus Castle, Reinhard Philipp Friedrich received the Eulenhof and the family's property in Waibstadt and Unterbiegelhof, and Christoph Ferdinand III. received the Württemberg and the Worms half of Ehrstädt. After property disputes had shaped the image of the family in the previous generations, the establishment of a condominium now ensured greater unity among the brothers in addition to the family entailment commission that applies to property . In 1774, a comparison was made between the Degenfeld brothers and the Ehrstädt community, which regulated the relationship between local rule and subjects for a long time.

After the death of his brother Reinhard Philipp in 1784, he became a senior in the condominium rule. In the same year, the family got back the fiefdom of one third of Wagenbach, which was drawn in from the Palatinate in 1722. Meanwhile, the dispute that had been going on for decades about the construction load of the Ehrstädt church was still smoldering with the Ehrstädt community . The condominium owners had the completely dilapidated nave demolished in 1784. Only the medieval tower remained. However, during Christoph Eberhard's lifetime there was no new building because the further negotiations about the construction costs dragged on for a long time. Not only did tough negotiating partners sit across from each other, but rather because of the severe storms of 1784 and the cattle epidemics of 1786 and 1789, the people mostly had more pressing problems. It was only shortly after Christoph Eberhard's death that an agreement was reached on the building of the church, so that the nave was rebuilt in 1793.

family

He married on February 10, 1767 in Mühlhausen an der Enz Sophia Luise Salome von Stain zum Rechtenstein (1740-1811).

The marriage had three sons and six daughters, but not all of them came to years.

• Sofia Auguste Luise Johanna (1767–1802) ⚭ Karl Friedrich von St. André (1747–1790), 1797 Karl Philipp von Gemmingen (1771–1831)
• Johann Christoph III. (1769–1849) ⚭ Katharina Elisabeth von Grimmel († 1804), Helena Elisabeth von Zoller
• Henriette Charlotte Philippine (1770–1846) ⚭ Joseph August Friedrich von Liebenstein
• Christoph Ferdinand IV. Philipp (1772–1858) ⚭ Augusta von Freystedt (1780–1861)
• Eberhardine Henriette Christiana (1773–1847) ⚭ 1803 Karl Philipp von Gemmingen (1771–1831)
• Christoph Eberhard Friedrich Wilhelm (1776–1809), killed in the Battle of Wagram
• Leopoldine Benedicta Juliane (* / † 1777)
• Henriette Wilhelmine Dorothea Juliane (1780–1783)
• Eleonore Clara Sophie (1781–1862) ⚭ Philipp von La Roche (1770–1842)

literature

• Friedrich Hub : Genealogy of the von Degenfeld family at Schloss Neuhaus, Ehrstädt, Waibstadt and Wagenbach. In: ders .: Ehrstädt and Neuhaus Castle. Ehrstädt 1967, pp. 317 and 420–438.