Christoph Friedrich von Münchhausen
Christoph Friedrich von Münchhausen (born May 22, 1644 in Leitzkau , † February 4, 1700 in Halberstadt ) was a Brandenburg district administrator, chief tax director and manor owner, mining entrepreneur and canon of Halberstadt.
Life
Christoph von Münchhausen, a great-grandson of the mercenary leader Hilmar von Münchhausen and grandson of Hilmar the Younger von Münchhausen from the noble family first mentioned in 1183 , was the son of Philipp Adolph von Münchhausen (1593–1657).
When his father's property was divided up, which he carried out on April 5, 1679 together with the sons of his deceased older brother Hilmar von Münchhausen, he received Althaus Leitzkau , and he also acquired Hobeck.
At an early stage, he worked as an entrepreneur in the Harz mountains . He was involved in several treasure troves in Clausthal and Zellerfeld by purchasing numerous kuxe items . He also acquired a hereditary interest in Sülldorf near Magdeburg , on whose land the salt well, which has been known since the Middle Ages, was located. Christoph Friedrich von Münchhausen had the privileged salt works located there expanded. He was privileged by the Elector of Brandenburg with the duty-free transport of the salt by water to Mecklenburg and Silesia. In order to operate the salt works near Sülldorf efficiently, it was necessary to use coal. In order to avoid long transport routes for the coal, he purchased a piece of land near Seehausen on which there was a coal seam. With a sovereign concession, he operated his coal mine near Seehausen, which, however, came to a standstill with his death in 1700 and was sold by his heirs to the royal Prussian miner.
family
On November 14, 1676 Lahr married Christoph Friedrich von Münchhausen Dorothea von Grapendorff.
literature
- Gottlieb Samuel Treuer: Thorough gender history of the noble house of the Lords of Muenchhausen. Göttingen 1740. 433 p. (See web link below)
- Albrecht Friedrich v. Münchhausen: Gender history of the House of those von Münchhausen from 1740 up to the most recent time: a continuation of that published by GS Treuer in 1740. Gender history of the house. Hahn, Hanover 1872 ( digitized version )
Web links
- Münchhausen, Christoph Friedrich von, index entry: German biography (accessed on November 1, 2018)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Münchhausen, Christoph Friedrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Kurbrandenburg district administrator and manor owner, Canon of Halberstadt |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 22, 1644 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leitzkau |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 4, 1700 |
| Place of death | Halberstadt |