Christoph Heinrich Adolph von Zehmen

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Christoph Heinrich Adolph von Zehmen , (born August 23, 1728 in Oelzschau , † April 6, 1799 in Neustrelitz ), captain in the Royal Baviere regiment, adjutant general, electoral Saxon and Mecklenburg chamberlain , travel marshal to the Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , castle captain of Neustrelitz .

Christoph Heinrich Adolph v. Zehmen (1728–1799)
Neustrelitz Castle on a postcard from 1912

Live and act

Christoph Heinrich Adolph von Zehmen inherited the manor Oelzschau when he was born as an orphan in 1728. He lived partly on Oelzschau and in 1748 became a chamberlain . In 1756 he took on French military service and made two campaigns with the regiment Mme. La Dauphine and as a captain in the regiment Royal Baviere. Christoph Heinrich became adjudant general to Charles de Rohan, prince de Soubise and, in 1761, Electoral Saxon Chamberlain and was a member of the Economic Society in Leipzig. In 1784 he became travel marshal to the Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz , Adolf Friedrich IV. , And in 1790 Castle Captain of Neustrelitz, in 1796 Chamberlain there. He also wrote the progressive book "System der Landwirtschaft", which, among other things, deals with deep furrows.

family

Von Zehmen came from the old Meissen-Saxon noble family von Zehmen . His father was Heinrich Adolf von Zehmen (1701–1728) and his mother Johanne Juliane Louise von Ponickau (around 1705–1728). Christoph Heinrich Adolph von Zehmen married Marie Margarethe von Gillet on April 21, 1765 at the Oelzschau manor. The son Carl Amabilis Desiderius von Zehmen sold Oelzschau in 1777 because he entered the Hessian service and participated in the American War of Independence .

Works

  • System of agriculture treated according to physical and chemical principles and tested through many years of tests . Verlag Paul Gotthelf Kummer , Leipzig 1796, 340 pages books.google.de
  • Complete doctrinal concept of the whole of agriculture treated as a science: based on older experiences and newer discoveries . Volume 2, Verlag Kummer, Leipzig 1799, 300 pages books.google.de

literature

  • HM von Zehmen: Genealogical news about the Meissen nobility of Zehmen, 1206 to 1906. Printed by Wilhelm Baensch, Dresden 1906.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ New genealogical-historical news from the noblest ... Volume 37, bey Johann Samuel Heinrich sel. Erben, Leipzig 1752, p. 952 books.google.de
  2. ^ New general German library . Volumes 29–68, publisher Friedrich Nicolai, Berlin and Stettin 1803, p. 650.

Web links

  • Reception on "Complete teaching concept of the entire agriculture ..." in New General German Library , Volumes 29-68, Publisher Friedrich Nicolai, Berlin and Stettin 1803, p. 650 books.google.de
  • Johannes Georgius Meusel: Lexicon of the German writers who died from 1750 to 1800 . Volume 15, publisher Gerhard Fleischer the Younger, Leipzig 1816, p. 365 books.google.de
  • Information on the Oelzschau manor at www.sachsens-schloesser.de
  • Information on the Oelzschau manor at www.architektur-blicklicht.de
  • Information about the church in Oelzschau, where his parents were buried in front of the altar.
personal data
SURNAME Zehmen, Christoph Heinrich Adolph von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Captain, adjudant general, chamberlain, travel marshal and castle captain
DATE OF BIRTH August 23, 1728
PLACE OF BIRTH Oelzschau (Espenhain)
DATE OF DEATH April 6, 1799
Place of death Neustrelitz