Christoph Heinrich von Watzdorf

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Christoph Heinrich von Watzdorf , from 1719 Count von Watzdorf , contemporary mostly Watzdorff (* October 4, 1670 , † January 3, 1729 in Dresden ) was an electoral Saxon cabinet minister under Augustus the Strong as well as the manor owner and builder of Lichtenwalde Castle .

Life

He came from the Vogtland noble family Watzdorf , whose representatives had settled in the county of Mansfeld, particularly in Erdeborn near Sangerhausen . Like many of his family members, Christoph Heinrich von Watzdorf served the Wettins . At the court of Augustus the Strong in Dresden, he rose to the position of royal Polish and electoral Saxon cabinet minister and real secret council, chief tax and general accus director and provost of Budissin . From his father's possession and through purchases, he owned numerous manors in the Electorate of Saxony, including Crostau and Stedten . On August 21, 1721 in Dresden he sold the last-named property, which was a man's fief, to the Brunswick-Lüneburg captain Hans Heinrich von Bodenhausen on Burgkemnitz .

Lichtenwalde Castle

In 1722 he bought the Lichtenwalde Castle near Chemnitz. He had a three-storey three-wing complex built on the foundation walls of the previous building. A simple structure with a mansard hipped roof was one of the largest private complexes in Saxony. Art treasures were collected inside the castle and presented to an illustrious audience.

Because of his services to the Saxon-Polish state, he and his descendants were raised to the status of imperial count in 1719.

He was married to Wilhelmine Friederike von Bock-Blosheim († 1744). Christian Heinrich von Watzdorf was one of his two sons.

literature

  • "Recovered strange deaths". In: New Genealogical-Historical News from the most noble incidents, which happened at the European courts, where at the same time descriptions of life of many class persons occur. The 34th part. Johann Samuel Heinsii sel. Erben, Leipzig 1753. pp. 940–960, here 955f. ( Digitized version )
  • Karl von Weber : Christian Heinrich Graf von Watzdorff † 1747 . In: ders .: From four centuries. Communications from the main state archive in Dresden. Second volume. Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1858. pp. 209-262.
  • Ferdinand Nitze: Christian Heinrich von Watzdorf's on Reudnitz, count. reuss.-plauensch. Rath, Hof- und Forstmeister zu Untern-Greiz historical-genealogical description of the ancient noble and count. Family Derer von Watzdorf 1740 on behalf of and with the assistance of Chamberlain Rudolph von Watzdorf-Stoermthal the Elder. Z. Senior Gender Revised, continued and published . Petzold, Dresden 1872. pp. 137-141.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Life data according to Saxon biography
personal data
SURNAME Watzdorf, Christoph Heinrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Watzdorf, Christoph Heinrich Graf von (full name); Watzdorff, Christoph Heinrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Saxon court official and manor owner
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1670
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 1729
Place of death Dresden