David from Fletscher
David Fleischer , since 1703 David von Fletscher (* 1646 in Annaberg ; † July 16, 1716 in the Zoitzmühle near Liebschwitz ) was a German merchant , imperial councilor, royal Polish and electoral Saxon secretary and councilor of commerce and manorial estate owner .
Live and act
David Fleischer was born in Annaberg in the Ore Mountains and came from a braid dealer in Scotland . After making his fortune through trade, he moved to the trade fair city of Leipzig as a merchant . He became a councilor and in 1698 bought the Wiederau manor near Pegau , which he fundamentally changed structurally. In 1700 he also acquired the Crossen an der Elster manor from the previous owner, Stange . He had the manor house there converted into a baroque palace.
Due to his Scottish ancestors, he was raised to the nobility in 1703 with a simultaneous name correction by Emperor Leopold I. The coat of arms awarded was similar to that of the Scottish aristocratic family Fletcher .
In 1711 he transferred the Crossen estate to his eldest son Thomas August von Fletscher , who as a favorite of Augustus the Strong quickly made a career at the Dresden court and was soon appointed court and judiciary. Due to increasing mental confusion, he later had to be placed under the tutelage of his youngest brother. His increasing indebtedness could only be contained by taking out several loans. His sister, the chief forest master Rachel Sophia von Marschall , lent him a larger capital in 1717, for which he pledged the Crossen Castle to her for three years before it had to be sold to Field Marshal Jacob Heinrich von Flemming in 1724 .
David von Fletscher's son of the same name, Captain David von Fletscher (1689–1724), succeeded his father in the position of heir, feudal lord and court lord and church patron in Wiederau.
Noble family in Saxony
David became the tribe of the Saxon barons of Flet (s) cher.
Teachers seminar
In Dresden in 1769 his descendants donated the Freiherrlich von Fletcher's teachers 'seminar (Fletcher's teachers' seminar) . B. Erich Kästner and Rudolf Schumann graduated. In 1924, this teacher training college, located on the foundation property in Marienallee ( Dresden-Neustadt ), became the Freiherr von Fletcher High School and German High School in Dresden-Neustadt .
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fletscher, David from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fleischer, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German merchant, secretary and commercial councilor as well as manor owner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1646 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Annaberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 16, 1716 |
| Place of death | Love sweat |