Ferdinand Maria Franz von Neuhaus

Ferdinand Maria Franz Freiherr von Neuhaus (* 1655; † December 7, 1716 in Munich ) was the chief treasurer of the Bavarian elector Maximilian II. Emanuel .

Michael Wening : Zangberg Castle, early 18th century

Ferdinand Maria came in 1655 as the son of Franz Freiherr von Neuhaus and Johanna Franziska, nee. Countess of Maxlrain on the world. It was named after the then reigning Elector Ferdinand Maria . From 1671 he studied at the Benedictine University of Salzburg . After he had renounced the benefices assigned to him in Regensburg in 1682 , he married Anna Dorothea Adelheid Freiin von Muggenthal auf Hexenagger, who died in 1689 after four births.

In 1685 Neuhaus became treasurer at the court of Elector Max Emanuel . From 1688 to 1689 he was briefly envoy to the Holy Roman Empire in Regensburg, in 1689 he received the title of Privy Councilor and seven years later he was promoted to the real Secret Council. This made him one of the leading officials in Kurbayern . In 1701 he became the chief steward of the Electress Therese Kunigunde of Poland , in 1702 the chief treasurer , at that time the second highest court office, and at the same time the court's general building director. In this capacity, Neuhaus was responsible, among other things, for the expansion of the Nymphenburg Palace and the Schleissheim Palace . Giovanni Antonio Viscardi , Joseph Effner , Caspar Zugalli and Francesco Marazzi worked under his direction .

Neuhaus also played an important role in foreign policy, since he swore the oath of allegiance to the emperor in 1705 (and was also married to a noble woman who was directly involved in the empire), he was able to act as an intermediary between Bavaria and Austria during the War of the Spanish Succession .

In 1684, Neuhaus had Antonio Riva in Zangberg build a castle with a baroque pleasure garden and fountains, which was enormous for a simple aristocratic residence. This also explains the high debt he left with his family. From 1703, his city apartment in Munich was Neuhaus-Perfall in Prannerstraße, later also called Preysing Palais.

Neuhaus died in Munich in 1716 and was buried at Zangberg Castle.

literature

• Norbert Hierl-Deronco: It is a pleasure to build. About builders, builders and building in the baroque era in Kurbayern - Franconia - Rhineland. Hierl-Deronco, Krailling 2001, ISBN 3-929884-08-9 .