Friedrich Clemens von Elverfeldt called Beverförde zu Werries
Friedrich Clemens Freiherr von Elverfeldt called Beverförde zu Werries (born January 11, 1767 in Münster , † February 9, 1835 in Münster) was a Westphalian nobleman, a favorite of Napoleon and the founder of the House of Elverfeldt called Beverförde zu Werries .
family
His father was Carl Friedrich von Elverfeldt and his mother was Franziska Christina von Vittinghoff called Schell . His brother was Maximilian Friedrich von Elverfeldt called Beverförde zu Werries (1768-1851), canon who had fallen away from the faith in Münster, Osnabrück and Paderborn. On April 24, 1792, in Telgte , he married Maria Anna Wilhelmine von und zu Westerholt-Gysenberg , a pupil and childhood sweetheart of Beethoven . She gave him five children:
- Carl Adolph Maria (born April 6, 1795) ⚭ 1831 Clara Charlotte Friederike von Briest (born October 13, 1807) from the Neuhaus family
- Friedrich August (born June 28, 1796) ⚭ 1837 Countess Maria Bianca von Kospoth (born April 21, 1812)
- Max Friedrich (born May 26, 1798) ⚭ 1842 Freiin Francisca von Oer zu Egelburg
- Wilhelm (born October 4, 1799) ⚭ 1827 Freiin Laura von der Lippe
- Wilhelmina Gisberta (born March 21, 1801) ⚭ 1819 Lebrecht von Graevenitz
The unexpected inheritance
Because Friedrich Christian von Beverförde zu Werries - who was also called the "great Werries" - had separated from his wife and thus remained childless, he adopted the one-year-old Friedrich Clemens, son, on January 24, 1768, a few days before his unexpected death of friend Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Elverfeldt as son and heir.
According to this, I, who signed the final decision, chose my adoptive son Friedrich Clemens von Elverfeldt, called von Beverfoerde, to be my universal heir, and I want him to be introduced from now on into joint ownership of all my goods, sayings and demands to the end, so that he is fully owned remain after my godly death, I hereby grant my above-mentioned adopted son father, Colonel Carl Friedrich von Elverfeldt, the special authority for the sake of the possession of my residential courtyard in Munster , which I have ceded so far , then my knight seats Langen , Bynck near Ascheberg , Horstmar ( Münsterhof , Merveldter Hof , Sendenhof , editor's note), Werries , Nienburg , furthermore my goods in Ahlen and Teilte , the knightly seats Wemesloh in the Dutch, Hamswerum and Uplewerth in East Frisia, all farms and cottages, including all of these goods and accessories, sayings and demands, as they have names and in the Hochstift Münster, in the H Dutch and Ostfriesland are to be seized or handed down and allowed to be conceded, in the end to call in notaries and witnesses and to substitute one or more mandataries for the performance of what I hereby authorize him to do. I personally signed this power of attorney and sealed it with my innate seal. "
According to the legend and about which the will is silent, the father Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Elverfeldt was supposed to once force the "great Werries" from Münster to the headquarters of Gideon Ernst von Laudon in Mainz , where he obtained a petition for mercy and then to Wesel , where he was able to submit this just in time. Friedrich Clemens took on both names after his adoption and therefore called himself Friedrich Clemens von Elverfeldt called von Beverförde zu Werries.
Acquisition of the Loburg and its goods
However, he did not appreciate the medieval parent company Schloss Oberwerries , but instead acquired the current headquarters, Schloss Loburg , which was only 20 years old at the time, in a foreclosure auction on June 7, 1785 . He took possession of the grounds of the estate. Opposite the impoverished heir Clemens August von Nagel zur Loburg , the son of the builder , who had fled to the Keuschenburg house to protect himself from the creditors , he pounded on the fiefdom of the house . This resulted in numerous lawsuits, such as in 1788 and 1803 around the Kattmanns Kamp . He owed his victory to two circumstances: On the one hand, as Lord of the Loburg, he was able to present himself as the legitimate successor on site, while those who were absent from Nagel had the burden of proof against him. On the other hand, the land acquisition remained in large parts legally unresolved because between 1802 and 1815 the state governments and thus jurisdiction changed five times: Münster, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Paris, Berlin. The time was marked by inadequate state administration and a lack of judicial appeals. So Friedrich Clemens finally came together with a sizable property with around 500 acres .
Ascent in the Hochstift Münster
In 1789, Emperor Joseph II granted the baron the double title, which is still part of the name today. He himself was sworn up as a knight in Munster; It was also helpful that his brother Max became canon in three monasteries at the same time . Such an accumulation of offices was not uncommon at the end of the Holy Roman Empire . As a result, the ability to influence has been continuously expanded. Friedrich Clemens became treasurer of Kurköln in 1788 . In 1802 he took over the hereditary position of Drosten in the Bocholt office of the Duchy of Münster .
Baroness in Ostbevern
After the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss , the sovereignty passed to Prussia and after the peace of Tilsit Prussia lost all areas of the West Elbe. The country came to the Grand Duchy of Berg , which emerged from the Duchy of Berg and was ruled from Düsseldorf. With his opportunistic manner, the baron managed to get on well with every new state government. In this career he benefited from the fact that the Prussian seizure of possession in 1802/1803 had led to a rift within the long-established nobility. He took a leading, not altruistic role in secularization , the abolition and distribution of the monastery property of the Rengering monastery and the Vinnenberg monastery . A chimney of the Vinnenberg monastery at Loburg Castle can still be viewed today. He had most of the looted church treasures from the monasteries and monasteries brought to Düsseldorf to be melted down. They were then brought to France to pay the contributions and financed the continuation of the Napoleonic war. The nuns and clergy were expelled from their place of work without compensation. It did not matter that z. B. the Vinnenberg monastery in the health and poor care in Ostbevern had assumed an outstanding position that was no longer filled. Timeless works of art in the region were lost, destroyed or were scattered all over the world by art dealers, such as: Warendorfer Altar , Liesborner Altar and the Marienfelder Altar .
Mayor of the canton of Ostbevern
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Before the establishment of the Département de l'Ems-Supérieur , he was mayor of the canton of Ostbevern from 1810 to February 1814 . He was able to skillfully use the French rule for further advancement. Having previously collaborated with the occupying power , he became a French civil servant now that the country belonged to France and, with the title Juge de Paix, overtook the Droste zu Vischerings , who, as Herr von Bevern , had exercised jurisdiction in Ostbevern as Drost until 1809.
“The French bet on the Baron von Beverförde-Werries, who had recently bought the bankrupt property of Loburg. As mayor or mayor by the grace of France, the young baron carried out the orders of the French government. "
Even when the construction of the section of the N3 was ordered by Napoleon in 1811 as "routes imperiales" or Napoleonchaussee ( Paris - Liège - Wesel - Hamburg , today part of the federal highway 51 and the main street of Ostbevern), he allowed up to in Ostbevern and the surrounding area 300 workers and farmers (Ostbevern had a total of 2221 inhabitants (as of 1811), while Ladbergen (as of 1811) with 2179 inhabitants had almost the same size and only had 150 workers to provide) and 15 two-horse wagons were forcibly recruited for it; the farmers had to neglect their actual work. Numerous correspondence with his Prefect Charles-Louis de Keverberg de Kessel show that he tried to do the job to the complete satisfaction of the French superiors:
“Loburg d [en] May 13, 1811, The Maire zu Ostbevern to the Prefect of the Ober-Ems, Knight of the Legion of Honor, Mr. Prefect! In response to the complaints and ideas sent to me by Messrs. Maires von Laer and Lienen regarding the workers to be deployed for road construction, I have the honor to report obediently that it is, however, hard that these people are now being held up in their summer sowing. "
The postal route from Münster to Osnabrück, which ran via Ladbergen and Lengerich since 1688, was routed via Telgte, Ostbevern, Glandorf, Iburg for military reasons (Hamburg had become French). The Sachsenrast was built as a relay station in Ostbevern .
Turn to Napoleon
After the end of Napoleon Bonaparte he had as a landowner rounded off : in 1785 he had not a foot and the Prussian Uraufnahme in Ostbevern 1841/42, (the basis for the new cadastral ) belonged to the family of the largest landowners of the village. He also switched sides again and willingly offered his services to the new sovereign. But the French offices during the Restoration period brought him lifelong hostility among the German nationalists, such as Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum Stein , and among the conservatives, such as Ludwig von Vincke . The Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm III. distanced himself in his advances. He was buried on February 13, 1835 in front of the altar of his Anna chapel . Only then was his son "Carl Adolf von Elverfeldt called von Beverfoerde zu Werries" rehabilitated by Friedrich Wilhelm IV on December 19, 1844 , by recognizing his claimed baron status, which is still led by his descendants today.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Deaths - KB009 | Ostbevern, St. Ambrosius | Münster, rk. Diocese | Germany | Matricula Online. Retrieved June 10, 2020 .
- ^ LWL archive office for Westphalia, Münster, Loburg (Dep.) Holdings of Ober- and Niederwerries, documents
- ↑ Eugen Kotte: Ostbevern, essays on village history, Ostbevern 1987
- ^ State archive North Rhine-Westphalia Westphalia department : Tat.Keu - 235
- ^ See Siegfried Schmieder: Ostbevern - Contributions to History and Culture, History of the Loburg, Warendorf 1988, p. 570
- ^ Heinrich Eickholt: Rengering, Münster 2004, p. 223.
- ^ Franz Meyer: Geschichte der Gemeinde Ostbevern , Ostbevern 2000, ISBN 3 00 006943 7 , p. 129
literature
- Siegfried Schmieder: Ostbevern - contributions to history and culture, history of the Loburg , Warendorf 1988
- Ludwig von Alvensleben, pedigree , booklet 1, p.15f
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Elverfeldt called Beverförde zu Werries, Friedrich Clemens von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Elverfeldt zu Dahlhausen and Steinhausen, Friedrich Clemens von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Westphalian nobleman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 11, 1767 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Muenster |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 9, 1835 |
| Place of death | Ostbevern |