Friedrich Wilhelm Heun
Friedrich Wilhelm Heun (born July 29, 1741 in Schildau , † January 31, 1812 in Teuditz ) was a mountain ridge from the Electoral Saxony region .
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He was the son of the Schildau town clerk Carl Heinrich Heun and started a civil service career. He studied in Torgau, Grimma, Leipzig and Wittenberg and became Bergrat and Condirector of the Saxon salt pans Dürrenberg, Kösen and Artern and as such was directly subordinate to Novalis' father . He acquired Teuditz and was there heir, feudal u. Judge and church patron.
Friedrich Wilhelm Heun was best known for his essay Attempt at a Natural History of the Starry Sky , which appeared in 1774 and is still reprinted today.
In 1776 he married Christiane Henriette geb. Schubarth (1755-1792).
On August 10, 1780, as an electoral Saxon mountain ridge in Teuditz, he acquired the Teuditz manor from Lieutenant Johann August von Möllendorff, which was in the office of Lützen in the Merseburg Monastery. In 1807 he sold this manor to his son Georg Wilhelm Heun. In 1808, however, he canceled this purchase. In 1809 it was sold again to the son, this time for 80,000 Reichstaler.
He left the following children: Dr. med. Carl George Heun, George Wilhelm Heun, Wilhelmine Emilie Heun and Johann George Heun as well as the two already married daughters Friedericke Charlotte Rousset and Christiane Henriette Helfer.
In 1815 the son sold his manor Teuditz to his other three brothers.
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| SURNAME | Heun, Friedrich Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Saxon mountain ridge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 29, 1741 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schildau |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 31, 1812 |
| Place of death | Teuditz |