Friedrich Wilhelm Utsch

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Friedrich Wilhelm Utsch, 1749
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Friedrich Wilhelm Utsch
Monument at the Entenpfuhl forester's lodge , more images on the description page
Detail: inscription of the monument
Grave cross of the daughter Agnes Utsch (1762–1841) in Bretzenheim

Friedrich Wilhelm Utsch (born January 23, 1732 in Rheinböllen , Hunsrück , † March 13, 1795 in Rheinböllen) was, like his ancestors, hereditary forester for the Elector of Mainz in the Soonwald .

He was given the title Hunter from the Electoral Palatinate from the folk song of the same name. The original 6 stanzas of the song were probably written by Pastor Martin Klein, who was a friend and companion of Utsch. Only 3 stanzas are known today. The song is meant in a humorous way, because allegedly the hereditary ranger only shot 3 deer and a buck in 15 years.

In 1913, the German Emperor Wilhelm II inaugurated a memorial stone for the "Hunter from Electoral Palatinate" in his capacity as the highest hunting lord near Sobernheim. The folk song research thinks they have found out that the song was not composed until 1800. If it refers to a historical figure at all, then most likely to Elector Karl Theodor (1724–1799).

The family owned the historic Utsch house in Bacharach . Utsch was also the owner of the Malteser Hospital Estate in Sobernheim, built in 1722, where he also lived for a long time. His official seat was the Entenpfuhl forester's lodge near Bad Sobernheim .

He is buried in the Willigis chapel near the village of Auen .

literature

  • Günter Heinemann: Count Palatine Joh. Casimir as a hunter from Electoral Palatinate, Das Waidwerk 400 years ago according to notes from his diaries 1567–1589 , Munich, Bayerische Vereinsbank, 1975 (= vol. 7 of the Bavaria Antiqua series) and ²1983
  • Friedrich Richard Höller: The hunter from the Electoral Palatinate ; 1913
  • Heinrich Malzkorn: The hunter from Churpfalz. Friedrich Wilhelm Utsch - b. June 23, 1732, d. May 13, 1795 ; Bacharach: Borniger, 1988
  • Valentin Palm: Who was the "hunter from Kurpfalz"? ; Publications of the Verein für Heimatkunde zu Kreuznach, 41; Kreuznach: Association for local history, 1957
  • Friedrich Wilhelm Utsch: The hunter from the Electoral Palatinate ; Munich: Kellerer, 1913
  • Ludger Utsch: Utsch. Family book ; Siegen: Vorländer, 2004; ISBN 3-923483-94-5
  • Otto Utsch: The Utschen. History and register of the Protestant clan Utsch , Eiserfeld, 1935
  • Paul Wilbert: The monument of the hunter from Electoral Palatinate on the Entenpfuhl ; 1986
  • Paul Wilbert: The reburial of the hunter from Electoral Palatinate ; 1882
  • Paul Wilbert: Curriculum Vitae of Katharina Utsch ; 1983
  • Paul Wilbert: Genealogy of the Kurpfälzische / Hunsrücker Utsch clan , Auen, self-published, 1996

Web links

Commons : Utsch-Denkmal (Bad Sobernheim)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tobias Widmaier: A hunter from Kurpfalz (2008). In: Popular and Traditional Songs. Historical-critical song lexicon of the German Folk Song Archive
  2. ^ Karl Scherer: Count Palatine Johann Casimir (1543–1592) and the folk song "A hunter from the Electoral Palatinate". In: Werner Kremp (Ed.): The Huntsman from Kurpfalz. About the clash and cooperation between German and American hunting culture. Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, Trier 2002, ISBN 3-88476-559-0 , pp. 29-64.
personal data
SURNAME Utsch, Friedrich Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hereditary forester of the Elector of Mainz
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1732
PLACE OF BIRTH Rheinböllen , Hunsrück
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1795
Place of death Rheinböllen