Friedrich Wilhelm von Bicken

Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bicken († 1732 in Erfurt ) was the eighth governor of Erfurt , cathedral capitular in Mainz , court councilor in Vienna and vicar general . Like the Archbishop of Mainz , Johann Adam von Bicken , he came from the von Bicken family .

Life

His childless relative Hans Georg von Bicken had determined in his legacy that after his death all his belongings should be returned to the von Bicken family. In contradiction to this, Johann Hermann Schenk zu Schweinsberg divided up the estate of Hans Georg von Bicken in 1631 into Fronhausen , Seelbach and Bicken and sold the parts to residents of the three villages.

Due to the property of being imperial baron , Friedrich Wilhelm von Bicken had direct connections to Emperor Leopold I and Mainz Archbishop Lothar Franz von Schönborn as Imperial Councilor of Vienna and Canon of Mainz . Using this, he filed a lawsuit in 1679 with the Imperial Court of Justice and with the Emperor himself for the surrender of all goods previously owned by Bickener knights. This included goods in Siegen and former properties in Fronhausen, Seelbach and Bicken that had already been split up and sold to private individuals. He demanded the sum of 40,000 guilders from the communities with interest (5%) and compound interest.

Friedrich Wilhelm did not live to see the outcome of this legal dispute, because the dispute dragged on for over 50 years and the reign of three emperors ( Leopold I , Joseph I and Charles VI. ) And became the last of them in 1732 with the death of Friedrich Wilhelm Bicken ended without result.

Friedrich Wilhelm was vicar general around 1708 , which is referred to in the memorial inscription on the building of the Hubertus Chapel in Kleinostheim .

In 1717 he assumed the office of governor of Erfurt and led it until his death in 1732, after which he was buried in the church of St. Wigbert .

Under his administration by the Kurmainzer Erfurt State, the cloth industry developed into one of the predominant branches of production in the city. The Vitikirche in Gispersleben was rebuilt using medieval components.