Friedrich von Watzdorf
Adam Friedrich August von Watzdorf (* 8. June 1753 in Wiesenburg / Mark , † 14. August 1809 ibid) was royal-Saxon squire, Appellationsrat and Hofrichter in Wittenberg and tax collector of Kurkreises and owners of Wiesenburg Castle and the two manors -Jössnitz and Röttis in the Saxon Vogtland .
Life
Friedrich von Watzdorf comes from the Thuringian nobility of the von Watzdorf family . His father was Adam von Watzdorf (1718–1781) , the councilor of appeal and chief judge in Leipzig .
He officially enrolled in December 1763 and began studying law at the University of Leipzig in 1768, completing his doctorate in 1774. During this time, Klopstock's friend Johann Carl Tiedemann (* 1736 in Elstra ) was his court master in Leipzig . In 1787 he was appointed court judge in Wittenberg by the sovereign. He was a member of an important academic reading society founded in Leipzig in 1768 , which was mainly supported by citizens.
Friedrich married in Zerbst in 1788 Albertine Charlotte Elisa von Oppen-Jütrichow (1767-1811). Their son Kurt von Watzdorf was born in 1800 and died as a chamberlain in Berlin shortly after the March uprising in 1848. Another son, Otto von Watzdorf , was a liberal lawyer and politician. a. belonged to the Frankfurt National Assembly and the Saxon State Parliament .
The estate of his father is kept in the main state archive in Dresden . This also includes numerous documents that concern himself and those around him.
literature
- Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of noble houses . Perthes, Gotha 1902, p. 871 .
- Camillo v. Watzdorf (ed.), History of the Watzdorf family. Continuation, Dresden 1903.
Individual evidence
- ^ Matthias Wießner, Die Journalgesellschaft - Eine Leipziger Lesegesellschaft around 1800, in: Leipziger Jahrbuch zur Buchgeschichte, Wiesbaden 2004, pp. 103–175.
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| SURNAME | Watzdorf, Friedrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Watzdorf, Adam Friedrich August von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Royal Saxon Chamberlain, Appeal Council and Court Judge in Wittenberg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1753 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wiesenburg / Mark |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 1809 |
| Place of death | Wiesenburg / Mark |