Georg Christian von Knorr

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Georg Christian von Knorr (* 1691 in Oettingen ; † January 22, 1762 in Vienna ?) Was a theologian and Habsburg civil servant.

Life

Georg Christian Knorr or Knörr, latinized Georgius Christianus Knoerrius, came from a middle-class background and was born as the son of the braid maker Hieronymus Knörr in Oettingen. He attended schools in his hometown and was accepted into the stately scholarship. In 1708 he went to Jena to study (Lutheran) theology and received his master's degree there in 1712. Ordained the following year, he was given the position of house preacher and court master in the family of the Oberamtmann von Brandenstein in Hochhaus. In 1716 he became vice rector and four months later rector of the evangelical seminary in Oettingen.

In 1723 he followed the call to Blankenburg as a ducal-Braunschweig Hofrat and librarian . In this post he won the trust of Duke Ludwig Rudolf , who sent him to Vienna as secret legation counselor and secretary to Empress Elisabeth Christine . There Emperor Karl VI appointed him. 1730 to the real Reichshofrat (confirmed 1745) and raised him to the knighthood. In connection with his appointment to the Reichshofrat, Knorr had converted to the Catholic faith.

Above all, Knorr had the goodwill and special trust of Baron von Bartenstein . His marriage to Maria Katharina von Peinthemar, daughter of the Hungarian magnate Ignaz Freiherrn von Peinthemar († 1727) and his wife Maria Cordula, née Haller von Doblhoff in 1738 resulted in four children: Christoph Christian , Maria Franziska, Katharina and Josef .

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personal data
SURNAME Knorr, Georg Christian von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Habsburg civil servant
DATE OF BIRTH 1691
PLACE OF BIRTH Oettingen
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1762
Place of death unsure: Vienna