Hans Friedrich von Hessler

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Hans Friedrich von Heßler (born October 22, 1610 in Klosterhäseler , † December 10, 1667 in Balgstädt ) was a German colonel and owner of the manors Burgheßler and Balgstädt.

Life

He came from the Thuringian noble family Heßler and was the son of Hans Heinrich von Heßler auf Klosterhäseler (1568–1634) and Maria Dorothea, née. von Witzleben from the Wohlmirstedt house (1569–1630). At the age of 14 he was brought to Burgscheidungen by his father to have him trained in horse riding, fencing and other noble arts. At the age of 16, he entered military service in the Catholic imperial troops in 1626. At the request of the Protestant father, he resigned from military service in 1630 and returned to Klosterhäseler. He graduated with his older brother Hans Heinrich, financed by the Father (1608-1654) grand tour that took him to Holland. He then entered the military again, but this time on the side of the Protestants. He became a lieutenant in the bodyguard of Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony, which was commanded by Lieutenant General von Arnim .

Hans Friedrich von Heßler took part in the Battle of Breitenfeld in 1631 and then moved with the Life Guard to Prague, where he saw how Wallenstein forced the surrender of the city in May 1632. This disbanded the bodyguard. Hessler combined the remains of them into a company on horseback, with which he moved to Dresden to the regiment of Colonel Friedrich Wilhelm Vitzthum von Eckstädt . In his regiment, Heßler successfully fought against the mischief of the imperial general Heinrich von Holk , who drove this from August 1633 in the Electorate of Saxony, especially in the Ore Mountains . Then Hessler moved to Schweidnitz and there helped to free the city from the occupation by Wallenstein. Following this, he said goodbye to the Saxon army and went back to Klosterhäseler. There he was appointed colonel and regimental commander by the Swedish chancellor Oxenstierna in January 1634 . He then served in the army of Duke Wilhelm von Sachsen-Weimar and then in the army of Field Marshal Baner. After the Peace of Prague in 1635 he was forced by Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony to quit his service in the Swedish army. He returned to Klosterhäseler, especially since his father had died there in 1634. In 1635 he received Burgheßler and half of the manor Balgstädt through an inheritance comparison with his siblings. In 1646 he bought his brother Hans Heinrich von Heßler's half of Balgstädt and thus reunited the manor in one hand.

Maria Catharina Naso, wife of the governor Heinrich Christoph Naso , loaned him 1000 thalers in November 1662, which he needed for his sons' study trips. She received the manor Balgstädt as a pledge.

In 1661 he was pardoned due to his services by Elector Johann Georg II of Saxony with the chancellery for his manor Balgstädt and the high hunt in the associated woodlands. He rebuilt this manor and moved from Burgheßler to his newly built castle in Balgstädt. In Burgheßler, he had the small church expanded and a hereditary burial attached to it. After a long and serious illness, he died in Advent 1667 at the age of 57 and was buried in the hereditary funeral in Burgheßler. The funeral sermon given to him by Johann Wagner appeared in print in Jena.

family

In 1634 Hans Friedrich von Heßler married Christine von Burkersroda in Naumburg (Saale) , daughter of the Electoral Saxon council and Naumburg cathedral provost Hans Friedrich von Burkersroda on package and Pitzschendorf. The following six sons and three daughters resulted from this marriage:

  • Friedrich Heinrich (died as a child)
  • Elisabeth Dorothea (died as a child)
  • Agnes Magdalena, married the Electoral Saxon Council of Appeal and captain in Thuringia in 1655, Friedrich von Werthern in Beichlingen and Frohndorf, died in Dresden in 1665.
  • Georg Rudolph auf Balgstedt (* 1641; † May 30, 1687 in Eger)
  • Hans Friedrich auf Burgheßler (7 November 1642 - 9 March 1707)
  • Moritz Christoph (1643–1702), on Rabis, Möckern and Lichtenhayn
  • Hans Heinrich (born July 7, 1646), Brunswick-Lüneburg captain on Dölitz
  • Melchior Heinrich (1648–1708), was ailing and had his brothers pay him his share of the inheritance
  • Marie Christine, married Hans von Werthern in Beichlingen and Frohndorf, Guthmannshausen, Kölleda and Leubingen

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personal data
SURNAME Hessler, Hans Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German colonel and owner of the Burgheßler and Balgstädt manors
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1610
PLACE OF BIRTH Klosterhäseler
DATE OF DEATH December 10, 1667
Place of death Balgstädt