Hans George von Zehmen

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Hans George von Zehmen , also Hans George or Johann Georg von Zehmen , (born August 9, 1666 in Zeitz ; † May 19, 1732 in Dresden) was the Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Chamber Councilor , Bergrat , Privy Councilor and Chamber President.

Reconstructed facade of the Zehm House in Dresden

Live and act

In 1681 Hans George von Zehmen came to the grammar school in Gera , in 1682 to Berga to do a Magister Weisse, 1684 to the academy in Jena , 1686 to Altdorf , where he studied. After graduating, he went on a tour of the cavalry , as was customary at the time, and traveled through Europe, e. B. 1689 to Leyden, England, Brabant and Augsburg. He also visited the Italian courts (Venice, Rome, Naples), Switzerland (Lausanne) to learn French and horse riding as well as general further education. He was appointed by Duke Moritz Wilhelm as his chamberlain to Zeitz, but said goodbye and became chamberlain in Dresden. On September 29, 1693, Hans George became stable master of the Electress widow Anna Sophie of Denmark and later entered the service of the Saxon Elector Friedrich August I ( August the Strong ). On March 16, 1696 he was appointed Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Chamber Councilor in 1698 Bergrat, 1711 Vice Chamber President, 1716 to the Privy Council and shortly thereafter President of the Chamber. Drafted various instructions about road construction in Saxony, for example: "Instruction according to which when repairing their roads the road master to pay attention" with 12 paragraphs and similar instructions for the accounting officer in repairing the roads with 7 paragraphs from February 11, 1723 in Dresden .

After death he (1732) and his wife (1743) were buried in the crypt chambers of the lower church of the Frauenkirche .

Zehm's house, side view

family

Hans George von Zehmen came from the Meissen-Saxon family of von Zehmen with the parent company of the same name in Zehmen near Leipzig . His father was Hans Bastian II von Zehmen (1629–1702), Electoral Saxon Privy Councilor. His mother was Magdalene Schicke (1649–1685). Hans Georg, his sister Johanne Marie and his mother fell ill with the leaves in 1685, the latter two died on 24/26. September of the same year. He had 8 siblings, Johanne Marie, Mölbis, Magdalene Sophie, Oelzschau, Eleonore Sophie and Elisabeth Christiane, both buried in Clodra, Johanne Marie, Weltewitz and Obernitzschta, Hans Bastian III. von Zehmen (1691–1763), court, judiciary and appeal councilor and Moritz Christoph von Zehmen (1693–1765), chamberlain and deputy to the state parliament. On July 21, 1692 he married Anna Sophie von Miltitz (1673–1743). She was a maid of the widowed Electress and the wedding was held in Dresden Castle . He had a total of 16 children, 8 of them died very early, Magdalene Catharine, Gotha, Caroline Sophie, Bautzen and Eleonore Elisabeth, Dresden, reached adulthood. In 1697, Hans George von Zehmen bought the Zehmsche Haus in Dresden and the descendants of those von Zehmen lived in Schloßstraße until the end of the 18th century . In 1708 he bought the Lauterbach manor from Joh. Gust. v. Kirchbach, whereas he sold the inherited property in Silbitz in 1713.

literature

  • Hans Moritz von Zehmen: Genealogical news about the Meissen nobility of Zehmen, 1206 to 1906. Dresden, print by Wilhelm Baensch, 1906 ( digitized ).

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Zehmsches home , Situation Dresden , 7 September 2011.
  2. ↑ Register of the 244 people buried in the catacombs of the Dresden Frauenkirche ( memento from February 11, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ), frauenkirche.de (private website)
  3. ^ Division of the legacy of Hans Bastian von Zehmen (1629–1702). In: Prof. Dr. Josef Matzerath: Hans Bastian von Zehmen. In: Landtagskurier 9/2012, pp. 18–19, here p. 19. Online as PDF; 3.6 MB ( memento from November 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ).

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personal data
SURNAME Zehmen, Hans George von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zehmen, Hanß George von; Zehmen, Johann Georg von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Chamber Council
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1666
PLACE OF BIRTH Time
DATE OF DEATH May 19, 1732
Place of death Dresden