Hans Valentin Triebel

Johann (Hans) Valentin Triebel (* 1653 ; † after 1726) was an early modern German entrepreneur , mayor of the small community of Vesser in the Thuringian Forest near Suhl and founder of the local Protestant church.

Life

Hans Valentin Triebel came from the family of hammer gentlemen of the same name, which is closely connected with the development of the Hüttenortes Vesser and has operated the ironworks in the village for several generations since the 15th century . He himself worked as a wealthy hammer and armorer, at the same time mayor of the place and in this role endeavored to settle handicrafts and the development of the place.

Triebel, whose private life has so far been little researched, lost his 15-year-old son Johann Gottwald in 1716, whose epitaph was preserved in the listed church until 1992, but was relocated to Schmiedefeld in the course of the renovation in 1992.

Economic development in Vesser

Valentin Triebel, as mayor of Vesser, supported Hans Adam Triebel from Schmiedefeld, who asked for the construction of a grinding and oil mill in 1690. After the objection of Dorothea Triebel, miller's widow from Schmiedefeld, he defended the settlement before the responsible office Schleusingen. The office therefore passed the case on to the next administrative instance at Moritzburg an der Elster. After extensive testing, Hans Adam finally received the concession on the condition that he was not allowed to trade in the oil.

In 1696 he and Hans Adam Triebel applied to build a cutting mill below the smelter in Vesser at the confluence of the Ruppbach and the Vesser . The license was granted under smaller conditions. It was allowed to B. only used wood can be used for construction and the fish stocks of the Ruppach were not allowed to be endangered.

Around 1700 the grinding mill in its half of the iron hammer was no longer used. He also observed the settlement of a copper hammer and generally a strong production of iron in the region, which is why he also considered selling iron outside the country. Therefore, on December 30, 1699, he asked for permission to build a Zainhammer on his half of the hammer mill in Vesser. This request was not simply approved by the Schleusingen Office. Only after a consultation with the next administrative authority under Duke Moritz Wilhelm von Sachsen-Zeitz at the Moritzburg and an intensive examination was a conditional license granted. He was only allowed to sell his own iron and only sell it outside the country. He had to personally sign on April 14, 1700 in the Schleusingen office to comply with these conditions and had to accept that if he did not comply, he would face an arbitrary punishment.

With these early modern production facilities, he was the most important employer in the Vessertal around 1700 .

Church building in Vesser

The church built by Triebel in Vesser

After his son Johann Martin had taken over the mayor's office, the retired Triebel suggested building a church in Vesser. To this end, he sent a personal request to Duke Moritz Wilhelm of Saxony-Zeitz on September 26, 1708. Triebel reported that he would like to build a small school apartment at his own expense and also want a clockwork with a bell to be made for the community. Since the apartment previously in his house had become too small for the church services of the Vesser congregation, he offered to build a small church on his land, provided that the sovereign would provide the necessary timber. The community of Vesser supported the former mayor's request.

Duke Moritz Wilhelm had the offer checked and the planned building site inspected by the Schleusingen consistory on September 20, 1709. He was judged to be suitable by the consistorial councils. It is stated that all residents except Sebastian Triebel are in favor of the construction of this church and give away the following assets (with Johann Valentin Triebel and his son on the front line):

• Hans Valtin Triebel, former mayor, apart from the space for the church building 50fl,
• Hans Martin Triebel, mayor 6fl,
• Hans Jacob Marr, carpenter 2fl, 8gr, 5pf,
• Hans Mathes Triebel 2fl,
• Georg Niclaus Triebel, 2fl, 8gr, 5pf,
• Christoph Triebel, 2fl, 8gr, 5pf,
• Hans Pauel Triebel, 1gfl, 4gr, 2 1 / 2pf,
• Peter Schneider 10gr, 6pf,
• Anna Elisbetha, Paul Schubert's Relicta 10gr, 6pf,
• David Bauer 1fl,
• Mathes Schubart 1fl, 4gr, 2 1 / 2pf,
• Hans Michael Reinhard 1fl,
• Ursula, Hans Adam Triebels Wittib 12gr, 7 1 / 2pf,
• Mathes Aries 10gr, 6pf,
• Hans Schneider 12gr, 7 1 / 2pf,
• Hans Adam Triebel 1fl,
• Mathes Triebel 1fl,
• Barbara, Valtin Triebels Wittib 10gr, 6pf,
• Hans Heinrich Triebel 1fl, 4gr, 2 1 / 2pf,
• Christoph Eser 1fl,
• Pauel Triebel 1fl

These donors (plus Sebastian Triebel) are therefore identical to all the heads of the family in the Vesser in 1709.

After it was calculated in detail that the duke would only incur expenses of 210 thalers for building the church, he approved its construction on May 14, 1710. Triebel received the timber from the Schleusingen supervisor free of charge, so that construction of the half-timbered church with clock towers and bells could begin in the same year. At the same time, the duke approved a collection for church building in the county of Henneberg .

On Pentecost Tuesday 1711, the parish fair could already be celebrated. The sermon on the occasion of the consecration was given by the superintendent from Suhl. The church became a branch church of Frauenwald and ultimately of Schmiedefeld am Rennsteig .

Laying and selling of the hammer

In the first years of the 18th century, according to Valentin Triebel, the Veßer no longer had enough water. Therefore, on November 18, 1717, he applied for the iron hammer to be relocated to today's Hammerwiese. The furnaces and bellows should remain in place. Valentin Triebel has to fight for his hammer and the laying, because a Suhler Köhler also uses the water from the Vesser and does not return it enough, the forge fields complain because they have a complete hammer, and Niclas Keiner from Suhl applies for a complete one Hammer to build in the same place. Valentin and Martin Triebel apply again in June 1718 and reaffirm the 300-year family tradition that would be ruined if the hammer were handed over to strangers. Finally, Niclas Keiner's application was rejected and the concession to lay the hammer was granted on September 22, 1718. In 1726 the economic situation seems to have deteriorated further. Valentin Triebel asks to be able to set the hereditary interest for the Zainhammer, as the Zainhammer has not worked for more than 20 years. In 1742 the Triebels were no longer owned by the iron hammer. Johann Georg Keiner, Johann Michael Greiffelt and Johann Heinrich Klett are registered as owners in a pension file.

Sources and individual references

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Acts 1717-1726: Concerning the new iron hammer building planned by Hanß Valtin Triebel and Consorten zu Veßer . In: Landesarchiv Sachsen-Anhalt (Ed.): Signature A33, A XXVIII No. 15 .
2. ^ Church records Suhl
3. ↑ Inscription of the 1992 epitaph of the Vesser Church
4. ↑ Hans Adam Triebel allowed construction of a grinding and oil mill in Vesser. Accessed November 4, 2018 . 
5. ↑ request of Hans Valtin and Hans Adam Triebel to permitting the construction of a new sawmill at the smelter at the mouth of Rupp Bach in the Vesser below the small village of Vesser. Accessed November 4, 2018 . 
6. ↑ Request from the mayor and hammer and weapons smith Johann Valentin Triebel zu Vesser for permission to build a Zainhammer on its half of the hammer at Vesser. Accessed November 4, 2018 . 
7. ↑ State Archives Saxony-Anhalt: Archives of the Schleusingen Consistory A 29e, No. 98, 124, 137, 149 and 152 .
8. ^ Landesarchiv Sachsen-Anhalt: Concerning the translocation of the Veßerer Eisenhammer, 1742-1744 (file) . In: Signature A33, A XXVIII No. 16 .

Web links

• Under Culture - History of the Church Vesser
• Triebel genealogy