Heinrich Christoph Metzsch (cathedral dean)

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Heinrich Christoph Metzsch , also Metsch , modernized Heinrich Christoph von Metzsch , († March 4, 1680 in Merseburg ) was a German cathedral dean of the Merseburg Monastery and a Saxon-Merseburg councilor and manor owner .

Life

Merseburg Cathedral - Metzsch worked until 1680

He came from the Vogtland - Saxon noble family Metzsch , whose representatives generally refrained from using the nobility predicate of until the 18th century .

After training with private teachers, Heinrich Christoph embarked on an administrative career and became a member of the board of trustees in the Duchy of Saxony-Merseburg . Like many of his family members, he was canon and later elected cathedral dean at Merseburg Cathedral .

He owned a stately manor in the official city of Schkeuditz , which his family owned for several centuries before it had to be sold to commoners due to debts.

family

Heinrich Christoph Metzsch married Anna Agnes, née von Brandenstein , in 1648 and agreed a marriage foundation with her on September 25, 1648. She died in Merseburg in 1690. From the marriage the son of the same name, Heinrich Christoph (1655–1712) emerged, who became the real secret councilor of Saxony-Naumburg, government and consistorial president, canon and scholastic of the bishopric of Naumburg and owner of the manor.

His widow Anna Agnes nee von Brandenstein and all of his surviving children signed an inheritance contract on July 8, 1680 for the distribution of the deceased's estate.

literature

  • Newly augmented Historical and Geographical General Lexicon , 1744, p. 71.
  • Diplomatic messages from noble families, as those […], Volume 3, 1792.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The date of death April 2, 1680, which can be found several times in the literature, cannot be confirmed.
  2. ↑ Details are contained in the LEhnskaten run at the Lehnhof in Dresden via the Metzsch'sche Gut zu Schkeuditz.
  3. ↑ As those v. Brandenstein, v. Braxein, v. Burgsdorff, v. Carlowitz, […] , 1792, p. 2.
personal data
SURNAME Metzsch, Heinrich Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Metzsch, Heinrich Christoph von; Metsch, Heinrich Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German cathedral dean of the Merseburg monastery, councilor and manor owner
DATE OF BIRTH 17th century
DATE OF DEATH March 4, 1680
Place of death Merseburg