Heinrich Christoph Metzsch (Consistorial President)

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Heinrich Christoph Metzsch , also Metsch , modernized Heinrich Christoph von Metzsch , (* 1655 ; † October 7, 1712 in Zeitz ) was a German canon and scholastic of the Naumburg bishopric and a real secret councilor of Saxony-Naumburg , president of the government and consistory and the owner of the manor .

Life

He came from the Vogtland - Saxon noble family Metzsch , whose representatives generally refrained from using the nobility predicate of until the 18th century . His father of the same name was cathedral dean of the Merseburg bishopric , a Saxon-Merseburg councilor and manor owner. His mother was Anna Agnes née von Brandenstein . She died in Merseburg in 1690.

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-Naumburg . Like many of his family members, he became a canon. Instead of a tutorial post, Heinrich Christoph Metzsch was appointed the real secret council. At the same time he was president of the government and the Naumburg Consistory.

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

He was buried on September 20, 1612 in the monastery church in Zeitz.

family

Heinrich Christoph Metzsch married Sophia Helena nee von Günderoda and left behind the two sons Heinrich Christoph Metzsch (born October 18, 1694 in Naumburg) and Aemilius Friedrich Wilhelm Metzsch (born March 2, 1711 in Zeitz).

literature

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Certificate from the court preacher Mag. Johann Heinrich Herrmann from July 16, 1713
  2. ↑ As those v. Brandenstein, v. Braxein, v. Burgsdorff, v. Carlowitz, […] , 1792, p. 2.
  3. ↑ Details are contained in the LEhnskaten run at the Lehnhof in Dresden via the Metzsch'sche Gut zu Schkeuditz.
personal data
SURNAME Metzsch, Heinrich Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Metzsch, Heinrich Christoph von; Metsch, Heinrich Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German canon and scholastic of the bishopric of Naumburg, secret council, government and chamber president and manor owner
DATE OF BIRTH 1655
DATE OF DEATH October 7, 1712
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