Heinrich Gottfried von Mattuschka

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Heinrich Gottfried Count von Mattuschka

Heinrich Gottfried Graf von Mattuschka , Freiherr von Toppolczan and Spaetgen (also Matuschka von Topolczan ) (born February 22, 1734 in Jauer , † November 9, 1779 in Pitschen ) was a German botanist and philosopher . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Matt. “He came from the noble family Matuschka .

Life

Heinrich Gottfried's parents were the royal Prussian senior councilor Friedrich Rudolph von Matuschka-Toppolczan on Börnchen and Thomaswaldau (* 1706) and Maria Josepha Barbara, Freiin von Spaetgen (born June 30, 1715), eldest daughter of the senior tribunal council and chancellor of Upper and Lower Silesia Heinrich Gottfried, Baron von Spaetgen (also Spätgen or Spättgen ). Since the aforementioned had lost his only son at an early age, he chose his son-in-law and his firstborn son as successor in possession of his fiefdom in Pitschen. Accordingly, Heinrich Gottfried von Mattuschka's father and he himself were enfeoffed with Pitschen on September 5, 1750 by Philipp Gotthard von Schaffgotsch , Prince-Bishop of Breslau.

Heinrich Gottfried von Mattuschka wrote his “Flora silesiaca” at Pitschen Castle, where he died in 1779 at the age of 45. His brother was the princely building officer and director Franz Graf von Matuschka.

Descendants

Heinrich Gottfried von Mattuschka married Marie Bernhardine Clara, Countess Clairon d'Haussonville (born February 24, 1742) in Gläsersdorf on August 29, 1763 . The following children were born from the marriage:

  • Joseph Eduard Maria (born June 15, 1764 in Ober Gläsersdorf ; † June 2, 1829 in Pitschen), Count von Matuschka, Baron von Toppolczan and Spätgen; ⚭ I. Ernestine Freiin von Strachwitz -Bruschewitz (1765–1811), II. Clementine, Countess von Hoverden-Plencken (1783–1859)
  • Heinrich Bernhard (* August 18, 1768 or 1766; † 1845), succeeded his brother as Count von Matuschka, heir to Drzewohostitz in Moravia, royal Prussian secret judge and higher regional judge in Breslau; ⚭ I. Josepha, Countess von Oppersdorf , II. Antonie von Oppersdorf, sister of the previous ones
  • Johann Bernhard Maria (born September 17, 1768 in Pitschen, † September 27, 1820 in Arnsdorf ), royal Prussian district judicial officer of the Hirschberg district and state elder; ⚭ 1791 Countess Therese von Lodron (born January 12, 1772), heir to the last Count of Lodron-Laterano.

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Heinrich Gottfried von Mattuschka furnished Pitschen Castle with a valuable library and built up an important scientific collection that is known beyond the borders of Silesia. The latter was inherited by his son Bernhard, who kept it in Arnsdorf Castle in the Hirschberg Valley, which he owned by marrying the heir to Count Johann Nepomuk zu Lodron-Laterano.

Today Mattuschka is best known for the natural history of plants native to Silesia:

  • Flora silesiaca or directory of wild plants growing in Silesia , 2 volumes, Breslau and Leipzig 1776–1777.

Honors

According to Mattuschka, the plant genus Mattuschkia is J.F.Gmel. named from the pepper family (Piperaceae).

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ From the work is quoted by Gertraud and Gerd Schorer, virttest.imp.ch  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF).@1@ 2Template: dead link / virttest.imp.ch  
  2. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names - Extended Edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Mattuschka, Heinrich Gottfried von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mattuschka, Heinrich Gottfried Graf von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German botanist and philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1734
PLACE OF BIRTH Yeah
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1779
Place of death Pitching