Heinrich Ludwig von Zehmen

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Heinrich Ludwig von Zehmen (* 1743 on the Weissig manor; † January 12, 1832 on the Stauchitz manor), deputy to the Lusatian state parliament, owner of the manor from Weißig (Oßling) , Schmölln (Oberlausitz) , Stauchitz .

Live and act

He went to the Princely School in Meissen and in 1764 to the University of Leipzig, to which he referred in 1767 to Michaelis Weißig . Heinrich Ludwig von Zehmen became a deputy to the Lusatian state parliament and bought the Schmölln manor in 1780 . In 1804 he campaigned for the health of the population and praised it at his own expense, under the auspices of the Kurf. Saxon. Sanitäts Collegium zu Dresden, a premium to be paid out to the doctor who vaccinated most people against cowpox. He can also be the founder of the Criminal Fire Assurance Fundbe considered. In addition, he campaigned for security against the Frenzel robber gang. Von Zehmen was benevolent, founded a school fund in Schmölln in 1828, made it possible to build schools on his manor and the introduction of a new hymn book. In his family book there are several entries from the Goethe circle and contemporaries of Goethe . 60 entries from the years 1764 to 1772, also Stauchitz and the surrounding area, Leipzig (1764–1768), Dresden, Meißen, Freiberg, Clodra etc., among others by Karl Wilhelm Jerusalem , Christian Fürchtegott Gellert , Adam Friedrich Oeser and Friedrich Leopold zu Stolberg -Stolberg .

family

Heinrich Ludwig von Zehmen came from the Meissen-Saxon family of von Zehmen with the parent company of the same name in Zehmen near Zwenkau , north of Böhlen in Saxony. His father was Hans Bastian III. von Zehmen (1691–1763), Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon Court, Justice and Appeal Council. Heinrich Ludwig was married to his cousin Amalie Elisabeth (Betty) von Zehmen (1746–1798) and married on September 5, 1771. He had a total of 5 children, Carl Heinrich Ferdinand, Moritz August Wilhelm and Georg Chn. Ludwig, Adolph Friedrich and Amalie Wilhelmine.

literature

  • H. M. von Zehmen: Genealogical news about the Meissen nobility of Zehmen, 1206 to 1906. Dresden, print by Wilhelm Baensch, 1906.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Newspaper advertisement took place in the Reichs-Anzeiger, period May 1804 to Easter 1807, vaccination area Upper and Lower Lusatia: Imperial privileged Reichs-Anzeiger , Volume 1804, Issue 2, advertisement from October 27th 1804, Health, cowpox vaccination, p. 3822.
  2. ^ Friedrich August Schmidt: New Nekrolog der Deutschen, No. 16., Heinrich Ludwig von Zehmen. Printing and publishing house Bernh. Ms. Voigt, Ilmenau 1834, p. 35
  3. ↑ Goethe Museum Düsseldorf, Anton-und-Katharina-Kippenberg-Foundation: Family register of Heinrich Ludwig von Zehmen, Herr auf Stauchitz (1743-1832). 172 sheets with 60 entries from the years 1764 to 1772
  4. ^ German Digital Library, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation: Memorial stone for Amalia Elisabeth von Zehmen in Schmölln-Putzkau

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personal data
SURNAME Zehmen, Heinrich Ludwig von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Deputy to the Lusatian state parliament, manor owner
DATE OF BIRTH 1743
PLACE OF BIRTH Weissig manor
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 1832
Place of death Stauchitz manor