Heinrich Salfeldt

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Salfeldtsches Palais in Quedlinburg

Heinrich Salfeldt (* 1708 ; † January 17, 1784 in Quedlinburg ) was councilor of the abbess of Quedlinburg, Amalie of Prussia , heir, feudal lord and court lord of Kleinlauchstädt as well as merchant and merchant in the city of Quedlinburg.

Life

He comes from a respected middle-class family from Quedlinburg. A close relative, the treasurer Röttiger Salfeldt, had the Salfeldtsche Palais built for himself and the family in Quedlinburg, which is still preserved today as a listed Baroque building. Heinrich Salfeldt himself is listed as taxable for the property at Stieg 4 in 1739 , in 1751 for Stieg 3 and around 1760 for Breite Straße 44 . In addition, he was taxable for the property at Weberstrasse 42 in Quedlinburg Neustadt at least in 1748 .

After a successful activity as a merchant and trader in Quedlinburg, in contrast to his Quedlinburg relatives, he also orientated himself outside this monastery town in the Harz foreland , namely in the Merseburg bishopric , which belonged to the Electorate of Saxony . He took advantage of the opportunity to purchase a man-arm knight's estate for sale in the monastery area through a straw man. It was the manor Kleinlauchstädt , a suburb of the official city of Lauchstädt , which he took over in 1764. He mainly used the manor for investments. Although he reserved some living quarters, he leased the estate for most of the time. So it is not surprising that shortly after his death his children sold this manor again for financial reasons.

Heinrich Salfeldt died on January 17, 1784 in Quedlinburg and was buried three days later in the St. Benedicti churchyard.

Relations with Klopstock

Heinrich Salfeldt u. a. also through a tense relationship with Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock . In 1748 Salfeldt is said to have expressed the intention to completely ruin the Klopstock family.

family

Heinrich Salfeldt married Juliana Charlotte born in 1741. Lutterodt (1718-1782). The following four sons emerged from this marriage, who survived the father: Röttiger Salfeldt (* 1742), Friedrich Wilhelm Salfeldt (* 1747), August Salfeldt (* 1749), Georg Wilhelm Salfeldt (* 1755).

literature

  • Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock Works and Letters , Letters Section V, 1992, p. 710.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karlheinz Wauer: House book of the city of Quedlinburg from the middle of the 16th century to 1950. Part A The old town. Stoye Foundation 2014, ISBN 978-3-937230-21-4 , pages 642, 641, 135.
  2. ^ Karlheinz Wauer: House book of the city of Quedlinburg from the middle of the 16th century to 1950, part B The new town. Stoye Foundation 2014, ISBN 978-3-937230-22-1 , page 486.
  3. ^ History of ownership of the Kleinlauchstädt manor
personal data
SURNAME Salfeldt, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Councilor of the Abbess of Quedlinburg, heir, feudal lord and court lord of Kleinlauchstädt as well as merchant and merchant in Quedlinburg
DATE OF BIRTH 1708
DATE OF DEATH January 17, 1784
Place of death Quedlinburg