Heinrich von Heuel

Heinrich Franz Heuel (born March 28, 1648 in Attendorn , † 1722 in Vienna ) was an imperial councilor.

Life

Heinrich Franz Heuel was born on March 28, 1648 in Attendorn. The father was a shoemaker, the parents are said to have been very poor. Despite the extremely “poor conditions” with which he had to struggle in his youth, his innate ability urged him incessantly forwards. At the Franziskaner-Gymnasium in Attendorn he received the basic scientific training. After completing high school lessons, Heuel moved to the universities of Cologne and Mainz.

In 1681, Dr. Heuel first appeared as the envoy of Margrave Ludwig Wilhelm von Baden at a congress in Frankfurt. In Baden he also found the companion of his life, Ursula Brombach, who inherited the Tieffenau castle and estate from her grandfather, who had worked as envoy of the Margrave of Baden at the peace treaty in Münster and Osnabrück . After this castle, the emperor also chose the title of nobility for Heuel; "Von Heuel, von und zu Tieffenau".

From Mainz, he went to Vienna, where his knowledge and shares it in a short time input into the management of the Emperor Leopold I procured. He soon achieved the dignity of Reichshofrat and, because of his outstanding services to the empire of Leopold I in Vienna, he received the old imperial knighthood as Heuel Edler Herr von und zu Tieffenau with a coat of arms, and then in Vienna on October 13th, 1697 February 1707 from Emperor Josef I. the imperial baron and pannier lord status as baron von und zu Tieffenau with confirmation of the previously used coat of arms. On June 10, 1707 he received the Bohemian incolat and on November 28, 1718 the Lower Austrian knighthood.

Also with the successors of Leopold I, the emperors Josef I and Karl VI. Heinrich Franz Heuel Freiherr von und zu Tieffenau was in high regard. He died in Vienna in 1722, highly respected and with an important fortune.

Even if he was always fortunate in the distance, Heinrich Franz Heuel Freiherr von und zu Tieffenau always remained a loyal Sauerland. Even in his last will, he thought of his homeland. By will he gave the parish church in Attendorn magnificent paraments made of gold fabric, a silver cross and six silver candlesticks.