Hermann (Hohenzollern-Hechingen)

Prince Hermann von Hohenzollern-Hechingen

Hermann Maria Friedrich Otto von Hohenzollern-Hechingen (born July 30, 1751 in Lockenhaus , Burgenland, Austria; † November 2, 1810 in Hechingen ) was the seventh imperial prince and first sovereign prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen from 1798 .

Life

Before taking office, Hermann lived in Hechingen in Dagstuhl in the Saarland . The residence was the local Dagstuhl Castle . He brokered the marriage of Friedrich III. Johann Otto zu Salm-Kyrburg (1745–1794) and Johanna Franziska von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1765–1790). At their wedding in Strasbourg in 1781, Hereditary Prince Anton Aloys von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1762–1831), the bride's brother, and Amalie Zephyrine von Salm-Kyrburg (1760–1841) met and got engaged.

Prince Hermann was familiar with the conditions in the country when he came to power in April 1798. He grew up in Belgium , where his father Franz Xaver von Hohenzollern-Hechingen (1719–1765) was an imperial officer. Prince Hermann inherited their Dutch possessions from his mother, Countess Anna Maria von Hoensbroech -Geulle (May 8, 1729 - September 26, 1798), from his second wife, the Dutch Princess von Gavre, Marquise d'Aysseau, who died at an early age. he had inherited a million francs.

His first wife, Countess Luise von Merode, Marquise von Westerlo, he had lost to death after only one year of marriage and was married to Countess Maria Antonia von Waldburg-Zeil-Wurzach in 1779 in third marriage.

After the cession of the left bank of the Rhine to France , he tried to be taken into account in the compensation negotiations. Hermann finally received the rule of Hirschlatt near Tettnang and the Gnadenthal monastery in Stetten from the Reich Deputation Committee as a replacement for his mother's lost Belgian possessions . He used money to beautify Hechingen and improve the country roads. All of his external activities were aimed at improving the fortunes of his home.

Prince Hermann was Reich Field Marshal Lieutenant and Prussian Lieutenant General . As difficult as the external situation of the principality was in the period between the Rastatt Congress and the end of the empire, the prince's entry inside was just as relaxing. Immediately after taking office, he began peace negotiations with the rural communities, concluded the land comparison on June 26th in Hechingen on the basis of the city comparison of 1795 and on that day, ... .. today , he dismissed all subjects of serfdom from his own free movement From what grace, however, the village of Bisingen , because it did not join the settlement, did not appear in the homage, was excluded (since then the Bisingen people have been nicknamed "non-worshipers"). The prince limited his hunt to three zoos, outside it was allowed to shoot by community riflemen, the unlimited hunting and hagfrons were converted into "measured" or money. Serfdom was no longer legally dependent, but the burdens arising from it remained. The main case was set at five percent of the estate. The subjects were given the right to elect twelve deputies by general election, who had the right to control taxes and make appeals. On the advice of his court factor Jakob Kaulla ( see also Karoline Kaulla ) , the prince gave the Jews a new letter of protection for 40 years “against appropriate remuneration to the court chamber”. The prince succeeded in settling the subject conflict within a few weeks.

Prince Hermann was not generally a man of compromise, he was a rather bizarre personality, suspicious by nature, petty; he was extremely meticulous about all administrative details. In keeping with the taste of the time, he loved the seclusion of nature, preferably in the little Friedrichstal hunting lodge . He was an always busy, vigilant patriarch, under whom petty princely absolutism reached its final climax. The Rhine Confederation Act saved the independent existence of the Hechingen prince, but he was not granted any enlargement, neither in property nor in sovereignty rights. He felt this as a blatant neglect and disadvantage of his, the older line of the house. Prince Hermann Friedrich Otto died on November 2, 1810, deeply bent by the humiliation of Prussia and Austria .

progeny

Prince Hermann Friedrich Otto was married three times. On November 18, 1773, he married Luise (1747–1774), daughter of Comte Jean Guillaume de Merode, Marquis de Westerloo (1722–1763) in Maastricht . With her he had a daughter:

• Luise Juliane Konstantine (1774–1846)

⚭ 1806 Baron Ludwig Heer von der Burg (1776–1833)

His second marriage was on February 15, 1775 in Brussels, Maximiliane (1753–1778), daughter of François Joseph Rasse, 2nd Prince de Gavre. The couple had a son:

• Friedrich (1776–1838), Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen

⚭ 1800 Princess Pauline Biron of Courland (1782–1845)

His third wife was Maria Antonia (1753-1814), daughter of Count Franz Ernst von Waldburg zu Zeil and Wurzach on July 26, 1779 in Dagstuhl . The couple had the following children:

• Marie Antonie Philippine (1781–1831)

⚭ 1803 Count Friedrich Ludwig von Waldburg-Capustigall (1776–1844)

• Theresia (* / † 1784)
• Theresia (1786-1810)
• Maria Maximiliane Antonie (1787–1865)

⚭ 1. 1811 Count Eberhard von Waldburg zu Zeil and Wurzach (1778–1814)

⚭ 2. 1817 Count Klemens Josef von Lodron-Laterano (1789–1861)

• Josephine (1790-1856)

⚭ 1811 Count Ladislaus Festetics de Tolna (1785–1846)

literature

• Gustav Schilling: History of the House of Hohenzollern, in genealogically continuous biographies of all its rulers from the oldest to the most recent times, according to documents and other authentic sources , F. Fleischer, 1843, p. 249 ff.

Web links

• Works by and about Hermann  in the German Digital Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gabriele Loges: A princess ensures the preservation of the Hohenzollern principalities. History Association follows in the footsteps of Amalie Zephyrine von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen . In: Schwäbische Zeitung from December 15, 2010
2. ^ EG Johler: History, geography and local studies of the sovereign German principalities of Hohenzollern, Hechingen and Sigmaringen , 1824, p. 61.

predecessor	Office	successor
Josef Friedrich Wilhelm	Prince of Hohenzollern-Hechingen 1798–1810	Friedrich