Johann Carl Friedrich von Dallwitz

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Johann Carl Friedrich Count of Dallwitz

Johann Carl Friedrich Graf von Dallwitz (also: Johann Friedrich Carl Graf von Dallwitz (-Schaffgotsch) ) (born May 22, 1742 in Königswartha ; †  December 6,  1796 in Dresden ), Lord of Königswartha, Caßlau , Eutrich, troops, Johnsdorf, Caminau, Neudorf and Koblenz, was a privy councilor , cathedral dean and prelate of the Meissen bishopric and a pioneer of prehistoric archeology .

Life

Count Johann Carl Friedrich came from the noble family Dallwitz (Scof) and was the second child of Count Johann Casimir (the Younger) of Dallwitz (1715–1762) and Augusta Wilhelmine Vitzthum of Eckstädt . He grew up at the Dallwitz Castle in Kohlo, then attended the Knight Academy in Braunschweig and studied in Göttingen, Erlangen and Leipzig. In 1763 he was electoral Saxon chamberlain , 1764 canon of Meißen, 1768 councilor of appeal, 1776 privy councilor and 1778 cathedral dean and prelate of the bishopric of Meißen. He was also provost of Bautzen. In 1768 he married the Freiin Johanna Margarethe von Racknitz, daughter of Baron Gallus Maximilian von Racknitz (1711–1758) in Lockwitz and the Countess Francisca Friederika Henriette von Fleming. From 1780 to 1796 he built the stately Königswartha Castle .

Prehistoric archeology

When the park of Königswartha was laid out, a burial site from the Bronze Age was found. The count recognized the value of the find at a time when recognition of prehistoric and early historical research was still a long way off. He had all the finds, urns and metal objects signed by Dresden artists. He published these drawings in a magnificent volume of almost 200 pages made by the Dresden architect and painter Julius Friedrich Knöbel under the title "Koenigswartha subterranea". The objects found and a copy of the drawing volume were acquired by the Upper Lusatian Society of Sciences in 1798 . Today they are kept in the Görlitz Cultural History Museum and the Upper Lusatian Library of Sciences in Görlitz.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Upper Lusatian Society of Sciences in Görlitz (ed.): History of the Upper Lusatian Nobility and its Goods, Volume I, Görlitz 1912, p. 277.
  2. ↑ August Wilhelm Bernhard von Uechtritz (ed.): Diplomatic messages of noble families, Fourth Part, Leipzig 1792, Beygang Verlag, p. 16.
  3. ↑ August Schumann: Complete State, Post and Newspaper Lexicon of Saxony, Zwickau 1818, Verlag Gebrüder Schumann, pp. 14-15.
personal data
SURNAME Dallwitz, Johann Carl Friedrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dallwitz, Johann Carl Friedrich Count of; Dallwitz-Schaffgotsch, Count Johann Carl Friedrich von; Dallwitz, Count Johann Friedrich Carl von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Privy councilor, cathedral dean and prelate of the Meissen Monastery
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1742
PLACE OF BIRTH Königswartha
DATE OF DEATH December 6, 1796
Place of death Dresden