Johann David von Palm

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Johann David von Palm (born April 22, 1657 in Esslingen am Neckar , † February 16, 1721 in Vienna ) was a German banker and imperial court chamber councilor from the Palm family .

origin

Johann David Palm was the son of the imperial councilor Johann Heinrich Palm (1632–1684) in Esslingen and Anna Katherina Palm born. Mauchart (1638-1702). He converted from Protestant to Catholic faith around 1683. His brothers Johann Heinrich, Jonathan and Franz remained Protestant throughout their life and remained loyal to their hometown Esslingen. Johann Heinrich even sympathized with the separatist pietist movement in southern Germany.

Life and work

Johann David Palm joined the imperial army administration in Tübingen in 1676 after studying law . He was involved in several special missions in supplying the city of Vienna in the plague year of 1679, settling the bohemian peasant turmoil and the siege of Vienna by the Turks in 1683. During the Second Turkish War , from 1684 onwards, he was the first General War Secretary in the General War Commissariat, responsible for the entire contribution and billeting system. In recognition of his services, Johann David Palm was raised to the Hungarian nobility in 1687.

After his marriage to Anna Maria Mondenz, the daughter of a Viennese businessman, he also became an entrepreneur. The Mondenz'sche Handlung quickly developed into one of the leading Austrian private banking houses. After taking over the Mondenz'schen deal, Johann David brought his brothers Johann Heinrich (1660-1710), Jonathan (1671-1740) and Franz (1676-1742), all of whom had a commercial training and close business connections to the large Augsburg trading houses like the Fugger owned into the Viennese company. The plot expanded greatly into the credit and jewelry business.

In 1690 Johann David Palm was appointed Imperial Chamber Councilor by Emperor Leopold I. In 1694 he was appointed director of the General War Commissariat. From 1700 he headed the Hungarian and the military department in the court chamber . Together with the President of the Court Chamber, Count Starhemberg , Count Kaunitz and Prince Eugene of Savoy , he reformed the Hungarian, Transylvanian and Austrian financial administration. Together with Starhemberg, he drafted the plan for the establishment of the Wiener Stadtbank, which over the decades provided the state with solid loans. The centralization of the financial administration and the reform of the Tyrolean Chamber took place under Palm's direction.

In 1711 the brothers were raised to hereditary imperial knighthood . When Johann Heinrich and Jonathan withdrew from the Viennese business, they acquired the Mühlhausen am Neckar manor and enrolled in the Swabian Imperial Knighthood . Johann David, on the other hand, had himself paid for in Lower Austria .

The Palm brothers amassed a considerable fortune from their business. Despite his Catholic faith, Johann David also retained Esslingen citizenship throughout his life. However, he always kept a discreet distance from Esslingen and rejected countless advances from the city fathers, such as a good barrel of Neckar wine, because he did not love the drink. He only allowed himself to be softened once and, because of his "heartfelt pity for the heavy French contribution" during the War of the Spanish Succession, issued the imperial city in need of money a loan of 11,000 guilders at six percent interest.

Marriage and offspring

Palm married Anna Maria Mondenz (1673-1714) for the second time in Vienna in 1689, they had five children, including Carl Joseph von Palm (1698-1770). Among other things, he was an imperial authorized minister in England, and in 1729 he was promoted to the status of imperial baron and in 1750 to the status of imperial count. Carl Joseph von Palm (1749–1814), a grandson of Johann David Palms, was raised to the rank of imperial prince in 1783.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gert Kollmer-von Oheimb-Loup :  Palm, Johann David von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 20 ( digitized version ).
  2. ↑ Esslinger Studien, Zeitschrift 29, Stadtarchiv Esslingen am Neckar, 1990.
  3. ^ A b Gert Kollmer-von Oheimb-Loup:  Palm, von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 19 f. ( Digitized version ).
  4. ↑ Planet Vienna: Palais Palm
  5. ^ Paul Eberhardt: From Alt-Esslingen, collected articles on historical and topographical content, Bechtle Verlag Esslingen, 1924.
personal data
SURNAME Palm, Johann David von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German banker and court chamber councilor
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1657
PLACE OF BIRTH Esslingen am Neckar
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1721
Place of death Vienna