Johann Dietrich von Efferen

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Johann Dietrich von Efferen († June 26, 1649 ) was the son of Adam von Efferen and Odilia von Harff . Since April 1629 he was lord of the glory of Stolberg and Stolberg Castle .

Johann Dietrich received the Stolberg fief together with his brother Wilhelm Adorf, who died as a child, as an underage child from the Duke of Jülich . However, he was not allowed to compete because of his age and needed a guardian. His uncle (brother of his father), the Worms prince-bishop Wilhelm von Efferen , offered himself as the latter . His mother took over the administration of the fief until her son came of age.

On the Vogtgeding on October 29, 1629, Johann Dietrich succeeded in obtaining the approval of the Duke of Jülich to take over the jurisdiction for Nothberg . Five years later he withdrew it and Johann Dietrich only got this right back in 1641. Tax revenues were not associated with this.

In 1638 Johann Dietrich was from Emperor Ferdinand III. appointed baron .

In 1641 Johann Dietrich married Wilhelmine Gertrud von Metternich zu Zwiesel, the daughter of Heinrich Hattan von Metternich zu Zwiesel and Maria von Orsbeck zu Vernich.

During his reign, Johann Dietrich was very interested in receiving shares in the water rights of the Vichtbach flowing through the Stolberg and thus additional financial income. He was very radical about this. There were seizures and attacks, with the copper master families Hoesch , Peltzer and von der Weiden being particularly affected. The abbot of the imperial abbey Kornelimünster sided with the families concerned and turned on the imperial court in Speyer , which decided to the detriment of the lord of the castle. Seized goods had to be returned.

In 1617, Reformed citizens built the Finkenberg Church on a hill opposite the castle . Johann Dietrich bought his approval every year with an ox donated by the citizens. Nevertheless, he forbade the Reformed believers from singing in the house of God and ultimately even from holding public services. By paying 100 Reichsmarks as an addition to a letter of appeal to Wilhelmine Gertrud, they were finally given the opportunity to hold church services again.

With the approval of the lord of the castle, the Lutheran community began to build the Vogelsang Church in Vogelsang, which is adjacent to the castle .

Johann Dietrich died on June 26, 1649 and is buried in the Gertrud monastery in Cologne. He left Odilia Maria von Efferen as heir .

literature

  • Helmut Schreiber (Ed.): Stolberger Burgherren and Burgfrauen 1118 - 1909. Contributions to the Stolberg history, volume 25. Burg Verlag Gastinger 2001, ISBN 3-926830-16-6