Johann Eberhard Koeth von Wahnscheid
Johann Eberhard Köth of Wahnscheid (* unknown, † 14. July 1609 in Kiedrich ) was an imperial and kurmainzerischer Council and the upper office man in Koenigstein im Taunus .
Johann Eberhard Köth von Wahnscheid married Margarethe von Heideck in 1591. The marriage resulted in two sons and a daughter. Since the two sons died without male descendants, their line of the Köth von Wahnscheid line ended with these. The sex itself came from a noble association of the Grafschaft Diez and named itself after the place Wahnscheid . In 1536 the ancestors of Johann Eberhard Köth von Wahnscheid sold the farm there and moved to Rheinhessen.
On March 7, 1605, Johann Eberhard Köth von Wahnscheid was appointed Oberamtmann of the Königstein office. The most important task of his four-year term was to continue the Counter-Reformation in office. He succeeded in doing this without creating much conflict.
Johann Eberhard Köth von Wahnscheid was buried in the Catholic parish church of St. Valentin in Kiedrich .
literature
- Friedrich Stöhlker: The Kurmainzer Oberamtmen in Königstein (1581–1781); in: Heimatliche Geschichtsblätter, Königstein im Taunus, 1957, issue 4, pp. 42–43
- Jakob Schmidt: The Catholic restoration in the former Kurmainzer dominions Königstein and Rieneck: depicted according to archival sources, diss., 1902
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koeth von Wahnscheid, Johann Eberhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Oberamtmann in Koenigstein |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 16th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 14, 1609 |
| Place of death | Kiedrich |