Johann Friedrich Zeumer

Johann Friedrich Zeumer (* 1717 ; † March 28, 1774 in Leipzig ) was a court and judicial councilor in the service of the Electors of Saxony .

Life

Johann Friedrich Zeumer was the son of Johann Christoph Zeumer (1685–1747), the “Seiner Königl. Majesty in Pohlen and Churfürstl. Highness. in Saxony Hof-Rath, Canonicus and Stifft-Cantzler in Naumburg and Zeitz ” was. After his father's death in 1747 he was the sole heir to his extensive property and property. The only daughter of Johann Christoph Zeumer, Elisabeth Charlotte Zeumer, died in Zeitz in 1740. With this, Johann Friedrich Zeumer became the owner of the feudal and knight estates Burgheßler , Großdölzig , the estate in Freiberg "located near the Barfüßer monastery" , the Niederauerbach manor in the Vogtland with the brass works privileged by the elector , the Ellefeld hammer mill as well as the associated loan certificates and leanings from his father the manors Vehra and Henschleben , which he had acquired from his father-in-law Ernst Friedrich Meurer (1660–1722). On May 9, 1747, Johann Friedrich Zeumer took over the Prößdorf estate from the von Minckwitz brothers by means of a purchase contract . In the feudal letter he received from his "Lord Friedrich , Duke of Saxony, Jülich, Cleve and Berg, also Engern and Westphalen" , Zeumer was still called "Prince. Saxon. Weißenfelsischer Hof- und Justizien-Rat ” titled. From 1747, with the takeover of the Prößdorf manor by Zeumer, construction work and the construction of the Prößdorf Castle with its parks began under his rule.

When in 1754 the royal Polish and Electoral Saxon district chamber councilor Carl Heinrich von Thümmel was forced to sell his fiefdom due to financial difficulties after the looting and destruction of his manor property by Prussian troops during the War of Austrian Succession (1740–1748), Johann Friedrich Zeumer acquired the manor Schönefeld near Leipzig for 32,000 thalers from the possession of the von Thümmel family . In the same year, under his jurisdiction and as the founder of the Schönefeld Church , major construction and renovation work began, which was not completed until 1776, two years after his death.

Johann Friedrich Zeumer also did a lot of money transactions with his fortune, with the increase in value he made large donations to the “Armuthe” (poor houses) in Zeitz and Niederauerbach. With the award of scholarships for "poor students at the universities of Leipzig and Wittenberg" under the condition of administration by the Zeitz Procuraturamt , he paved the way for talented young people and financed their academic training.

Zeumer died on March 28, 1774 at 9 o'clock in the evening at the age of 57 in his Leipzig apartment “Am Markt, corner Barfüßergäßlein” . On April 1, 1774, his body was transferred from Leipzig to Schönefeld for burial.

estate

Johann Friedrich Zeumer was unmarried and had no children, so that shortly before his death he announced his last will in the will before the “Noble City Courts of Leipzig” in the form of a “Testamentum nuncupativum” and a Fideikommiss . With this testamentary verbal declaration of intent among witnesses, which was legal in exceptional circumstances, such as serious illness or imminent death, he used all of his movable and immovable property as his three universal heirs:

1. The “Fürstl. Mannsfeldischen Hof- und Bergrat and Canzleirektor zu Eisleben ” , Johann Christoph Schmidt (1704–1781) in Eisleben, the husband of his deceased cousin Christiana Friederika geb. Meurer (1713-1774). Schmidt became the owner of the Schönefeld manor near Leipzig.
2. His cousin Maria Augusta Kuhn, b. Zeumer d. Ä. (1724–1782), wife of Johann Christoph Kuhn (1715–1778), administrator of Saxony-Weißenfels and actuary at the Freyburg Justice Office (Unstrut) . She inherited the Prößdorf manor under the tutelage of her husband.
3. His cousin Maria Augusta Müller, b. Zeumer d. J. (1726–1798), the wife of Christoph Friedrich Müller, who was a doctor of law, bailiff and court director at Freyburg. She inherited the Burgheßler manor under the tutelage of her husband.

The inheritance was taken after the wills of the wills and those who leaned on the inheritance after the wills were divided. Each of the three universal heirs also received a third part of the Niederauerbach manor with its brass work.

The court and judicial councilor Zeumer also decreed in his will that a number of people and non-profit organizations were to be paid out cash or interest from foundations in the form of a legacy . It was a total of 90,000 thalers.
Zeumer's testament of March 24, 1774 was the foundation charter. The poor old, the weak and the sick in Zeitz are called to participate in the purpose of the foundation. Administration was the responsibility of the consistory of the Naumburg-Zeitz monastery.

Appreciations

When, 18 years after his death, in 1792, a public concert for the good of the poor was held in his honor in the city of Zeitz, he was remembered in the speech with the following words: “In memory of a great patriot of our city, the immortal one Zeumers, who by a will of March 24th, 1774 gave the poor 24,000 Rthlr. and 3,000 Rthlr. bequeathed to scholarships for poor students ”.

In Schönefeld (today Leipzig-Schönefeld) a street was named after him in his honor (Zeumerstraße).

literature

• Renate Schönfuß: The legacy of the Elector of Saxon Court and Justice Councilor Johann Friedrich Zeumer (1717–1774). In: Altenburger Geschichts- und Hauskalender 2015. E. Reinhold Verlag, Altenburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-95755-004-0 .
• Renate Schönfuß-Krause: The legacy of the Elector of Saxon Court and Justice Councilor Johann Friedrich Zeumer (1717–1774) - The fall of a family property at the beginning of a new era. In: Family and History. Volume IX, 25th year; Issue 1 January – March 2016, Verlag Degener & Co., Insingen near Rothenburg ob der Tauber.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Renate Schönfuß: The legacy of the Elector of Saxon Court and Justice Councilor Johann Friedrich Zeumer (1717–1774) . In: Altenburg History and House Calendar 2015 . E. Reinhold Verlag, Altenburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-95755-004-0 .
2. ^ Johann Heinrich Zedler: Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . tape 62 . Johann Heinrich Zedler, Halle / Leipzig 1749, Sp. 382 .
3. ^ Landesarchiv Sachsen-Anhalt , Magdeburg Department, Issue 44, No. 1274.
4. ↑ State Archives Saxony-Anhalt: Magdeburg Department, Issue 44, No. 1292.
5. ↑ Thuringian State Archives Altenburg: File "Landesregierung zu Altenburg", Testament No. 21448 Bl. 27.
6. ↑ Schönefeld Castle ( Memento of the original from October 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. schloss-schoenefeld.de. 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Collection of laws for the Kingdom of Saxony from 1828 . Hofbuchdruckerei EE Meinhold, Dresden, p.  508 .
8. ↑ Leipzig City Archives: Council corpse books 1768–1779. Page 223.
9. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Thuringian State Archives Altenburg: File "Landesregierung zu Altenburg", Testament No. 21448 Bl. 75 to 91.
10. ↑ German newspaper or moral description of the people, customs and states of our time. Gotha v. May 24, 1792, pp. 341/342.