Johann Heinrich von Galen

Johann Heinrich von Galen , also known as Heinrich von Galen (born November 15, 1609 , † September 17, 1694 in Assen Castle ), was hereditary treasurer and official in Vechta and Wildeshausen.

Life

Origin and family

 Numerous prominent and well-known personalities have emerged from the ancient Westphalian  noble family  von Galen , which is one of the most important in the  Duchy of Münster . In the 16th century it partially sympathized with the  Reformation , but later became Catholic again  . Johann Heinrich von Galen was born as the son of Dietrich von Galen and his wife Katharina von Hörde . His father killed the Münster hereditary marshal Gerd Morrien on February 15, 1607 in a neighboring dispute over hunting rights and was therefore sentenced to twelve years' arrest, which he served at Bevergern Castle . He later became a hereditary marshal of Courland and acquired extensive goods here. Johann Heinrich had five siblings, including his older brother Christoph Bernhard (Prince-Bishop of Münster), Hedwig (Abbess in Borghorst) and Clara (nun in Oelinghausen ). On December 15, 1643, in Lüdinghausen, he married Anna Droste zu Vischering, daughter of Drosten Heidenreich Droste zu Vischering and Margareta von Raesfeld. The children of this marriage are Margaretha Anna (1644–1700, ∞ Hermann Matthias von Velen), Katharina Elisabeth (1646–1711, ∞ Dietrich von Büren), Christoph Bernhard (1646–1647), Franz Wilhelm and Dietrich Christian (1650–1658 ) emerged. After Anna's death, Johann Heinrich married Anna Elisabeth von der Recke , daughter of Johann von der Recke and Mechthild von Galen, on May 21, 1653 . From this marriage the daughters Theodora (* 1654, ∞ Arnold Johann von Vittinghoff), Brigitta Clara (* 1656, ∞ Christoph Heidenreich Droste zu Vischering ), Anna Maria (1658–1697, ∞ Johann Adolph von Raesfeldt), Francellina Christina (* 1660, ∞ Wilhelm Heinrich von Korff), Sophia Elisabeth (1664–1688, ∞ Stephan Theodor von Neuhoff), Johanna Mechthild (1667–1694), Thyka Christina (* 1669) and Regina Theresa (1671–1712, ∞ Franz Sigismund von Elverfeldt ) as well as the sons Christoph Heinrich , Ferdinand Benedikt , Johann Matthias (* 1674, † 1715, Canon in Münster), Heinrich Ludwig and Karl Anton . He was the progenitor , from whose branch of the family numerous important personalities emerged (see Galen family table ).

Career and work

Johann Heinrich was appointed as Drost in Vechta on March 26, 1641. He stayed in this office until January 20, 1670, when he resigned for reasons of age and handed the office over to his son. On November 28, 1641 he was also Drost in Wildeshausen. This office expired with the Peace of Minster in 1648. In 1653, his brother Christoph Bernhard, who sold the Galensian property in Courland , donated extensive family praise in Münster , Minden , Worms , Osnabrück , Freckenhorst , Nottuln and Wietmarschen from the proceeds . Johann Heinrich received financial help in the same year when he bought the Assen house with the support of his brother . The background to this action was to create a protection for the southern area of ​​the prince-bishop's territory. On January 2, 1663 Christoph Bernhard founded the Treasurer Office and ordered Heinrich as a first Erbkämmerer . For this he received 20,000 Reichstaler and the parish of Enniger. In 1667, Christoph took advantage of the financial plight of the Lords of Dinklage and bought the entire Dinklage property for his brother Heinrich, which he endowed with a fiefdom of the treasurer's office in 1671 . Johann Heinrich died in the Assen house, which he used as an apartment for his family after the purchase.

Others

Johann Heinrich had the Böckenberg Chapel built near Assen Castle in 1656. On July 24, 1665, he was raised to the status of imperial baron.

literature

• Germania Sacra , published by the Max Planck Institute for History; The diocese of Münster 7.4. The diocese, edited by Wilhelm Kohl, p. 252, 2004 Verlag Walter de Gruyter.

Web links

• von Galen person database at Germania Sacra