Johann Löbel

Johann Löbel, painting around 1662

Johann Löbel (baptized May 7, 1592 in Platten ; † January 6, 1666 in Johanngeorgenstadt ) was a German-Bohemian town judge , treasurer , mountain master , exile and first mayor of Johanngeorgenstadt.

Life

Johann Löbel was the youngest child of the city treasurer and miner Wenzel Löbel the Younger (* around 1530; † before 1607 plates) and his second wife Barbara. His grandfather Wenzel Löbel the Elder († around 1542 in Platten) may have come from the Franconian town of Wunsiedel and settled in the Bohemian mountain town of Platten in 1532 as a pewter and treasurer.

Johann Löbel held the office of city judge and treasurer in his hometown from 1627. He also took over from the late Jacob Beer from 1629 as the miner of Platten. In 1653, the state conversion commission threatened him with dismissal if he did not immediately adopt the Catholic religion. According to tradition, he and the city judge at the time, Gregor Röber, came before the commissioners and said: We can hardly believe that the emperor who also wears the crown of Bohemia wants to force us to adopt the papist religion, should it still be so we do not want to act against our conscience and remain with the purified teaching . They also voluntarily asked to be released from their posts.

On October 10, 1653, the citizens of Platten who refused to accept the Catholic religion were declared banned and expelled from the country. At the same time they were threatened to be arrested and to be taken to Prague in chains, should they ever enter imperial territory again. Like most of the residents, Johann Löbel also decided to immigrate to Fastenberg in the winter of 1653/1654 . Of his family, only his daughter Rosina remained in Platten. Johann Löbel had to abandon three houses, which were valued at 450 guilders deposit and 550 guilders daily allowance.

After the approval to found a new town on Fastenberg, Johann Löbel had the privilege of choosing a position for the construction of a new house and decided on a corner house on the market . After he had been a court assessor since 1654, he was elected first mayor of Johanngeorgenstadt on November 12, 1656. The council meetings took place in his apartment. In negotiations with the craftsmen, he revealed his dutiful promotion of urban welfare through wise consideration. The elector wanted to be personally present at Johann Löbel's golden wedding, to pay a 50 thalers wedding present and all meals. But since his wife was sickly and she lost her hearing , the celebration was canceled.

On the day of Pentecost in 1661 he donated a carved baptismal font to the town church of Johanngeorgenstadt, which he venerated together with a tin basin of the parish of Johanngeorgenstadt. In 1665 he was granted the privilege of exemption from taxes on his house in gratitude for having served the Elector twice as a travel camp. Johann Löbel died in 1666 at the age of 73 and was buried in the town church of Johanngeorgenstadt.

In 1667 his daughter Rosina Seeling took over the entire family estate in Platten for 601 thalers. His grandson Johann Wenzel Seeling (* 1666 in Platten) was ordained a Catholic priest and gave his first primacy on October 12, 1690 in the parish church of St. Laurentius in Platten .

family

Johann Löbel married Ursula Uphoff around 1611 (* around 1590 † December 30, 1666 in Johanngeorgenstadt). The marriage had eleven children:

David (* 1611)
Johannes (1613–1701), city judge, mayor and mayor, 1.⚭ 1650 St. Joachimsthal Maria Zobel (1631–1664), 2.⚭ 1664 Johanngeorgenstadt Anna Maria Roth (1642–1704)
Elisabeth (* 1615)
Abraham Wenzel (* 1617)
Abraham Wenzel (* 1620)
Christoph (* 1624)
Helena (* 1626)
Elisabeth (1627 – around 1656), ⚭ Friedrich Rebentisch, student, organist and organ builder
Abraham Wenzel (1631–1707), mountain master, 1.⚭ 1650 St. Joachimsthal Susanna Roth (1630–1693), 2.⚭ 1699 Johanngeorgenstadt Anna Elisabeth Göthel, ad. Mittelbach († 1729)
Rosina (1633–1697) 1st around 1650 Johann Georg Siegel (1626–1658 ), forest forester 2nd 1658 Platten Paul Wenzel Seeling († 1693), forest rider and city judge
Juliana (* 1635)

Trivia

In the Evangelical Lutheran town church of Johanngeorgenstadt there was a painting by Johann Löbel from around 1662, which was saved in the town fire of 1867. This portrait was stolen from the church on the night of November 19-20, 1991, along with two other pictures. They have been missing since then.

literature

Robert Jahn : Leaders from the history of Johanngeorgenstadt . In: Johanngeorgenstadt news bulletin of December 9, 1936.
Alexander Schunka: "St. Johanngeorgenstadt to the electoral highness and immortal fame ”. City foundation and urban tradition in the early modern period . In: New Archive for Saxon History 74/75 (2003/04), pp. 175–206.
Johann Christian Engelschall : Description of the exiles and mountain town Johann Georgen city . Lanckisch and Kircheisen, 1723
Georg Buchwald : New Saxon Church Gallery . Parish Johanngeorgenstadt . Shrub: Leipzig 1900–1914

Remarks

↑ As a godmother she is clearly documented in the church registers in 1590 and 1603.
↑ the interposition of a middle Wentzel Löbel can be excluded because of the age calculation.
↑ Elisabeth Jäger from the Wunsiedel city archive wrote on February 13, 1976: “It is not very likely that the oldest Wenzel Löbel came from Wunsiedel. The Wunsiedler Löbel were very rich people until 1430, active in mining and ore trading. With the decline of mining in the Fichtelgebirge (mid-15th century), however, the Löbel's wealth dwindled. The two sons of Fritz Löbel (last rich Löbel) were Hans Löbel, † around 1460 and Albrecht Löbel, † around 1455. Hans Löbel had a son who became a priest, Albrecht Löbel, a butcher by trade, had two sons, one of whom one also became a butcher, the other a priest. In 1491 the butcher Christoph Löbel describes himself as the last of his line; his only son Hans died as a priest in 1506. My personal and current opinion is that the Löbel in Platten all come from the Vogtland (area around Oelsnitz, Greiz); but there is definitely a possibility that this Vogtland Löbel clan once came from Wunsiedel. "
↑ Mention in the church registers, as judge: 1627–1629, 1643–1644, 1646; as chamberlain: 1627; as Bergmeister: 1629–1646.
↑ The baptismal font was destroyed in the great city fire on August 19, 1867.
↑ so on July 12, 1661 and July 16, 1665.

personal data
SURNAME	Löbel, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bohemian mountain master, exile and first mayor of Johanngeorgenstadt
DATE OF BIRTH	baptized May 7, 1592
PLACE OF BIRTH	plates
DATE OF DEATH	January 6, 1666
Place of death	Johanngeorgenstadt

[1] As a godmother she is clearly documented in the church registers in 1590 and 1603.

[2] the interposition of a middle Wentzel Löbel can be excluded because of the age calculation.

[3] Elisabeth Jäger from the Wunsiedel city archive wrote on February 13, 1976: “It is not very likely that the oldest Wenzel Löbel came from Wunsiedel. The Wunsiedler Löbel were very rich people until 1430, active in mining and ore trading. With the decline of mining in the Fichtelgebirge (mid-15th century), however, the Löbel's wealth dwindled. The two sons of Fritz Löbel (last rich Löbel) were Hans Löbel, † around 1460 and Albrecht Löbel, † around 1455. Hans Löbel had a son who became a priest, Albrecht Löbel, a butcher by trade, had two sons, one of whom one also became a butcher, the other a priest. In 1491 the butcher Christoph Löbel describes himself as the last of his line; his only son Hans died as a priest in 1506. My personal and current opinion is that the Löbel in Platten all come from the Vogtland (area around Oelsnitz, Greiz); but there is definitely a possibility that this Vogtland Löbel clan once came from Wunsiedel. "

[4] Mention in the church registers, as judge: 1627–1629, 1643–1644, 1646; as chamberlain: 1627; as Bergmeister: 1629–1646.

[5] The baptismal font was destroyed in the great city fire on August 19, 1867.

[6] so on July 12, 1661 and July 16, 1665.