Johann Rockenthien
Johann Rockenthien († 1739 ) was a civil servant in the Sachsen-Weißenfels secondary school . He was Princely Saxon Court and District Chamber Councilor, most recently a Privy Councilor as well as Oberamtmann zu Langensalza and heir, feudal and court lord in Merxleben .
Life
He comes from the Rockenthien family in Thuringia , who were raised to imperial nobility in 1792 . As early as 1694 he can be traced back to Langensalza as a bailiff. As such, he was involved in several witch trials in the Langensalza office in the late 17th century.
When the indebted manor in Merxleben of the von Creutzburg family was auctioned off in 1715 , Rockenthien made the highest bid. For 9,000 guilders, he acquired this manor, which from then on was to become the seat of his family and their male descendants.
At the time of the acquisition of the manor Johann rock Thien was already in Weissenfels been to court and Landkammerrat the Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels appointed. At the same time, his appointment as senior bailiff in the Langensalza office was connected. Langensalza in the Thuringian Basin became his office from then on. Before his death in 1739, he had been promoted to the Privy Council.
His family coat of arms was heraldically designed as follows: In blue, a right-facing, red griffin with a red knocked-out tongue, which holds up three golden ears of wheat in the right claw, the two outer ears of which lean downwards. On the shield is a helmet on which, between two buffalo horns, stand three golden ears of wheat, the two outer ears of which hang down over the horns. The helmet covers are red and gold.
Johann Rockenthien left the following four sons:
- Johann Paul Rockenthien († 1752), bailiff in the Sachsenburg office
- Dr. Johann Rockenthien, in Eisenach
- Johann Christian Rockenthien, in Weimar
- Friedrich Wilhelm Rockenthien (* 1721)
literature
- Chronicle of the city of Langensalza in Thuringia , 1842, p. 396 u. a.
- The coats of arms of the German baronial and noble families , Vol. 3, 1856, pp. 386–387
- Kneschke: Adels-Lexicon , Vol. VII, p. 529
Individual evidence
- ^ Document from 1694 in the Erfurt City Archives
- ↑ Manfred Wilde : The sorcery and witch trials in Kursachsen , 2003, p. 530
- ↑ Barbara Schier: Everyday life in the "socialist village" , p. 86.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rockenthien, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Saxon-Weissenfels secret councilor and chief magistrate |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1739 |