Johann Wilhelm von Hompesch zu Bolheim
Johann Wilhelm von Hompesch zu Bolheim (born September 14, 1761 at Bollheim Castle in Oberelvenich in the Duchy of Jülich; † December 9, 1809 in Munich ) was a Bavarian Minister of Finance .
Life
Johann Wilhelm von Hompesch zu Bolheim came from the Hompesch noble family , he was the son of the couple Antoinette von Hacke (born September 28, 1736; † 1768; daughter of Baron Ludwig Anton von Hacke ) and Franz Karl Joseph Anton von Hompesch zu Bolheim .
A career in the clergy was planned for him . In 1772 and 1775 he received benefices as canon of the cathedral monasteries Speyer and Eichstätt . He was also accepted into the Odenheim Knights' Foundation .
Then he decided to devote himself to the civil service and undertook appropriate studies. In 1785 he became assessor at the court councilor of the Duke von Berg in Düsseldorf . In 1786 he became an assessor at the secret council of the Duke von Berg . In 1797 he accompanied the electoral Palatinate embassy for the duchies of Jülich and Berg to the Rastatt Congress .
In 1798 he became a member of the secret council of the Duke von Berg and presided over it. From 1800 he was advisor for war affairs. In November 1802 he was sent to Franconia as general commissioner to take possession of the compensation countries that had fallen to Bavaria. In this capacity he ruled in the left bank of the Rhine part of the Duchy of Berg until it was ceded to France in March 1806. In March 1806 Maximilian I Joseph appointed him to succeed the late Johann Friedrich von Hertling as his finance minister and gave him the title of secret minister of state and conference. Since 1807 he was an honorary member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .
In 1809 Austrian troops occupied Bavaria, whereupon Maximilian I Joseph fled and Hompesch took over the government as a manager. During this time he passed tax legislation that did not take into account the privileges derived from the “ Ottonian Handfests ” of June 5, 1311. He withdrew the tax law from the estates . Hompesch was buried in the entrance area of St. Michael in Berg am Laim .
literature
- Johann August Ritter von Eisenhart: Hompesch-Bollheim, Johann Wilhelm Freiherr von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, pp. 64-66.
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Wilhelm von Hompesch zu Bolheim in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
Fritz Schäffer (1945) | Fritz Terhalle (1945–1946) | Hans Kraus (1947–1950) | Hans Ehard (1950) | Rudolf Zorn (1951) | Friedrich Zietsch (1951–1957) | Rudolf Eberhard (1957–1964) | Konrad Pöhner (1964–1970) | Otto Schedl (1970–1972) | Ludwig Huber (1972–1977) | Max Streibl (1977–1988) | Gerold Tandler (1988–1990) | Georg Freiherr von Waldenfels (1990–1995) | Erwin Huber (1995-1998) | Kurt Faltlhauser (1998–2007) | Erwin Huber (2007-2008) | Georg Fahrenschon (2008–2011) | Markus Söder (2011–2018) | Albert Füracker (since 2018)
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| SURNAME | Hompesch zu Bolheim, Johann Wilhelm von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Finance Minister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 14, 1761 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bollheim Castle Oberelvenich |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 9, 1809 |
| Place of death | Munich |