Julius Schickard

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Julius Schickard (also Schickhardt , Schickhard , Schickart , Schickardt ; * 1679 in Unteröwisheim ; † July 10, 1735, probably in Lußhofen .) Was a Württemberg civil servant and founder of Neulußheim .

Life

Julius Schickard was initially a clerk and office clerk in Unteröwisheim . Since 1698 he was the caregiver Württemberg Maulbronn Monastery , located in Pfleghof to Speyer , later in Lußheim . Numerous citizens were killed in Lußheim because of the Thirty Years' War . Large areas of fields lay fallow. In the letter of February 11, 1707 to Duke Eberhard Ludwig von Württemberg , Julius Schickard complained about this situation and offered to change it within a very short time, if the “High Princely Highness graciously allowed him”. This offer fell on fertile ground with the duke. The fallow fields did not bring the duke a tithe . He also disliked the fact that the people of Lußheim felt more tied to the nearby patronage of the bishops of Speyer than to the more distant regional authorities in Stuttgart. It took some time before the intentions and readiness became more concrete. On October 26, 1710, Schickard asked the duke for 100 acres (36 hectares) of wasteland on "Lußheimer Mark" (district) and for permission to build his own farm and housing for craftsmen, day laborers and "other people". In 1711 the duke offered him a piece of land in the east of the Lußheimer Mark. In a document dated March 19, 1711, the municipality approved the text, which is considered to be the foundation of the town. Soon afterwards, construction work began and in this way the Lußhof farmstead was established , which soon became the municipality of Lußhofen , only later renamed Neulußheim.

The place, laid out in 1711, developed rapidly. In 1714, Schickard had the great north-south road, which led from Frankfurt am Main via Heidelberg and Hockenheim to Philippsburg and Switzerland , run in such a way that it formed a new town center at right angles to the Speyer - St. Leon route . In 1723 Julius Schickard made several local maps of Lußhofen.

When Julius Schickard died in 1735, he left behind an estate with 140 acres of arable land. In addition to numerous houses, there was a brick hut and two taverns "Zum Bären" and "Zum Löwen". Schickhard's property also included a large vineyard. The residents of Lußheim, which later became Altlußheim, watched this development with envy and suspicion. Together with the angry bishopric of Speyer, which was actually responsible for sovereign rights there and was ignored when the town was founded, they tried for a long time to slow down the development of the emerging community.

In the center of Neulußheim is Julius-Schickard-Strasse, which commemorates its founder.

family

Julius Schickard was married to Christiane Margaretha Essig. They had 7 children:

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Horst Schmid-Schickhardt: The Siegener Schickhardt family ... , p. 77
  2. ↑ a b Horst Schmid-Schickhardt: Die Siegener Schickhardt family ... , p. 78

literature

  • Horst Schmid-Schickhardt : The Siegener Schickhardt family in the 15th to 17th centuries. Attempt of a partial genealogy , Baden-Baden: Schmid-Schickhardt 2008
  • Robert Fuchs (Ed.): 275 years Neulußheim 1711–1986 , Neulußheim community, Hockenheim 1986
  • 300 years Neulußheim 1711–2011 , Neulußheim community, Hockenheim 2011

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personal data
SURNAME Schickard, Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schickhardt, Julius; Schickhard, Julius; Schickart, Julius; Schickardt, Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Wuerttemberg civil servant (staff clerk and monastery clerk) and founder of Neulußheim
DATE OF BIRTH 1679
PLACE OF BIRTH Unteröwisheim
DATE OF DEATH July 10, 1735
Place of death uncertain: Lußhofen