Karl Arnold von Hompesch

Bronze epitaph of Carl Arnold von Hompesch in Münster Cathedral

Karl Arnold von Hompesch (born April 28, 1736 ; † February 3, 1803 in Münster ) was canon of various cathedral monasteries , provost and mining entrepreneur.

family

He came from the noble family von Hompesch and was the son of Johann Wilhelm von Hompesch zu Bollheim and his wife Isabella Francisca nee. from Bylandt to Rheydt . Ferdinand von Hompesch zu Bolheim (1744–1804), Grand Master of the Order of Malta , and the Bavarian Finance Minister Franz Karl Joseph Anton von Hompesch zu Bolheim (1735–1800) were his brothers.

The nephew Johann Wilhelm von Hompesch zu Bolheim (1761-1809) was also Bavarian Minister of Finance. The niece Auguste Elisabeth von Hompesch (1763–1785) married Count Carl-Wilhelm Franz-Xaver von Spee (1758–1810). Both are the great-grandparents of Admiral Count Maximilian von Spee , who became famous in recent German history , who died in 1914 with his two sons in a naval battle near the Falkland Islands .

Church offices

In 1762 Hompesch received positions as cathedral canon in Münster and Liège . In 1772 another canon post followed in Eichstätt . He was elected provost of Saint-Feuillien in Fosses-la-Ville in 1774 . In connection with the First Coalition War , he had to flee in 1792 and from then on lived in Münster. In 1799 he was appointed sealer of the diocese of Münster . For this he received a salary of around 396 Reichstalers.

Mining industry

He was the founder of the Linneper Hütte (today part of Sundern in the Sauerland ). In the year 1784 he had already had speculations carried out on Eisenstein am Ramberg opposite the hut. The Bergamt Olpe enfeoffed him with the hut in 1787. There is evidence that miners from the mine lived in Linneper Hütte in 1796. In addition, he had mutulations carried out at Hellefeld , Endorf and Seidfeld . He also entered into contracts with miners from Hagen . This served to secure the raw material base of the hut. In 1780 at the latest, he sold the largest share of the mining property, in particular to the von Lüninck family .

literature

Wilhelm Kohl: The Diocese of Münster: The Diocese 4 (Germania Sacra NF 37.4), Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-11-018010-3 , p. 152 (with a wrong first name), ( limited preview in the Google book search).
Leopold Freiherr von Zedlitz: New Prussian Adels Lexicon , Volume 2, Leipzig, 1836, p. 434 ( limited preview in the Google book search)

Individual evidence

^ Genealogical page on Carl-Wilhelm Franz-Xaver von Spee
↑ Yearbooks for Prussian Legislation, Jurisprudence and Legal Administration , Volume 47, Berlin, 1836, pp. 247 and 248 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
^ Wilhelm Kohl: The Diocese of Münster: The Diocese 4 (Germania Sacra NF 37.4), Berlin 2004, p. 152 (with a wrong first name).
^ Winfried Reininghaus, Reinhard Köhne: Mining, smelting and hammer works in the Duchy of Westphalia in the Middle Ages and the early modern period , Münster 2008, p. 396.

personal data
SURNAME	Hompesch, Karl Arnold von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Canon of various cathedral monasteries, provost and mining entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH	April 28, 1736
DATE OF DEATH	February 3, 1803
Place of death	Muenster

[1] Genealogical page on Carl-Wilhelm Franz-Xaver von Spee

[2] Yearbooks for Prussian Legislation, Jurisprudence and Legal Administration , Volume 47, Berlin, 1836, pp. 247 and 248 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

[3] Wilhelm Kohl: The Diocese of Münster: The Diocese 4 (Germania Sacra NF 37.4), Berlin 2004, p. 152 (with a wrong first name).

[4] Winfried Reininghaus, Reinhard Köhne: Mining, smelting and hammer works in the Duchy of Westphalia in the Middle Ages and the early modern period , Münster 2008, p. 396.