Karl von Querfurth

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Karl Christian Edler von Querfurth (born December 17, 1779 , † August 2, 1845 in Schönheiderhammer ) was a German entrepreneur and politician. He owned the Erzgebirge hammer mills in Schönheiderhammer and Wildenthal and was a member of the Saxon state parliament .

Live and act

The son of Annaberg mayor Johann Heinrich Conrad Querfurth (1747-1817) completed his military service in the royal Saxon army and achieved the rank of captain . In 1813 he was ennobled. In 1817 he took over the Förstel estate near Langenberg from his father. In 1820 he also bought the Pöckelgut in Mittweida , which bordered the Förstel corridor. In 1825 he bought the Schönheiderhammer hammer mill, where he moved his residence a short time later. In 1836 he also came into the possession of the Wildenthal hammer mill.

As a deputy member of the 17th rural electoral district, he was a member of the Second Chamber of the Saxon State Parliament from 1833 to 1840.

In the obituary of the yearbook for the miner and smelter it was said: Under his active direction the Hohofen and smelter business and the manufacture of tasteful cast goods at Schönheide were improved and the manufacture of pressed nails was introduced at Wildenthal.

literature

  • Andreas Schubert: 175 years ago Karl Edler von Querfurth took over the Schönheiderhammer ironworks . In: Yearbook for the Ore Mountains 2001, pp. 6-8

Web links

Wikisource: The establishments of Karl Edler v. Querfurth in the upper Ore Mountains  - sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke: Neues Allgemeines Deutsches Adels-Lexicon, Seventh Volume Ossa - Ryssel , Friedrich Voigt's Buchhandlung, Berlin 1867, p. 300 digitized , accessed on April 1, 2015
  2. ^ Siegfried Hübschmann: The Förstel in Langenberg. Edited by: Dr. Wilmar Schwabesche non-profit Heimstättenbetriebsgesellschaft mbH. Scheibenberg: Heidler & Fahle GbR, approx. 2002
  3. ^ Josef Matzerath : Aspects of the Saxon State Parliament History - Presidents and Members of Parliament from 1833 to 1952 , Dresden 2001, p. 121
  4. ↑ Yearbook for the miner and smelter to the year 1846, edited and published by the Königl. Saxon. Bergacademie, Freiberg, p. 207 Digital copy, accessed on April 26, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Querfurth, Karl von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Querfurth, Karl Christian Edler von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur and politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 17, 1779
DATE OF DEATH August 2, 1845
Place of death Schönheiderhammer