Konrad Alexander Vrints von Treuenfeld
Baron Konrad Alexander Vrints von Treuenfeld (* 1707 in Bremen , † 1780 in Bremen) was an imperial resident (envoy) and postmaster in Bremen.
biography
The Catholic family Vrints (de Silvesa) came from Spain. A branch of the family came to the Spanish Netherlands in the 16th century . Konrad Alexander Vrints von Treuenfeld was the grandson of Johann Gerhard Vrints von Treuenfeld (1611–1685) and son of Theobald Georg Vrints von Treuenfeld (1671–1745), both postmasters of the Imperial Postal Service in Bremen, who worked with the House of Thurn and Taxis as postmaster general was connected. In 1744 the family was raised to baron. In 1745, after the death of his father, Alexander became both imperial postmaster and imperial resident in Bremen. He had previously graduated from the Alte Gymnasium in Bremen . He was then an adjunct (assistant) to his father before he became postmaster. He was also the Danish district administrator in the county of Oldenburg and owned the Strückhausen estate in the Wesermarsch .
The imperial post office is said to have been relocated around 1745 from Westerstrasse in Neustadt to Eschenhof an der Domsheide - the former residence of the Swedish representative Alexander Erskein . Today the main post office in Bremen is located here. Vrints established a Catholic chapel here.
He was married to Maria Theresia, geb. Freiin von Kurtzrock auf Wellingsbüttel , the daughter of his also Catholic colleague from Hamburg, Maximilian Heinrich von Kurtzrock († 1735). Both families were related by marriage several times.
In 1780 Vrints was buried like father and grandfather in the Catholic Church of St. Johann .
His successor as the imperial postmaster was his son Heinrich Vrints von Treuenfeld (1734–1812).
literature
- Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Theobald Georg Vrints von Treuenfeld (until 1745) |
Habsburg resident in Bremen 1746–1780 |
Theobald Max Heinrich Vrints von Treuenfeld |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vrints von Treuenfeld, Konrad Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | imperial postmaster and resident in Bremen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1707 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1780 |
| Place of death | Bremen |