Ludwig Ferdinand zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg

Ludwig Ferdinand zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (born January 1, 1712 at Berleburg Castle ; † February 12, 1773 ibid) was a German count from the house of Sayn-Wittgenstein and from 1741 to 1773 ruler of the northern county of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg.

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Ludwig Ferdinand was born on January 1, 1712 as the eldest son of Count Casimir zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg and his first wife Marie Charlotte (1687-1716), daughter of Count Ferdinand Maximilian I of Ysenburg-Büdingen and his wife Countess Albertine Marie Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg was born.

On April 1, 1731, Ludwig Ferdinand, accompanied by his court master Johann Conrad Kanz, moved to Jena to begin his studies (Ius publicum and Ius naturae ), which he completed in November 1733.

On September 2, 1735, he traveled to Vienna , probably at the instigation of his stepmother Esther Maria Polyxena, since her father, Count Johann Wilhelm von Wurmbrand-Stuppach, was Imperial Minister of State and President of the Imperial Court Council there. After the legal studies in Jena, social aspects should have been the priority in Vienna. Ludwig Ferdinand continued his training in administrative matters through a stay at the Imperial Court of Justice in Wetzlar from March to September 1737. In November 1737 he began a 14-month trip to Vienna, where he was given a position as Reichshofrat.

On June 5, 1741 Ludwig Ferdinand took over the reign of the County of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg. He first introduced radical austerity measures at the Berleburger Hof and reduced the count's staff through extensive layoffs. He raised the lease for the count's goods, restricted tax breaks or abolished them entirely. The next few years of his government were marked by the rehabilitation of the country's economy. The overexploitation in the forests through intensive charring in the times of his father Casimir was reduced in order not to completely ruin the forests. However, billeting and foreign armies passing through repeatedly caused losses of money and natural goods.

Ludwig Ferdinand's reign was also characterized by a strong propensity for representation and an aristocratic self-image: he was considered aloof to the population and expanded the palace, which his father had just completed, by creating his own world of gardens, summer houses, zoos, riding areas. and had shooting ranges built, which provided the social framework for events with fireworks and gun salutes. He was also a great music lover and played the flute himself . Music was very important to him as an expression of representative court. So he hired his own court orchestra very early on. Concerts were given in the castle twice a week, on Wednesdays and Sundays. The guarantee of musical quality and continuity was Bernhard Hupfeld from Kassel , whom Ludwig Ferdinand brought to the court in 1751 and appointed his concertmaster two years later. Hupfeld was only replaced by Ludwig Ferdinand's successor in 1775, so he spent more than two decades at the Berleburger Hof.

family

Ludwig Ferdinand married Friederike Christiane Sophie (1721–1772), daughter of Count Wilhelm Moritz II., Count of Ysenburg and Büdingen in Philippseich, and his wife, Burgrave Amalie Louise of Dohna-Lauck , on July 26, 1744 at Schloss Philippseich . The marriage resulted in four children, one of whom died at the age of eight.

When Ludwig Ferdinand died on February 12, 1773 at the age of 61, his son Christian Heinrich zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg became his successor.

literature

Erich Neweling: The history of our city . In: Seven Hundred Years of Berleburg , Festschrift for the city anniversary, Berleburg 1958.
Erich Neweling: The history of the counts of Sayn-Wittgenstein and their country. In: Heimatbuch Wittgenstein , Vol. I, Balve 1965.
Ulf Lückel, Andreas Kroh: The Princely House of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Hohenstein. Börde Verlag, Werl 2004.
Johannes Beulertz: Music at the court of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg , dissertation, University of Dortmund 2001.
Johann Georg Hinsberg : Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg 4: Cultural history as part of a dwarf state or the county of Wittgenstein-Berleburg under the government of Count Ludwig Ferdinand (1741–1773). Berleburg 1925. ( digital )

Individual evidence

^ W. Hartnack : Die Berleburger Chroniken , Laasphe 1964. P. 135: Anno 1712 the 1st Jan. was born, all here H. Graff Ludwig Ferdinand, as our present Reg. Land Lord.
↑ Family table of the mediatized house Sayn-Wittgenstein 1907. Plate 6. Unchanged reprint of the 1907 edition, Heimat-Verlag und Antiquariat Angelika Wied, Bad Laasphe 2009, No. 9/100.
↑ Fürstliches Archiv Berleburg, files A – N 10: Seizure of possession of Count Ludwig Ferdinand zu Sayn-Wittgenstein.
↑ Johannes Beulertz: Music at the Court of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg , dissertation, University of Dortmund 2001, p. 58.
^ FA Berleburg, Akten, F 133, 2nd biography (blue), p. 2 .: Christian Heinrich's parents were not only lovers of sound art [,] but were also recognized as connoisseurs of the same in those times of musical publicity. Ludwig Ferdinand [,] father Christian Heinrichs [,] blew the calm traverse, and his wife's mother played the clavecin.
↑ John Beulertz: Music at the court of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg , Dissertation, University of Dortmund 2001 S. 89th
^ W. Hartnack: Die Berleburger Chroniken , Laasphe 1964. S. 180: Anno 1744 d. July 26th as on a Sunday our governing country gentleman, the highborn Graff and gentleman, Mr. Ludwig Ferdinand governing graff zu Seyn and Wittgenstein, gentleman to Homburg, Vallendar, Neumagen and new Hembsbach etc. and the bored Countess and wife, Mrs. Friederica Christiana Sophia, Countess of Ysenburg and Büdingen pp. of the most gracious Count and Lord General-Field Marshal lieutnants Hochgräffl. Graces 2nd Countess Daughter, the marriage between them previously made through priestly. Consummation and held Beylager at Philippseich 3 hours from Frfurth Glückl. completed.
^ W. Hartnack: Die Berleburger Chroniken , p. 223: Anno Domini 1760. d. Jan 27th at 9 o'clock in the morning our dearest oldest young Mr. Graff, Wilhelm Ludwig ... faded to death here after having had a serious illness from Eilff for weeks ...
^ W. Hartnack: Die Berleburger Chroniken , p. 247: Anno Domini 1773 d. February 12th, at noon our dear country father, the governing gentleman, Mr. Graff Ludwig Ferdinand von Seyn and Wittgenstein pp., Their age 61 years and 6 weeks outside of this time, went into eternity, which a real sad and sad case is ...

personal data
SURNAME	Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Ludwig Ferdinand zu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Count of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg
DATE OF BIRTH	January 1, 1712
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berleburg
DATE OF DEATH	February 12, 1773
Place of death	Berleburg

[1] W. Hartnack : Die Berleburger Chroniken , Laasphe 1964. P. 135: Anno 1712 the 1st Jan. was born, all here H. Graff Ludwig Ferdinand, as our present Reg. Land Lord.

[2] Family table of the mediatized house Sayn-Wittgenstein 1907. Plate 6. Unchanged reprint of the 1907 edition, Heimat-Verlag und Antiquariat Angelika Wied, Bad Laasphe 2009, No. 9/100.

[3] Fürstliches Archiv Berleburg, files A – N 10: Seizure of possession of Count Ludwig Ferdinand zu Sayn-Wittgenstein.

[4] Johannes Beulertz: Music at the Court of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg , dissertation, University of Dortmund 2001, p. 58.

[5] FA Berleburg, Akten, F 133, 2nd biography (blue), p. 2 .: Christian Heinrich's parents were not only lovers of sound art [,] but were also recognized as connoisseurs of the same in those times of musical publicity. Ludwig Ferdinand [,] father Christian Heinrichs [,] blew the calm traverse, and his wife's mother played the clavecin.

[6] John Beulertz: Music at the court of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg , Dissertation, University of Dortmund 2001 S. 89th

[7] W. Hartnack: Die Berleburger Chroniken , Laasphe 1964. S. 180: Anno 1744 d. July 26th as on a Sunday our governing country gentleman, the highborn Graff and gentleman, Mr. Ludwig Ferdinand governing graff zu Seyn and Wittgenstein, gentleman to Homburg, Vallendar, Neumagen and new Hembsbach etc. and the bored Countess and wife, Mrs. Friederica Christiana Sophia, Countess of Ysenburg and Büdingen pp. of the most gracious Count and Lord General-Field Marshal lieutnants Hochgräffl. Graces 2nd Countess Daughter, the marriage between them previously made through priestly. Consummation and held Beylager at Philippseich 3 hours from Frfurth Glückl. completed.

[8] W. Hartnack: Die Berleburger Chroniken , p. 223: Anno Domini 1760. d. Jan 27th at 9 o'clock in the morning our dearest oldest young Mr. Graff, Wilhelm Ludwig ... faded to death here after having had a serious illness from Eilff for weeks ...

[9] W. Hartnack: Die Berleburger Chroniken , p. 247: Anno Domini 1773 d. February 12th, at noon our dear country father, the governing gentleman, Mr. Graff Ludwig Ferdinand von Seyn and Wittgenstein pp., Their age 61 years and 6 weeks outside of this time, went into eternity, which a real sad and sad case is ...