Matthias Joseph Hayn

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Matthias Joseph Hayn (born June 8, 1770 in Cochem ; † April 10, 1839 in Trier ) was a Trier merchant who became known as the " Moselle King ".

Life

Matthias Joseph Hayn was born as the son of Matthias Joseph Hayn and Anna Christine Hayn, b. Klippel, born. He married Maria Anna Winter on January 17, 1791. The marriage resulted in a daughter, Anna Christina, who later married the politician Peter Ludwig Mohr .

In the year of his marriage, Matthias Joseph Hayn was accepted into the grocer's guild in Trier as a grocer . A year later he bought what is now Lambert 's house on Trier's main market, then known as Eschermannsche's house no.444. From 1798 to 1802 he was a municipal official and administered the city pension. He increased his fortune by buying secularized church property, which was auctioned off after the decision of the National Assembly to cover state debts. One of the lands he acquired in this way was the Josephshof in Graach . He owed the nickname "Moselle King" to his lavish lifestyle and his commitment to improving viticulture and expanding wine sales.

Hayn belonged to the Society for Useful Research in Trier, was first lieutenant leader of the honor guard during Napoleon's visit to Trier and was one of the founders of the Trier Masonic Lodge. He acted as an assessor at the commercial court, received the title of commercial councilor and in 1828 was a member of the Rhineland provincial council .

patron

Hayn financed the studies of the painter Jean Velten from Graach at the Düsseldorf Art Academy . He had the ballroom of his house in Trier's Dietrichstrasse decorated with frescoes by Johann Anton Ramboux .

Hayn's grave in Trier's main cemetery has been preserved.

Web links

literature

  • Gabriele Clemens, The "Moselle King" Matthias Josef Hayn. A middle-class career in Napoleonic times , in: Friedhelm Burgard u. a. (Ed.), Liber Amicorum necnon et amicarum for Alfred Heit. Contributions to medieval history and historical regional studies , (Trier Historical Research 28), Trier 1996
  • Gabriele and Lukas Clemens, History of the City of Trier , Beck 2007, ISBN 3-406-55618-3 , p. 128

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from July 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of November 4, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Hayn, Matthias Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION "Moselle King"
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1770
PLACE OF BIRTH Cochem
DATE OF DEATH April 10, 1839
Place of death trier