Melchior Siegel junior

Melchior Siegel the Younger (born July 1, 1613 in Platten ; buried July 16, 1689 there ) was a Bohemian local politician . He was a city judge , councilor , weigher , mountain jury and church leader of Platten.

Life

Melchior seal d. J. came from the widely ramified pewter smelters Siegel, which originally came from Eibenstock . His parents were the tin smelter and city judge Melchior Siegel d. Ä. (* 1590 in Platten; † 1658 ibid) and his wife Maria.

During the time of the Counter Reformation , he and other Plattner citizens were declared exiled and expelled from the country on October 10, 1653 . He was one of the first seven people who "escaped" on the fasting mountains. As an exile , he was a co-founder of Johanngeorgenstadt , where he stayed for a while until he "fell away" from his faith, returned to Platten and converted to Catholicism . In 1662 he was named in the registers as a weighed lord and head of the church and in 1664 as a councilor and mountain sworn. In 1674 he held the office of city judge. When the church tower collapsed on May 14, 1672 , he had the old sacristy repaired with his own funds and donated a black cloth to the church that hung in front of the altar during Lent .

He died in 1689 at the age of 75. A sung spiritual office was held for him . His brother was the citizen and shoemaker Samuel Siegel who also exiled to Johanngeorgenstadt.

family

Melchior Siegel married Barbara Auerswalt in 1636 in Neudek and Catharina Beer in 1650 in Platten. The following children are known from the first marriage:

Magdalena (* 1639 in Platten; † 1691 in Johanngeorgenstadt) ⚭ 1662 Christoph Weber (1639–1687), miner in Johanngeorgenstadt

Maria (* 1642 in Platten)

Barbara (* 1646 in Platten)

Extracts

The church chronicle of Platten writes about Melchior Siegel:

"Anno 1672, May 14th on a Saturday morning at 5 o'clock, the church tower invaded here, and because the old Sacrystey everything was slammed and smashed, Mr. Melchior Siegl. Junior. the New Sacrystey next to the confessional, By his, the churches to be made a memorial. God give him Eternal Bliss for it: Amen. Several, has Mr. Melchior Siegl, the judge of the time, a black cloth, which one hangs in front of the altar at fasting time, Adored by his of the churches "

Friedrich Franke wrote about Melchior Siegel in 1854:

“There are only a few unpleasant events in the history of the blossoming Johanngeorgenstadt. Above all, this includes the fact that three exiles disdainfully fell away for the sake of time: Hans Poppenberger, Melchior Siegel, Peter Kühne (Kuhn) [...]. "

Individual evidence

^ Johann Christian Engelschall: Description of the Exulanten- and Bergstadt Johann Georgen Stadt, in four parts introducing, I. The Exulanten condition and where it turns. II. The city's cultivation, growth and events that have occurred in it. III. The local mining industry, its origins, finding metals and all the mines. IV. The parish Hammerwerck Wittichsthal, as well as the Obere- and Untere-Jugel . In relocation, Friedrich Lanckischens Erben, 1723 ( google.de [accessed on January 8, 2018]).
^ SLUB Dresden: Ephorie Schneeberg New Saxon Church Gallery. Retrieved January 8, 2018 (German).
^ Johann Christian Engelschall: Description of the Exulanten- and Bergstadt Johann Georgen Stadt, in four parts introducing, I. The Exulanten condition and where it turns. II. The city's cultivation, growth and events that have occurred in it. III. The local mining industry, its origins, finding metals and all the mines. IV. The parish Hammerwerck Wittichsthal, as well as the Obere- and Untere-Jugel . In relocation, Friedrich Lanckischens Erben, 1723 ( google.de [accessed on January 8, 2018]).
^ Friedrich Franke: On the founding history of Johanngeorgenstadt , Schneeberg, 1854, p. 52/53.

personal data
SURNAME	Siegel, Melchior junior
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Siegel, Melchior the Younger
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bohemian local politician, city judge, councilor, weigher, mountain jury, church leader and founder
DATE OF BIRTH	July 1, 1613
PLACE OF BIRTH	plates
DATE OF DEATH	buried July 16, 1689

[1] Johann Christian Engelschall: Description of the Exulanten- and Bergstadt Johann Georgen Stadt, in four parts introducing, I. The Exulanten condition and where it turns. II. The city's cultivation, growth and events that have occurred in it. III. The local mining industry, its origins, finding metals and all the mines. IV. The parish Hammerwerck Wittichsthal, as well as the Obere- and Untere-Jugel . In relocation, Friedrich Lanckischens Erben, 1723 ( google.de [accessed on January 8, 2018]).

[2] SLUB Dresden: Ephorie Schneeberg New Saxon Church Gallery. Retrieved January 8, 2018 (German).

[3] Johann Christian Engelschall: Description of the Exulanten- and Bergstadt Johann Georgen Stadt, in four parts introducing, I. The Exulanten condition and where it turns. II. The city's cultivation, growth and events that have occurred in it. III. The local mining industry, its origins, finding metals and all the mines. IV. The parish Hammerwerck Wittichsthal, as well as the Obere- and Untere-Jugel . In relocation, Friedrich Lanckischens Erben, 1723 ( google.de [accessed on January 8, 2018]).

[4] Friedrich Franke: On the founding history of Johanngeorgenstadt , Schneeberg, 1854, p. 52/53.