Moritz Trenck from Tonder

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Mauritius (Moritz) Franz Matthäus Freiherr Trenck von Tonder (born June 13, 1786 in Neuwied , † September 3, 1855 in Vienna ) was a German-Austrian banker , industrialist and friend of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven .

Life

Moritz Trenck von Tonder was a son of the Dresden-born journalist Moritz Flavius ​​Trenck von Tonder (1746-1810), the editor of the influential political journal Talks in the Empire of the Dead (1786-1810), from his marriage to Maria Katharina d'Auchopt. Around 1796 he came with his parents to Frankfurt am Main , where he soon belonged to the circle of friends of Bettina Brentano and her sister-in-law - the Viennese-born Antonie Brentano .

In 1810 he married Louise Brevillier (1789–1846) in Vienna, a sister of the industrialist Ludwig Brevillier , who also performed as a pianist. At the same time, he became an employee of the Arnstein & Eskeles bank . From 1809 to 1812 Antonie Brentano also lived in Vienna, who was one of Beethoven's closest friends at the time.

Around 1822 Trenck von Tonder worked as a "spy" and prepared secret reports for the Austrian police. In 1823 he and his wife can be traced back to Bräunerstraße 1128.

He associated with Beethoven by name in the last years of his life and in 1827 played a major role in the composer's death and burial. The Beethoven-Haus in Bonn has three letters that Trenck von Tonder wrote to Antonie Brentano on this occasion.

In 1837 he took over the post of factory director of the cotton mill in Schwadorf . Most recently he lived as a “privateer” in Vienna, at school yard No. 413, where he died of “diarrhea” on September 3, 1855 - possibly as a result of typhus .

family

The son Heinrich Johann Theodor Trenck von Tonder (1812–1887) became the universal heir of his uncle Ludwig Brevillier in 1855. From 1838 he was married to Isabella Klementine von Hammer-Purgstall (1819–1872), a daughter of the orientalist and diplomat Joseph von Hammer-Purgstall (1774–1856). The couple's grave is in the Döblinger Friedhof .

literature

  • Three funerals and one death. Beethoven's end and the culture of remembrance of his time. Edited by Michael Ladenburger and Silke Bettermann, Bonn 2002, p. 43f.
  • Klaus Martin Kopitz , Rainer Cadenbach (Eds.) A. a .: Beethoven from the point of view of his contemporaries in diaries, letters, poems and memories. Volume 2: Lachner - Zmeskall. Edited by the Beethoven Research Center at the Berlin University of the Arts. Henle, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-87328-120-2 , pp. 1022-1026.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Diocese archives Trier, Catholic parish St. Matthias in Neuwied, church book 4, p. 106 No. 4
  2. ^ Anton Ziegler, address book of sound artists, dilettantes, court, chamber, theater and church musicians , Vienna 1823, p. 53 ( digitized version )
  3. ^ Klaus Martin Kopitz, Antonie Brentano in Vienna (1809–1812). New sources on the " Immortal Beloved " problem . In: Bonner Beethoven Studies , Volume 2 (2001), pp. 115–146 ( PDF )
  4. ↑ Donald Eugene Emerson, Metternich and the Political Police: Security and Subversion in the Hapsburg Monarchy (1815–1830) , New York 1968, p. 111 ( digitized version )
  5. ^ Entry in the library of the Beethoven House
  6. ^ Gerhard A. Stadler, The industrial heritage of Lower Austria. History - Technology - Architecture , Vienna 2006, p. 717 ( digitized version )
  7. ↑ See Wiener Zeitung , No. 213 of September 7, 1855, p. 2379 ( digitized version )
  8. ↑ Photo of the tombstone
personal data
SURNAME Trenck von Tonder, Moritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Trenck von Tonder, Mauritius Franz Matthäus (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Austrian banker and industrialist
DATE OF BIRTH June 13, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuwied
DATE OF DEATH September 3, 1855
Place of death Vienna