Paul Winckler (businessman)

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Paul Winckler , actually Winckler von Dölitz (born April 4, 1659 in Leipzig ; † January 20, 1710 ibid) was a Leipzig merchant and councilor and head of the Johannis Hospital .

Life

He was the youngest son of the merchant and Leipzig councilor Andreas Winckler , who, together with his grandfather, the merchant Georg Winckler , on November 25, 1650 by adding Dölitz to his name due to military service performed by Emperor Ferdinand III. in Vienna was raised to the imperial nobility . They received the Privilegium Denominandi , of which Paul Winckler did not make use of.

After his father's death in 1675, he reached an agreement with his two older brothers about the division of their paternal property. He took over the village of Starsiedel with all pertinence, for example the income from hereditary interest and mortgages as well as from the leasing of the village inn. In addition, Paul Winckler was a co-lean of the woods belonging to his older brother Georg Winckler's manor Dölitz .

Like his father and grandfather, he became a member of the council of the trade fair city of Leipzig. First he was town ensign in the Grimma quarter, later councilor in Leipzig. He was also appointed head of the Johannishospital.

When he died in January 1710, he was buried with great public sympathy. The funeral sermon given for this appeared in print and subsequently received numerous mourning poems from relatives and friends.

family

Paul Winckler married Dorothea Sophie nee Friese (1665–1710) in 1681. The five sons Paul, Andreas, Georg, Friedrich Wilhelm and Johann Ernst emerged from this marriage.

literature

  • Friedrich Theodor Richter: Year booklet on the history of Leipzig . Leipzig, Julius Klinkhardt, 1863, p. 127.
  • Axel Flügel: Bourgeois manors. Social change and political reform in Electoral Saxony (1680–1844) . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2000, ISBN 978-3-525-35681-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ AT-OeStA / AVA Adel RAA 459.12
  2. ↑ See numerous handwritten letters from Paul Winckler to the Lehnhof of the Electorate of Saxony in the royal seat of Dresden and to the Stiftslehnskanzlei in Merseburg .
personal data
SURNAME Winckler, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Winckler, Paulus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businessman and councilor in Leipzig
DATE OF BIRTH April 4, 1659
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH January 20, 1710
Place of death Leipzig