Philipp Adam von Hardenberg
Philipp Adam von Hardenberg (born September 19, 1695 in Magdeburg ; † May 20, 1760 ibid) was a German canon and owner of several manors .
Life
He came from the Wiederstedt branch of the Lower Saxon noble family von Hardenberg , who later became a baron, and was the son of Georg Anton von Hardenberg (1666–1721), who had inherited the manor Oberwiederstedt in the Electorate of Saxony , in 1772 as a descendant of the poets Novalis was born. The father provided Philipp Adam with a prebend and canon position at Magdeburg Cathedral. Later he became a senior, thesaurarius and obedientiarius there.
His mother was Dorothea, née Noble Daughter zu Eltz († 1724), a daughter of Friedrich Casimir zu Eltz , Hanoverian mining captain in the Harz and Landdrost of the Principality of Grubenhagen and Barbara Margareta née von Pfuel . The Hanoverian politician, statesman and minister Friedrich August von Hardenberg (1700–1768) was his younger brother and grew up with him mainly at Oberwiederstedt Castle.
In 1728 he received after the death of his uncle Philip Adam zu Eltz the Rethmar Castle in Hanover bequeathed on which he temporarily lived, unless he can fulfill his residence requirement in Magdeburg had.
Hardenberg tried to acquire several other manors, such as Salzfurth , Capelle and Thalheim on the border with Anhalt, which he left to the old man just a few months later , so that the impression arose that he had only made this purchase as his straw man.
family
He was married to Dorothea Louise, née von Steinberg . Their alliance coat of arms is in sandstone above the garden portal of the Rethmar Castle . Their son was Georg Ludwig von Hardenberg (born June 8, 1720 in Wolfenbüttel, † May 28, 1786 in Halberstadt), Protestant cathedral dean and German hymnologist . One daughter was Amalie Ernestine von Hardenberg (1723–1782), who was first married to Johann Wilhelm Ludwig von Berlepsch (1717–1757) and then to the Bremen-Verdean minister Bodo Friedrich von Bodenhausen (1705–1781).
estate
His estate is now managed together with the Novalis tradition in the Gutsarchiv Oberwiederstedt State Archive Saxony-Anhalt at the Wernigerode location .
literature
- Johann Wolf: History of the Hardenberg family with 123 documents [...] , 1823.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hardenberg, Philipp Adam von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German canon and owner of several manors |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1695 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 20, 1760 |
| Place of death | Magdeburg |