Sigmund von Gemmingen-Hornberg zu Treschklingen
Sigmund Johann Nepomuk Baron of Gemmingen-Hornberg zu Treschklingen (born May 2, 1777 in Raab , Hungary ; † May 8, 1843 in Mannheim ) belongs to the family of the Barons of Gemmingen , was colonel and guardian of the Princesses of Baden. He was the landlord in Treschklingen , through marriage and inheritance he also came into the possession of the family estates in Rappenau , Fränkisch-Crumbach , Bürg , Stein am Kocher , Widdern and Maienfels Castle .
Life
Sigmund Johann Nepomuk von Gemmingen was born in 1771, the eight of twelve children of the Austrian Feldzeugmeister Sigmund von Gemmingen (1724–1806) and his second wife Franziska Xaveria, born of Countess von Althann , in Raab. His parents intended him to study law and studied at the University of Vienna from 1794 . However, he discovered his inclination to the military and in 1796 joined his father's regiment as a lieutenant, immediately went into the field and was transferred to the grenadiers after several battles. With this corps he besieged Kehl in 1796 , where his brother fell hit by shrapnel. With around 30 volunteers, he successfully attacked several enemy batteries and was promoted to first lieutenant on the battlefield by Archduke Karl and in 1798 to captain. He took part in many battles, which also earned him numerous wounds.
On February 23, 1803 he married Charlotte von Gemmingen-Hornberg (1785–1842), the daughter of his cousin Eberhard Georg von Gemmingen , through whom he came into possession of the family estates in Franconian-Crumbach . From 1803 to 1813 he managed the Treschklingen castle estate and had a new office building built there in 1806 in place of the office building built in 1802 and inhabited by him.
In 1813 a voluntary hunter regiment was set up, in which he joined as Rittmeister, so that he stood for some time in front of Strasbourg and finally accompanied Grand Duke Karl with his escadron to Paris. After the peace treaty he was promoted to major and went to Mannheim. In 1816 he was elected by the former imperial nobility to protect their rights vis-à-vis the government. The Grand Duke resented this so much that he had him and his peers struck off the list of officers and dismissed from civil service. After that he was k. k. Chamberlain and elected to the Chamber of Estates as a deputy of the nobility in 1818, in which he remained until 1822. Grand Duke Ludwig , convinced of the injustice that had happened, promoted him to lieutenant colonel à la suite.
In 1830 he became a colonel and took over the guardianship of the princesses Luise , Josephine and Marie zu Baden , daughters of the Grand Duke Karl, who died in 1818. In the same year, 1830, he was appointed the fifth honorary citizen of Mannheim as commander of the Mannheim vigilante group.
When the Bürger-Presteneck line of the Barons von Gemmingen in the male line became extinct in 1841 , his property, including the goods in Widdern and Maienfels Castle , fell to him .
He died in Mannheim on May 8, 1843 after eight days of "breast infection" and was buried in the Treschklingen crypt chapel built by him in 1839 .
His property was divided between the four sons Franz Karl (1806–1867), Gustav (1813–1894), Sigmund Reinhard (1819–1883) and Adolph (1822–1902). Franz Karl received Rappenau, Gustav received Bürg and after the death of the older brother also Rappenau, Sigmund Reinhard received Treschklingen and Adolph received Fränkisch-Crumbach. Gustav and Adolph each founded their own branches of the von Gemmingen family. Sigmund Reinhard had no male descendants, so that after his death in 1883 the property in Treschklingen fell to the Franconian-Crumbach branch.
family
He had been married to Charlotte von Gemmingen-Hornberg (1785–1842), the daughter of his cousin Eberhard Georg von Gemmingen , since February 23, 1803 . The marriage resulted in ten children, seven of whom reached adulthood.
- Franz Karl (1806–1867) ⚭ Franziska Ottilie von Ingelheim (* 1813)
- Louise Charlotte (1812–1849) ⚭ Eduard von Gemmingen-Guttenberg-Bonfeld
- Gustav (1813–1894) ⚭ Maria von Jakubowska (1824–1856), Franziska von Mourat (1837–1933), 1st branch (Bürg)
- Maria (1815–1853) ⚭ Felix of Brusselle
- Antonia (* 1817) ⚭ Raimund von Gleichen-Rußwurm
- Sigmund Reinhard (1819–1883) ⚭ Emilie Freiin von Handel (1815–1869), Austrian first lieutenant and landlord in Treschklingen
- Adolph (1822–1902) ⚭ Sarolta Countess Batthyány von Német-Ujvár (1823–1892), 2nd branch (Franconian Crumbach)
literature
- Carl Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig Stocker : Family Chronicle of the Barons of Gemmingen , Heidelberg 1895, p. 290/291.
- Walter von Hueck: Lineage of the Barons von Gemmingen , Limburg an der Lahn 1966
- Emil Künzel: The Barons of Gemmingen (-Hornberg) in Bad Rappenau , in: Bad Rappenauer Heimatbote 8 , 1996, p. 9.
- Anne and Helmut Schüßler: Treschklingen - From the knightly Kraichgaudorf to the district of Bad Rappenau. City of Bad Rappenau, Bad Rappenau 2004, ISBN 3-936866-02-3
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gemmingen-Hornberg zu Treschklingen, Sigmund von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gemmingen-Hornberg zu Treschklingen, Sigmund Johann Nepomuk Imperial Baron of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German nobleman, colonel and guardian of the Princesses of Baden, honorary citizen of Mannheim |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1777 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Raab , Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 8, 1843 |
| Place of death | Mannheim |