You are bidding on a handwritten one Document (purchase letter) from 1763.

Andreas Schmid, bailiff and governor of Hattingen, confirms a purchase on behalf of Joseph Wenzel, Prince of Fürstenberg-Stühlingen:

Vincenz Günter sells Johannes Honoldt (Possibly. an ancestor of the priest Fridolin Honold, 1837-1900, who was baptized in Engen?) a field "in Esch via Egg an der Bleiche" for 10 guilders.

Confirmed with paper-covered seal the rule of Hohenhewen.

Dated Engen, 28. July 1763.

Scope: 2 p. (34 x 22.8 cm).

Written on unusually strong paper.

Condition: Paper heavily stained and wrinkled, with edge damage, seal damaged. Please also note the pictures at the end of the item description!

OverJoseph Wenzel zu Fürstenberg-Stühlingen (source: wikipedia):

Joseph Wenzel zu Fürstenberg-Stühlingen (* 21. March 1728 in Prague; † 2. June 1783 in Donaueschingen) (1762–1783) was the sixth reigning prince of Fürstenberg.

Life: Joseph Wenzel was born as the first son of Prince Joseph zu Fürstenberg and Maria Anna von Waldstein. He studied in Strasbourg and Leipzig.

Joseph Wenzel tried to further develop the school system in his principality and introduced a princely high school authority. The lessons were based on the Austrian school model (Austrian normal teaching style). The management of the high school in Donaueschingen was given to a Jesuit, and later the supervision of the entire school system was given to the Benedictine Franz Uebelacker. Joseph Wenzel had the princely archivists prepare a history of the House of Fürstenberg.

A prison was built in Hüfingen. Joseph Wenzel stopped his father's industrial policy and made resettlement more difficult because of the morally negative consequences that he attributed to the industry. He promoted home crafts, such as watchmaking. In 1777 he set up a fire insurance company.

After 1766 he became director of the Swabian Imperial Counts' College. In 1775 he was appointed major general by the emperor (with a rank from 1765).

Joseph Wenzel is said to be addicted to ostentation and mistresses; he is certainly one of the less important personalities of the House of Fürstenberg.

The musician: Joseph Wenzel was a music lover and is said to have played the cello excellently. In 1762 he began building a court band, for which he also brought a number of outside musicians to his court in Donaueschingen. Franz Christoph Neubauer was also employed as concert director in 1783.[1] In October 1766, Leopold Mozart and his son Wolfgang Amadeus lived approx. Stayed in Donaueschingen for 2 weeks as a guest of the prince.

Marriage and offspring

Joseph Wenzel married on the 9th June 1748 Countess Maria Josepha von Waldburg-Scheer-Trauchburg, the daughter of Count Hans Ernst von Waldburg-Scheer-Trauchburg and had seven children with her:

Joseph Mary Benedict

Karl Joachim

Johann Nepomuk Joseph (* 25. July 1755; † 6. October 1755)

Josepha Maria Johanna (* 14. November 1756; † 2. October 1809) ∞ Phillip Maria von Fürstenberg-Pürglitz

Maria Anna Josepha (* 4. April 1759; † 26. June 1759)

Karl Alexander (* 11. September 1760; † 19. February 1761)

Karl Egon (* 5. June 1762; † 20. February 1771)

Joseph Wenzel tried to further develop the school system in his principality and introduced a princely high school authority. The lessons were based on the Austrian school model (Austrian normal teaching style). The management of the high school in Donaueschingen was given to a Jesuit, and later the supervision of the entire school system was given to the Benedictine Franz Uebelacker. Joseph Wenzel had the princely archivists prepare a history of the House of Fürstenberg. The musician: Joseph Wenzel was a music lover and is said to have played the cello excellently. In 1762 he began building a court band, for which he also brought a number of outside musicians to his court in Donaueschingen. Franz Christoph Neubauer was also employed as concert director in 1783.[1] In October 1766, Leopold