Letter Neuenbürg 1867, Sign Karl V. Luz Auswanderung USA Schönthaler Feldrennach

You are bidding on one Pre Philatelic Cover from 1867 out of Neuchâtel (Wuerttemberg).

Hand signed from the chief magistrate, dem Württemberg administrative officials and politicians Charles of Luz (1824-1899).

Concerns the Emigration of Christoph Friedrich Schönthaler from Feldrennach (Straubenhardt) with his wife and two children to America, who is therefore released from Württemberg citizenship.

DatedNeuenburg, 6. July 1867.

Addressed to the parish office in Feldrennach.

Signed"Luz" (Karl von Luz was only ennobled in 1880).

About the emigrant: Christoph Friedrich Schönthaler was born on 6. October 1838 in Feldrennach as the son of Christoph Friedrich Schönthaler (1809-1890) and Anna Maria, b. Bruekel (1817-1888) born. on the 24th On June 1, 1865 he married Maria Elisabeth Walther (* 13. November 1839 in Dobel as the daughter of Christian Friedrich Walter and CChristine Jacobine, b. ruff). They had numerous children, most of whom were born in New York between 1867 and 1885, including Charles Schoenthaler (b. October 1873 in Newark, New York; died 25. July 1952 in Warren, Pennsylvania) and George Schoenthaler (b. October 1880 in New York, died. 25. May 1967 in Brighton, Monroe, New York). In the USA he called himself Christoph Frederick Schoenthaler.

Used as a pre-philatelic cover (official matter); with blue stamp "vom Oberamt Neuenbürg".

Format: 32 x 20.7 cm (folded 8.3 x 16 cm).

Condition: Paper a bit stained. BPlease also note the pictures!

Internal note: FM 23-07-23

About Karl von Luz and the Oberamt Neuenbürg (source: wikipedia):

Karl Luz, from 1880 by Luz, (* 3. August 1824 in Altensteig; † 6 November 1899 in Stuttgart) was a Württemberg civil servant and politician.

Life: Karl Luz attended Latin school and secondary school in Altensteig, then high school in Stuttgart. From 1843 to 1846 he studied regiminal science at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen. In 1845 he became a member of the Corps Guestphalia Tübingen. After the two administrative service examinations, he began as a probationary clerk at the Oberamt Calw and at the government of the Neckarkreis in Ludwigsburg. 1846 unskilled worker at the Stuttgart city administration, 1847 to 1849 actuary administrator at the Cannstatt district office. From 1849 to 1853 he was chief clerk in Künzelsau and Neresheim. From 1853 to 1856 he was a city director actuary at the city council of Stuttgart and an unskilled worker at the poor commission in Stuttgart. Further stations were the government of the Danube district in Ulm and the central office for trade and commerce. From 1861 to 1866 Karl Luz was chief magistrate in Welzheim and from 1866 to 1870 in Neuenbürg. From 1870 to 1874 he held this office in Heidenheim. In 1874 he became a government councilor, in 1877 senior government councilor and in 1882 government director and head of the government of the Black Forest district in Reutlingen. In 1887 he received the title of District President, and in 1896 he retired. Luz was buried in the Pragfriedhof in Stuttgart. He was the maternal grandfather of Erwin Rommel.

Politics: From 1876 to 1877 Luz was a member of the Oberamt Heidenheim in the second chamber of the Württemberg estates, from 1880 until his death for the Oberamt district of Nagold. He was a member of the state party.

honors

1876 ​​Order of the Württemberg Crown, Knight's Cross 2nd Class Class

1880 Knight's Cross 1st Class of the Order of the Württemberg Crown, ennoblement

1881 Red Eagle Order 3rd Class

1882 Cross of Honor II. Class of the Princely House Order of Hohenzollern

1884 Friedrich Order, Commentary Cross 2. Class

1889 Commendation Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown

1891 Olga Order

1896 Commentary Cross 1st Class of the Friedrich Order

Honorary citizen of Altensteig

Honorary citizen of Reutlingen (1896)

TheOberamt Neuenbürg was an administrative district in western Württemberg, which was renamed Neuenbürg district in 1934 and was completely merged into the Calw district in 1938. For general comments on the Württemberg Oberamts, see Oberamt (Württemberg).

History: Already in the 14th In the 19th century the town of Neuenbürg was the main town of a Württemberg bailiwick. In 1442, the independent district of Wildbad was spun off from this district, which encompassed the entire upper Enz Valley. The Württemberg possessions in the northern Black Forest were rounded off by the Baden rulership of Liebenzell, which lasted until 1603 and was integrated into the administrative structure as a whole. It was not until the reorganization that began in 1806 that the three offices, from 1758 senior offices, were brought together. While Wildbad and the monastery of Herrenalb came to Neuenbürg as early as 1807/1808, the Liebenzell villages were first assigned to the Oberamt of Calw and finally in 1810 to the Oberamt of Neuenbürg. The district, which was assigned to the Black Forest District from 1818 to 1924, bordered on the south-east on the Württemberg Oberämter Calw and Nagold and on three sides on the Grand Duchy of Baden.

Former dominions: In 1813, after the completion of the territorial reform, the district was made up of parts that had belonged to the following dominions in 1800:

Duchy of Württemberg

Oberamt Neuenbürg: Neuenbürg, Arnbach, Birkenfeld, Calmbach, Conweiler, Dennach, Dobel, Engelsbrand, Feldrennach with Pfinzweiler, Gräfenhausen with Obernhausen, Grunbach, Höfen, Kapfenhardt, Langenbrand, Oberniebelsbach, Ottenhausen with Rudmersbach, Salmbach, Schwann, Waldrennach;

Oberamt Liebenzell: Liebenzell, Beinberg, Bieselsberg, Dennjächt, Ernstmühl (on the right of the Nagold), Igelsloch, Maisenbach with Zainen, Monakam, Ober- and Unterlengenhardt, Schömberg, Schwarzenberg, Unterhaugstett, Unterkollbach, Unterreichenbach;

Oberamt Wildbad: Wildbad with the associated hamlets, farms and mills as well as the Rentkammerort Enzklösterle;

Klosteramt Herrenalb: Herrenalb with Gaisthal and Kullenmühle, Bernbach with the Württemberg half of Moosbronn, Loffenau, Neusatz, Rotensol.

Margraviate of Baden

Unterniebelsbach was part of the territory of the Frauenalb Monastery, which was under Baden sovereignty.

Changes in the parish inventory since 1813:

Around 1830 Rudmersbach was incorporated into Ottenhausen.

In 1842, the communities of Dennjächt, Ernstmühl, Liebenzell, Monakam, Unterhaugstett and Unterreichenbach were transferred from the Oberamt Neuenbürg to the Oberamt Calw.

Herrenalb received city rights in 1887.

In 1927, Oberniebelsbach and Unterniebelsbach merged to form the municipality of Niebelsbach.

In 1935 Enztal (Nagold district) was incorporated into Enzklösterle.

chief officer

1796-1808: Johann Gottlob Christoph von Seeger

1808-1811: Christian Kausler

1811-1819: Ludwig Friedrich Hüttenschmid

1819-1821: Karl Eberhard Bolley

1822-1834: Friedrich Ludwig Hoerner

1834-1841: Franz Schöpfer

1841-1848: Carl Friedrich von Leypold

1848-1857: Heinrich Ludwig von Baur

1857-1866: Wilhelm von Bätzner

1866-1870: Charles of Luz

1870-1877: Robert von Gaupp

1877-1882: Heinrich Mahle

1882-1886: Theodor von Nestle

1886-1893: Friedrich von Hofmann

1893-1896: Wilhelm Friedrich Maier

1896-1901: Hugo Pfleiderer

1901-1904: Friedrich Calves

1904-1913: Friedrich Hornung

1913-1918: Eugen Ziegele

1919-1920: William Bullinger

1920-1924: Erwin Wagner

1924-1938: Wilhelm Lempp