{"id":6246,"date":"2022-01-18T02:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T02:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/struvefamily.org\/?page_id=6246"},"modified":"2022-08-29T02:25:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T02:25:54","slug":"schonlebe-schonleben-family","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.struvefamily.org\/?page_id=6246","title":{"rendered":"Sch\u00f6nlebe \/ Sch\u00f6nleben Family"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This family is referred to as a \u2018patrician\u2019 family of Freiberg and was particularly influential in that city during the 16th<\/sup> and 17th<\/sup> centuries. The Three Loeck Sisters are directly descended from Michael Sch\u00f6nlebe<\/a> I (1523 -1588) and Walpurgis H\u00e4hnel \/ H\u00e4nel (ca. 1525 – 1588) whose daughter Anna (1562 \u2013 1646) married Oswald Hillige<\/a>r (1550 \u2013 1610) as shown in the charts. Walpurgis H\u00e4hnel\u2019s father was Tobias and her mother was Walburgis Schmied \/ Schmidt von der Augustusburg. Anna (Sch\u00f6nlebe) Hilliger\u2019s nephew was the renowned Freiberg mayor Jonas Sch\u00f6nlebe<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anna (Schonlebe) Hilliger\u2019s son Oswald Hilliger (1583 \u2013 1619) married in 1614 Margarethe Horn<\/a> (1594 \u2013 1622). Their daughter Barbara Hilliger (1618 \u2013 1663) married in 1645 Burchard Berlich<\/a> (1603 \u2013 1670). Their daughter Susannah Berlich<\/a> married George Adam Struve<\/a> and from them are descended The Three Loeck Sisters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Sch\u00f6nlebe family came to Freiberg in the 16th century and many of its members were elected to prestigious offices in the City council and also acquired such properties as the Freibergsdorf, Langenrinne, Tuttendorf, and Halsbach estates around Freiberg. Particularly prestigious was Anna (Sch\u00f6nlebe) Hilliger\u2019s brother Michael Sch\u00f6nleben II of Langenrinne, chief iron and silver smelter, who made himself very well-known through his knowledge of mining science and inventions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Freiberg in The Thirty Years War and the Sch\u00f6nleben Family<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Thirty Years War (1618 \u2013 1648) brought death and devastation to Freiberg and the surrounding area. And, with the storms of the Thirty Years’ War, came the destruction of some of the estates owned by the Sch\u00f6nlebe family such as the Halsbach<\/a> which was the property of Gabriel Sch\u00f6nlebe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Until 1631, the city suffered mainly from billeting and war taxes, but in December 1642, the devastation and impoverishment complete, the endless battles for the city began. The Swedish army under the command of Lennart Torstensson consisted of about 6,000 troops with one hundred and eight Karthaunen and fire mortars, while the garrison defending the city consisted of only a company of dragoons and three companies of foot soldiers, altogether three hundred strong, commanded by Georg Hermann von Schweinitz and about six hundred citizens and miners led by the mayor Jonas Sch\u00f6nleben<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Lennart Torstensson demanded the surrender of the city but von Schweinitz <\/a><\/span>and Jonas Schonlebe replied to the Swedish field marshal that they had orders to defend Freiberg down to the last drop of blood with their own. Immediately, the Swedish guns began to spew forth bullets and fireballs, so that in three hours 1,300 shots were fired at the city which, however, did little damage, as for the most part they fell in open spaces. On the other hand, the heavy artillery shells hit the ramparts and wall towers with better success, so that breaches soon arose, which, however, were filled again and again with earth sacks and manure by the miners and citizens with unbelievable contempt for death.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Swedes suffered tremendous losses through daring raids, digging up enemy mines, and well-aimed shots, and swore that by storming the city they would kill the population to the point of infancy and level the city to the ground, but the brave defenders laughed at the threats and doubled their zeal against the foaming enemy. At one point the Swedes were able to kidnap Jonas along with 2 other citizens and held them at hostages at Laun in Bohemia and were only returned home 4 weeks later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The town councilors fought in the midst of their citizenship, and especially Jonas Sch\u00f6nleben, who showed himself incessantly in the most dangerous places and encouraged the Freibergers to the bravest resistance. During the cracking of the guns and the wild cries of the fighters, their wives and children kneeled in the churches and pleaded for God’s help. And, try as they may, the Swedes were never able to capture the city. The arrival of an imperial army under Ottavio Piccolomini meant the siege of Freiberg was finally over.  The city\u2019s ability to withstand years of siege was thanks in part to the mining skills of its citizens who were able to bore long tunnels beneath the Swedish army and which could supply and sustain Freiberg as well as a connection to the court in Dresden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the end of 1643 when it was all over it took several decades before the consequences of the war were largely eliminated. Not only did the war claim victims, the plague also cost many lives. The population of Freiberg decreased starting in 1599 from 11,850 to only 6,500 in 1650.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the war the Sch\u00f6nlebe family\u2019s coat of arms was augmented in 1643 for Jonas v. Sch\u00f6nleben, because of his \u201ccleverness and bravery\u201d during the siege of the city of Freiberg.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The squared coat of arms of those v. Sch\u00f6nleben shows in the first silver field a red-clad, growing virgin with a wreath in her long hair, in the second black field a quarreling golden lion with a double tail, in the third gold a wolf head looking in to the left with a ring in the snout, and in the fourth red field with three silver cannon balls, on the crowned helmet, the maiden repeats herself between an eagle in flight transversely divided by red and white and right by black and gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reputation of Jonas spread across Europe and eventually to the Scottish author J. Latchmore who wrote a book called: The young carpenters of Freiberg: a tale of the Thirty Years’ War<\/em> which was published in Edinburgh by William Oliphant & Co. in 1880. This can be read here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1657, a sermon celebrating the riches that Freiberg enjoyed from the mining skills of its citizens, such as Jonas and Friedrich Sch\u00f6nlebe (listed on the verso), was published: Gebirgische Schatzkammer Was Gott der Ertzsch\u00f6pffer darinen f\u00fcr einen 1. Edlen 2. Wohlverwahrten und 3. Reichhaltigen Ertz Schatz beygeleget \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Freibergsdorf Hammer Mill<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Freibergsdorf Hammer Mill is an old hammer works that was used for metalworking in the village of Freibergsdorf in the German Iron Ore Mountains. The first record of the hammer mill dates from the year 1607, when the owner of the demesne, Ernst Sch\u00f6nlebe, was granted water for his (iron) mill or Zainhammer.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Below, the hammers driven by the mill that helped smelt and cast the iron and made the Schonlebe family rich.<\/p>\n\n\n

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MICHAEL SCHONLEBE I der Alter (The Elder) (1523 -1588). <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael Sch\u00f6nlebe I der Alter (1523 -1588) was the direct ancestor of the Three Loeck Sisters.  He is described as an Oberh\u00fcttenmeister <\/em>which is to say one who is in charge of the mountain huts. Exactly what this role entailed is unclear but whatever the case many sources also say that he was a \u201cconfidant\u201d of the Elector August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among the records left behind by Michael are notes he wrote concerning silver mining around Freiberg, including tables for calculating the price of silver. The notes appear to have been started around 15th March 1563. Michael specifically requests for an increase in coal sales. It also includes a description of the silver melting process as practiced at the time compared with earlier ones. [Catalogued under the title: BergwerksSachen<\/a> – Mscr.Dresd.J.60.a : [Sammelhandschrift]]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Michael\u2019s job also entailed tracking the number of baskets of coal that were picked up and transported from the mines to the iron smelting mills. Each wagoner who picked up the coal was to hand over to Michael on a slip of paper, how many baskets he had picked up, from where he had picked the baskets up, and to where he had taken them, etc. Michael also advised the Elector on the type of smelting mills to be used for the different types of ore being extracted from the mines (iron, silver, gold, etc.) where to place them, and how best to construct them, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n

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However, there are in the Saxon archives writings of a court case involving allegations of \u201cunfaithfulness\u201d against Michel Sch\u00f6nlebe in the office of the chief hut administrator [Oberh\u00fcttenmeiste<\/em>], as well as the arrest and interrogation of his son Michael and his cousin Hieronymus Sch\u00f6nlebe who are said to have been involved in these practices. They were all found innocent. By \u201cunfaithfulness\u201d we guess that they were accused of fiddling the books.<\/p>\n\n\n

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When his great patron the Elector August died in 1586, Michael was accused of \u201cinfidelity\u201d. He was arrested on 03.01.1588 and taken to the Sch\u00f6sserei in Dresden. However, Michael did not admit to the serious accusations made against him, which later proved to be completely baseless, and he was threatened with torture. The day before the torture, he poisoned himself with arsenic. The executioner then hung him publicly from a window of the castle in the evening and later buried him under the gallows. The source for this is: Prescher, Hans Zur \u00e4ltesten Geschichte des Bergbau-Portals am Haus Obermarkt 17 in Freiberg: ein Beitrag zur Genealogie Lisskirchen-Alnpeck-Weller In: Stadt- und Bergbaumuseum Freiberg<\/em>. Schriftenreihe. -Freiberg (1991)10, S. 5-19. One commentator has written: “This bad thing clung to the relatives for a long time, despite proven innocence.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His son Michael the Younger and his cousin Hieronymus Sch\u00f6nlebe were also arrested and accused of being involved in the same practices but were found innocent and released.  [Source: Prescher; oo um 1545 Walpurgis H\u00c4NEL Sources: Internetrecherche, B\u00fccher Wagenbret,<\/a> Webgenealogie – Landsteuerlisten Amt Wolkenstein 1551-1562, Snethlage, 2. Edb. Aachen 1991 “Familie S\u00fc\u00dfmilch”, Snethlage, 2. Edb. Aachen 1998 “Familie Sch\u00f6nlebe\u201d]<\/p>\n\n\n

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The original Freiberg Mining Office was first located at Freudenstein Castle, then in 1679, it was moved to the Sch\u00f6nlebe family house at No. 11, Kirchgasse. Built around 1500, this late-Gothic building was extended upward in the 19th century by one floor. On the ground floor and first floor is an interesting stellar and net vaulting ceiling. The neighbouring house, No. 13 Kirchgasse, was home to the Head Mining Office from 1679 to 1859.<\/p>\n\n\n

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ANNA SCHONLEBE<\/strong> (28.6.1562 – 6.2.1646) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anna Sch\u00f6nlebe was the daughter of the above Michael the elder and Walpurgis and the direct ancestor of the Three Loeck Sisters. She married 1) Oswald Hilliger<\/a> on 3 March, 1579 in Freiberg and after his death in 1610 she married 2) Hieronymus Krahwieder in 1612. Anna died in 1646. Prior to his marriage with Anna, Hieronymus had married Martha Buchfuhrer (died 1611) who was the daughter of Valentin and Sidonia (Sch\u00f6nleben) Buchfuhrer (see below). Anna’s sister Marie married Oswald’s older brother Wolfgang Hilliger. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Oswald Hilliger was a bell and cannon foundryman in Freiberg, and one of the richest men in the city, who later, as mayor in Freiberg, led the fight very manfully against the constitutions of Elector Augustus, which wanted to take away the old privileges from the cities according to Roman legal aspects. Hieronymus Krahwieder was born in 1555. He became his father’s successor as distributor in 1586, i.e. he was a high-ranking iron and steel official and married three times. His first wife was the daughter of the electoral secretary Hans Jenitz, Anna. In 1612 he married the widow Anna Hilliger n\u00e9e Sch\u00f6nleben. Hieronymus Krahwieder died on September 17, 1626, <\/p>\n\n\n

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HIERONYMUS SCHONLEBE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 1595-1601 Hieronymus Schonlebe was married to Magdalena M\u00fcldner. After his death, from 1604 – 1620 she was the wife of the Freiberger Amtsch\u00f6ssers Georg Melde. When Magdalena died the local pastor, Abraham Gensreff, took charge of the funeral sermon – Christianorum Occultatio Et Exaltatio \u2026<\/em> in which Hieronymus is mentioned and where we learn that Magdalena \u201cfell asleep\u201d on the 17th of March Anno 1628 and then on the 20th … was buried.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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WALPURGIS SCHONLEBEN<\/strong> (1556 – 1618) was the daughter Michael I and Walpurgis (H\u00e4hnel) Schonlebe. She married three times: 1) Michael Richter 2) Bartholom\u00e4us S\u00fc\u00dfmilch and 3) Andreas Sch\u00fctze. Only her son from her 2nd marriage Daniel S\u00fc\u00dfmilch survived her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Because the Jungfrauenkloster zu Freiberg was in good condition at that time, the parents placed them (their daughters) there where they stayed for 2 1\/2 years, and were well educated as well as well versed in Luther’s catechism.” In 1571, on her 14th year, she married Michael Richter, Mayor of Annaberg. After 11 years of marriage, and no children Michael died in 1584, and Walpurgis moved back to live with her parents and lived with them as a widow for two years. In September 1586 she married a second time, namely Dr. Bartholomew \/ Bartholom\u00e4us S\u00fc\u00dfmilch from Leipzig, and after 8 years of marriage, there were 5 children: 3 sons, 2 daughters. When she died, only her son Daniel survived, who was married with one child. She had another grandchild from her daughter, who married Nicol Horn the Younger<\/a>. In 1590 her second husband Bartholomew died while on a journey. She was a widow for four years and then in 1594 she married Dr. Andreas Sch\u00fctze which turned out to be a 19-year marriage, with a son Andreas Sch\u00fctze who was still alive when she died. Her third husband died in 1615.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her funeral book was titled: Paradoxon Sacrum, Das ist: Die Wort des Predigers Salomonis am 7. Capitel: Der Tag des Todes ist bess<\/em> … from which we learn that Walpurgis died on 20th of August, 1618, and was buried on the 23rd at the church of S. Peter in Freybergk [Freiberg]. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Her funeral sermon states that: “She always got on well with her children and their young wives and twins (her daughters-in-law). She had wished very much to see her youngest son Andreas (Sagittarius) married. On Tuesday, eight days ago, she escorted the young couple to their son’s estate in L\u00f6\u00dfnitz. After they had finished their business (wedding celebration), she was happy with the children in the evening, then got up early, called the servants to work and saw the cheese maker at work when she was suddenly struck by a blow. Her language was gone. With difficulty she was carried up to her bed in her room. She died there with her son Andreas Sch\u00fctze on 20th August 1618, 62 years old, and was \u201cwelcomed in the church\u201d in Tuttendorf on the 23rd of August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FRIEDRICH SCHONLEBE (1560 \u2013 1622)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friedrich Sch\u00f6nleben (1560 \u2013 1622) (see chart) was the son of Michael Schonleben I the Elder and Walpurgis H\u00e4hnel and the brother of Anna (Schonleben) Hilliger and thus he was the Three Loeck Sister\u2019s Nth great uncle. On 27th<\/sup> September 1585, he married Regina Trautmann (1558 -1625). When Friedrich died a funeral book was published:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 1625 when Friedrich\u2019s wife Regina (Trautmann) died another funeral sermon published to mark the occasion:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The funeral book lists the following sons: Gabriel, Jacob, Heinrich, Godfried, August, and Friedrich and one daughter Walpugis who married Friedrich Horn.<\/p>\n\n\n

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LUDWIG SCH\u00d6NLEBEN (1580 \u2013 1607)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 4th<\/sup> February 1607 Ludwig Sch\u00f6nleben<\/a>, the brother of the Three Loeck Sisters Nth grandmother Anna, was \u201c \u2026 shot in a hostile manner by several murderers and road robbers near Wei\u00dfwasser in Lusatia \u2026 and was buried in the earth on the 9th<\/sup> of February\u201d. We learn this from the as-yet-to-be digitized funeral book titled: Christliche Leich-Predigt. Bey dem Volckreichen Trawerbeg\u00e4ngn\u00fcs Des \u2026 Herrn Ludwigk Sch\u00f6nlebens von Freybergk. Welcher den 4. Februarii dieses 1607 \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MICHAEL SCHOENLEBEN II (1546 \u2013 1594) [The Younger]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Michael D. J. (II.) Sch\u00f6nleben, (* Freiberg (1546), + Freiberg 4.8.1594) H\u00fcttenraiter in Freiberg. He was the brother of the Three Loeck Sisters\u2019 Sch\u00f6nleben ancestor Anna (Sch\u00f6nleben) Hilliger. He worked for his father who was the famous hut keeper administrator, Michael Sch\u00f6nleben I the Elder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was Electoral Saxonian H\u00fcttenraiter until 1583 and was also involved in the same lawsuit against his father in 1588, but like the others involved, he was able to prove his innocence. He had landed property, since 1577, in the Vorwerk \u201cLange Rinne\u201d, which he bought for 3,500 fl. and called himself \u201cHerr von Langerinne\u201d.  He also bought the Steitan estate in 1584 for 3,300 fl. He married at Freiberg in or around 1572 Anna B\u00fcdewitz. But at the age of only 48 he died on 4 August 1594.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the younger Michael Sch\u00f6nlebe\u2019s wife, Anna B\u00fcdewitz, died in 1613 a funeral book was published under the title: Lucrum Christianorum, Der Christen Gewin. Das ist: Eine Christliche Leich Predigt Uber die Wort Pauli an die Philip \u2026 <\/em>which tells us that she died on the 30th<\/sup> December 1613 and was buried on 4th<\/sup> January 1614, in the church of S. Nicholas. The service was held by Abraham Gen\u00dfreff, pastor and superintendent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SIDONIA (SCH\u00d6NLEBEN) BUCHF\u00dcHRER (1554-1610)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sidonia (Sch\u00f6nleben) Buchf\u00fchrer, 1554-1610, was the sister of the Three Loeck Sisters Nth great grandmother Anna (Schonlebe) Hilliger. On May 29, 1571, she married at the age of 17 Valentin Buchfuhrer, with whom she had 9 children. Sidonia died in 1610, and a funeral book under the title: Einfeltige Erklerung Des Trostreichen Gnadenspruchs Christi, Johan: 3. Also hat Gott \u2026<\/em> was published. From the title we learn that Sidonia\u2019s husband, Valentin, was head of the Freiberg city council and as such received a well-deserved clerical income. He was also the \u2018master\u2019 of the hospital at \u201cFreybergk\u201d. Sidonia died on 28th August and then on September 2nd was buried in the church of S. Peter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Valentin Buchfuhrer, was born in 1552. His father died when he was six years old and so he was raised by his older brother Kaspar, then by D. Hieronymus Weller from 1558, and after that he went to grammar school, where his musical talent was particularly praised. In 1568 he went to Leipzig to undertake a commercial apprenticeship. In 1570 he returned to Freiberg where he became a citizen. By profession he was a Kramer. In 1596 he sold a valuable silver cup to the city council, which the council dedicated to the famous master builder of the electoral burial chapel in Freiberg Cathedral, Maria Giovanni Nosseni. Valentin also lent a lot of money and therefore got involved in many court cases. He invested his fortune in real estate, he bought the farm in front of the Mei\u00dfnische Tor from his stepfather Chilian Steck in 1581 and in the same year the house at Obermarkt 17 (the highest on the Obermarkt with the famous mining portal). Valentin died on April 16, 1616, in his house at Obermarkt 2. and a funeral sermon was published. Before his death he donated 1,250 thalers, and from the interest of 40 thalers was supposed to be paid annually to the teachers and preachers on Valentine’s Day, February 14.<\/p>\n\n\n

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In 1615 Valentin and Sidonia (Sch\u00f6nleben) Buchfuhrer\u2019s son Gottfreid Buchfuhrer (1594 \u2013 1643) married Barbara the daughter of Friedrich Coler \/ Kohler, and two nuptial books were published: Sponsis e Iuventute lectissimis, Ornatissimo Et Integerrimo Iuveni, Dn. Godofredo Buchf\u00fchrero \u2026 Dn. Valentini Buchf\u00fchreri Senioris \u2026<\/em> and \u2026. Epithalamia, Ad Solennia Nuptiarum Virtute Atque Integritate Ornatissimi Iuvenis Dn. Godofredi Buchf\u00fchreri \u2026. <\/em>The ceremony was officiated by Johann Horn and Barbara\u2019s brother, Sigmund Coler, contributed a verse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another son, Valentin (1574 \u2013 1640), married Barbara Prager the widow of Paul Horn and the mother of Anna Horn who married Jonas Schonlebe I. Barbara died on 5th April 1627 and a funeral sermon was published: Christliche Leichpredigt Uber das Spru\u0308chlein \u2026<\/em> From this we learn that she was buried on the 8th April in the renovated chapel of the Thumbkirchen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Buchfuhrer family was awarded a coat of arms by Emperor Charles V at the Reichstag in Regensburg on March 25, 1541. It was described as a gold-colored shield where the front part of was a black horse standing upright, holding its hooves forward to jump. On the shield is a helmet decorated with golden crests, on which the black horse can also be seen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HEINRICH SCHONLEBEN (1596 \u2013 1657)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heinrich was the son of Friedrich and Regina (Trautmann) Sch\u00f6nlebe. Like so many in his family he had a place on the Freiberg city council as Ratsk\u00e4mmerer (1650).<\/p>\n\n\n

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On October 20th<\/sup> 1618<\/a>, Heinrich married Magdalena Tannenberg (1597 \u2013 1642) and for the occasion the composer Johann Christoph Demantius wrote some music (an epithalamium) to mark the event titled: Hochzeitlicher Davidischer Ehe-Segen (Wol dem, der den Herren f\u00fcrchtet)<\/em> for eight voices (Freiberg: Georg Hoffmann).  Choeurs de c\u00e9r\u00e9monie \u2014 Pour le celebrat d\u2019Heinrich Sch\u00f6nleben:<\/em> for 8 voices. A wedding book too: Honori Amorum Conjugalium Ornatissimi Juvenis, Domini Heinrici Sch\u00f6nleben<\/em> \u2026 (not yet digitized).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Magdalena was the daughter of Zacharias Tannenberg (\u20201603) and Margarethe Horn<\/strong><\/em>. Margarethe was the daughter of Martin Horn and Katharina Vogel. Magdalena\u2019s sister Anna Tannenberg (1592 \u2013 1638) married on 8 June 1610 to Johann Lindner <\/a>(1584-1662).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1642, when Magdalena died, a funeral book was published titled: Flagrantissimum Christiani Moribundi Desiderium, Das ist: Eines Sterbenden Christen inbr\u00fcnstiges Verlangen<\/em> \u2026 which stated that Magdalena died on the 6th<\/sup> October and was buried on the 11th<\/sup> in the Newen Chapel at the Cathedral Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We also learn from the title Heinrich Sch\u00f6nleben belongs to the city\u2019s \u2018noble council\u2019 and is the custodian for the poor men\u2019s welfare Freiberg.  One of the contributors to Magdalena\u2019s funeral book was Caspar Rudolph Sch\u00f6nleben. Caspar is recorded as owning a house that was the former military hospital.<\/p>\n\n\n

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JACOB SCHONLEBE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jacob was the son of Friedrich Sch\u00f6nlebe (1560 \u2013 1622) and Regina Trautmann (1558 -1625) <\/a>and brother of the above Heinrich. He married Katharina Shutz on 25th<\/sup> October 1625. Katharina, died in July 1627, some two years after their marriage, and a funeral book was published under the title: Eine Christliche Leichpredigt Vber die Wort der Epistel an die R\u00f6mer \u2026 Bey dem Volckreichen \u2026<\/em>  he is described as noble tradesman from Freybergk.<\/p>\n\n\n

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WALPURGIS SCH\u00d6NLEBEN (     – 1633)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Walpurgis was the daughter of Friedrich Sch\u00f6nlebe (1560 \u2013 1622) and Regina Trautmann (1558 -1625). Walpurgis married Friedrich Horn. He was the son Gabriel Horn and Anna K\u00f6hler. In 1633 Walpurgis died and a funeral book was published (not cataloged on WorldCat but digitized as Deutschland, Saxony, Frei…eichenn predigten 1614-1661 Band 08 LP 21 (1633)).<\/p>\n\n\n

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In 1659, when Friedrich Horn died, a funeral book was published with the title: G\u00fcldner Lebens-Quell, daraus \u2026 gesch\u00f6pffet \u2026 Friedrich Horn : bey volckreicher beerdigung \u2026 er\u00f6ffnet \u2026 <\/em>Another funeral book: G\u00fcldener Lebens-Quell C.J. daraus ihm selbst den Trost Der Aufferstehung und des Lebens\/ wieder Des Grabes- und des Todes Schrecken Durch wahren Glauben gesch\u00f6pffet Der \u2026 Friedrich Horn \u2026<\/em> includes not only mention of Friedrich but other family members such as Caspar Ludwig Sch\u00f6nleben and his wife Anna Catharina born Horn. As well as Justina Horn wife of Nicolas Grefio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FRIEDRICH SCHONLEBE<\/strong> <\/strong><\/a>(1612 \u2013 1678)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friedrich Sch\u00f6nleben (born September 30, 1612 on the Freibergsdorf manor; \u2020 April 19, 1678 in Freiberg) was a Saxon lawyer, electoral Saxon civil servant at the Freiberg Mining Authority and mayor of the free mining town of Freiberg. He was also heir and feudal lord of Freibergsdorf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friedrich Sch\u00f6nleben was the son of Freiberg councilor and manor owner on Freibergsdorf, Ernst Sch\u00f6nleben (born June 10, 1574 in Freiberg; \u2020 December 21, 1644 in Freiberg) and his wife Catharina Vogel born Werner (born September 13, 1583; \u2020 March 24, 1636 in Freiberg), daughter of the councilor and city treasurer of Bautzen, Hieronymus Werner and widow of Paul Vogel. He was the great nephew of Anna (Sch\u00f6nlebe) Hilliger, the direct ancestor of the Three Loeck Sisters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friedrich married twice: first to Anna Katharina Horn and second Anna Maria Stegk <\/a>(1630 \u2013 1685). Some sources claim that Anna Maria\u2019s mother was Salome Horn (1612 \u2013 1633) whose father was Wolfgang Horn the brother of Nicolaus Horn the Younger. We are not so sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friedrich Sch\u00f6nlebe died on April 20, 1678, leaving behind an underage son, who was named as the guardian of the consultant Johann Bodner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His mother Catharina brought the Freibergsdorf manor into the family, which was previously owned by her first husband, Paul Vogel. Sch\u00f6nlebe\u2019s mother Catharina is observed to have followed the manor\u2019s protocol on January 3, 1602, when she: \u201c\u2026 gave the whole community a white twill sheet of 21 cubits to form a shroud.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Friedrich Sch\u00f6nleben had the following siblings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n