Peter Hohmann (26 July 1663, in

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– 2 January 1732, in

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) was a merchant and town councillor in Leipzig. He was raised to the peerage and became the founder of the Aristocracy (class), noble lineage Edler of Hohenthal.

Life

Peter Hohmann was the son of a master craftsman in Könnern. At the age of 17 he went to Leipzig in order to start a merchant apprenticeship. He was servant in a business house which was dealing with banking, movement of goods, and merchandise traffic. Within a few years he became partner and soon after, sole proprietor. In 1694 he acquired the rights of a burgher of Leipzig. He quickly became wealthy. Among his customers were the Imperial Army of Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor Charles VI of Germany, which he supplied with equipment and foodstuffs. For his services, in 1717 in Vienna he was raised to the peerage and designated Edler of Hohenthal. He himself he did not make use of this title. However, he became the progenitor of the noble lineage Edler of Hohenthal. In 1715 he became a town councillor and master builder to the council (). Peter Hohmann Edler of Hohenthal was the owner of properties not only in Leipzig. He purchased numerous manor houses, among them those of Cröbern, Crostewitz, south of Leipzig; Großdeuben, now part of Böhlen; Markkleeberg, Großstädteln; Hohenprießnitz, now part of Zschepplin; Wallendorf (Luppe), Wallendorf on the Luppe; and (in 1709) Lichte, Lichte (Wallendorf).Thüringer Staatsarchiv (State Records of Thuringia) Rudolstadt: C, XII, 4c, No. 2: 1704. Peter Hohmann was married to Gertrud Sabina, ''née'' Koch. They had six sons.

Distinction

Leipzig honoured its former citizen in 1898 by naming the ''Hohmannstrasse'' in the Euteritzsch district after him.

References

Sources

* Horst Riedel. ''Stadtlexikon Leipzig von A bis Z''. ''PRO''LEIPZIG 2005, p. 247 * André Loh-Kliesch.
Leipzig-Lexikon
' {{DEFAULTSORT:Hohmann, Peter 1663 births 1732 deaths 17th-century nobility from the Holy Roman Empire Merchants from the Holy Roman Empire Lichte Edlers of Germany