Carl August Eckart (VI 18)/en

Carl August Eckart

Carl August Eckart, (VI 18), (*November 25, 1787, in Emskirchen, Germany; †November 16, 1857, in Emskirchen, Germany), owner of the inn "Goldener Hirsch", Royal Bavarian Postmaster, man of independent means; married Kunigunda Galster on January 7, 1816, in Emskirchen, Germany

At the end of 1815, Carl August Eckart, the youngest son, took over the post house and coaching inn "Goldener Hirsch" (Golden Deer) from his mother Maria Christina Eckart. Shortly afterwards, in January 1816, he married the well-to-do Kunigunda Galster (*March 26, 1790, in Igelsdorf; †April 28, 1882, in Emskirchen). It is said that the so-called "Napoleon of Emskirchen", as he was nicknamed, had ridden three white horses to the point of exhaustion to visit his betrothed in her home-town Erlangen. On June 18, 1816, Carl August Eckart took up the office of postmaster of his Majesty the King of Bavaria. In addition to the post house and the inn "Goldener Hirsch", he owned numerous plots of land. Between 1823 and 1830 alone, he bought several residential houses with adjacent fields and meadows. In 1846, Carl August Eckart retired; in February, he transferred the post house and the inn "Goldener Hirsch" to his son Gottfried. The unexpected death of his two brothers Georg and David Eckart prompted Carl August to draw up his will in 1854. These instructions for his descendants are in the Eckart Family Archive today. Carl August Eckart died only nine days before his 70^th birthday, on November 16, 1857. He was buried in the Emskirchen graveyard, in the family tomb that he built. The descendants of Carl August’s eldest son Johannes in Possenheim are listed on the family branch sheet CAP.

Family

His marriage with Kunigunda Galster produced eleven children.

• Christine Johanna Caroline (CA VII 1), (*October 2, 1816, in Emskirchen, Germany, †March 1, 1818, in Emskirchen, Germany).
• Johannes Georg Philipp (CA VII 2), (*January 1, 1818, in Emskirchen, Germany, †April 29, 1897, in Neustadt an der Aisch, Germany), farmer, mayor, postmaster.
• Johanna Marie Margaretha (CA VII 3), (*August 13, 1819, in Emskirchen, Germany, †May 31, 1881, in Tauberbischofsheim, Germany).
• Gottfried Johann Georg Albrecht David Christian (CA VII 4), (*February 19, 1821, in Emskirchen, Germany, †May 26, 1880, in Munich, Germany), innkeeper, postmaster, post-equerry, member of the Landtag (Bavarian parliament).
• Christian Ernst Johann Friedrich (CA VII 5), (*June 28, 1822, in Emskirchen, Germany, †April 2, 1823, in Emskirchen, Germany).
• August Christoph Sixtus Wilhelm (CA VII 6), (*May 28, 1825, in Emskirchen, Germany, †March 7, 1890, in Nuremberg, Germany), army doctor, surgeon general, genealogist.
• Elisabeth Maria Johanna Carolina (CA VII 7), (*May 7, 1827, in Emskirchen, Germany, †May 15, 1827, in Emskirchen, Germany).
• Maria Christina Elisabetha Babette Wilhelmina (CA VII 8), (*May 7, 1827, in Emskirchen, Germany, †May 18, 1827, in Emskirchen, Germany).
• Julie Lidia Sophie Elise (CA VII 9), (*August 16, 1828, in Emskirchen, Germany, †December 11, 1912, in Munich, Germany).
• Ernst Carl Ludwig (CA VII 10), (*September 1, 1830, in Emskirchen, Germany, †March 17, 1911, in Nuremberg, Germany), hospital pharmacist, Magistratsrat (city councillor).
• Adolf Georg Christian Carl (CA VII 11), (*June 10, 1832, in Emskirchen, Germany, †April 15, 1902, in Ansbach, Germany), innkeeper.