Georg Eckart (III)
Georg Eckart, (III), (*November 28, 1639, in Schweinthal, Germany; †September 15, 1713, in Langenzenn, Germany), baker, brewer, temporarily miller, innkeeper in Langenzenn, Germany, married Anna Hoffer on October 5, 1675
After completing his apprenticeship, Georg Eckart moved to the town Langenzenn in the Principality of Ansbach in 1675.[1] This is where he bought a house on March 29, 1675, for the price of 80 guilders. Even though little is known about his younger years, it is certain that he learned the brewing trade from his father and the baking trade in Nuremberg. Until he bought the house in 1675, he worked as an "unmarried bakery servant" in Nuremberg.[2] In Langenzenn, Georg Eckart mainly worked as an innkeeper and brewer, but also as a baker. He acquired citizenship on August 4, 1675.[3] In October 1675, he married Anna Hoffer (*October 17, 1654, in Langenzenn, Germany; †September 16, 1742, in Langenzenn, Germany).[4] It may well be that this marriage was the reason for his move to Langenzenn, as the purchase of the house, the acquisition of citizenship and the marriage were very close in time. Georg Eckart had extraordinary entrepreneurial skills. He managed to expand his property and had his businesses in Langenzenn expanded within a very short period. Besides his house with the inn,[5] he had also owned the mill "Heinersdorfer Mühle" since May 1681.[6] His economic rise is remarkable. Among his fellow citizens in Langenzenn, he was considered as the "quite insatiable Eckart" due to his unique business acumen. In 1698, he wanted to obtain a license for brewing red beer, in addition to wheat beer. The oldest original document in the Eckart Family Archive dates from 1690. It contains a bill for services that Georg Eckart had provided in connection with the new construction of the stone bridge in Heinersdorf.[7] Georg is said to have owned seven plots of land at the end of his life, among them a bakery and a mill.[8] He had nine children, among them his third oldest son Sebastian Conrad Eckart, who continued the Eckart family line.
References
- ↑ Eckart Family Archive, G I 118, Death register Georg Eckart, September 15, 1713.
- ↑ Eckart Family Archive, Da Ve 052, Chronicle of the Eckart Family, part 1, Georg Eckart, page 71.
- ↑ Germanisches Nationalmuseum (Germanic National Museum) Nuremberg, archive, script no. 7014 (G. 6546).
- ↑ Eckart Family Archive, Da Ve 052, Chronicle of the Eckart Family, part 1, Georg Eckart, page 71.
- ↑ Ibidem, page 72.
- ↑ Eckart Family Archive, G I 121, Georg Eckart’s deed of purchase for the mill "Heinersdorfer Mühle", May 18, 1681.
- ↑ Eckart Family Archive, G I 01, Georg Eckart’s bill concerning deliveries for the new bridge in Heinersdorf, 1690.
- ↑ Eckart Family Archive, Da Ve 052, Chronicle of the Eckart Family, part 1, Georg Eckart, page 73.