IV.6.1 The royal secret chamber clerk and the Cashier

Christian Hutsteiner as secret chamber clerk

Christian Hutsteiner, from Hartmannsdorf, the royal court cashier in Dresden became the royal chamber clerk at the court of Dresden in 1733. Before he acted as Cashier already in 1726.

He never was married and died in Dresden 1746.

1726 Dresden: godfather Christian Hutstein

 

 

 

 

 

appointment document of Christian Hutsteiner

His nephew Christian Huthsteiner, recorded as Huthsteiner jun. in March 1733, the duke’s travel cashier for the court in Warsaw, was appointed Royal Cashier at the court in Dresden in December 1747. It seems that most of the time he had been in Warsaw or travelling, because some complains in Dresden arose due to his absence. 

He died in Dresden in 1786.

 

 

 

 

doc recorded Huthsteiner jun.

It is necessary to state that in some family research pages Christian and Christian jun. are represented as a single person, which is not the case. It can also be verified by the two existing, different death records in Dresden.

The saxon money

The invoices in Saxony were paid in “Thaler” and “Groschen”, so our young cashier Huthsteiner got a monthly salary of 25 Thaler. 

a 2/3 saxon Thaler of 1740 (equivalent to 1 bavarian Gulden)
one saxon Reichsthaler of 1741

 

 

 

 
 

Thaler

Groschen

Pfenning

1

24

1

12

1

24

288

 

What did you get for a thaler in the past?

  • Around 1770, a day laborer earned around 50 thalers a year.
  • A craftsman – a bricklayer or carpenter – received 70 thalers.
  • Teachers received between 80 and 200 thalers.
  • An infantryman, for example, received five thalers and four groschen per month, of which, however, one thaler and five groschen were kept for equipment.
  • Ensigns and lieutenants received 11 and 14 thalers, with retention of three and four, respectively Talers.
  • A lieutenant general, on the other hand, could earn 4,000 thalers,
  • a field marshal could even earn 10-12,000 thalers per year.

Around 1740, the cost of living was in the penny and dime range:

  • A pound of butter cost between three and four groschen,
  • a pound of bacon three groschen six pfennigs,
  • an egg between three and four pfennigs
  • and a liter of French country wine between four and eight groschen.

Clothing was also relatively inexpensive:

  • A pair of stockings cost between 12 and 18 groschen,
  • An yard of linen made three pennies,
  • a hat, two thalers and
  • a pair of boots 15 thalers

Note: the name Dollar was derived from Thaler

Warsaw

Christian Hutsteiner left Hartmannsdorf and joined the staff of the court in Dresden and his uncle, the royal secret chamber clerk Christian Hutsteiner, there. In 1648 he became the King’s royal cashier and went to Poland, which was ruled by the Saxonian king during these times.

He was mentioned several times at Roman Catholic records of the Church of the Holy Cross in Warszawa-Srodmiescie as godfather, but baptism of his own children in Warsaw are still not found.

Christian and his future wife Johanna Elisabeth as godfather/godmother on 13th July 1761 in Warsaw

A family legend says that in Warsaw he made his career and became colonel of the Saxonian troops. This I could not verify as the ranking lists of the saxonian army does not mention him. But he already came to Warsaw as a member of the court, i.e. with a certain career he already had in Dresden which he certainly expanded in Warsaw.

typical uniform of the Saxons in 1730

In 1763 the union of Poland and Saxony ended, so he came back.

IV.6.2 Godfather & Godmother

When born Friedrich August Huthsteiner had very prominent Godfather and Godmother for his baptism: the Elector of Saxony and Designated King of Poland, first King of Saxony Friedrich I. August and his wife Maria Amalie Auguste, the Electress and first Queen of Saxony and Duchess of Warsaw. Friedrich August Huthsteiner, as his father Christian Heinrich an artillery officer, was killed in the Napoleonic Wars during the siege of Torgau.

Elector Friedrich August

 

Electress Amalie Auguste

 

Carl Heinrich Huthsteiner, brother of Friedrich August above, had Electress Amalie Auguste as godmother, too.

IV.6.3 The judge of Hartmannsdorf

One of the Hutsteiner in Hartmannsdorf who obviously made his fortune there was David Hutsteiner. He had been judge in Hartmannsdorf and therefore occupied one of the major positions in this regions.

The Hutsteiner family obviously was one of the most influential one in this regions with 

  • Grandfather Georg, who was mayor in Hartmannsdorf.
  • Uncle Christian, who was  working for the duke in Dresden as a writer and member of Saxonian government
  • Brother Christian who was a head of Saxonian army corps in Poland.

and several others who occupied similar positions.

Hartmannsdorf ~ 1840