The founder of the family was a German mineralogist and engineer born in Freiberg, Saxony, Germany who served as Director of Mines designated by Simon Bolivar.
Family members served the country, as Minister of Finance, a Physician, lawyers, engineers, and businessman.
[1] In 1787, King Charles III of Spain asked the Elector of Saxony for skilled mineralogists to teach their profession and work in the mines of the New Kingdom of Granada, later Colombia.
Jacob Benjamin Wiesner Heckerin (1763–1842) was a German physicist, chemist, mathematic, mineralogist and Engineer born in Freiberg, Saxony, Germany.
[2] Wiesner served as Director of Mines for Bolivar in Zipaquirá, Colombia.