Achatius Wolff

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Achatius Wolff (* 1646 in Tübingen ; † 1690 ibid.) Was a Tübingen merchant and councilor who was taken hostage by the French for 16 weeks during the Palatinate War of Succession in December 1688 .

Life

Achatius Wolff was a son of the Tübingen merchant and later mayor of Tübingen Johann Christian Wolff , as well as a brother of Johann Wilhelm Wolff , who also became mayor of Tübingen. In 1670 he married Anna Elisabeth Löffler, a daughter of the Tübingen trader Philipp Jacob Löffler. From 1687 until his untimely death in 1690 he was a councilor.

Hostage in Strasbourg, 1688

After a brief siege of Tübingen, the French General Peysonel, who was sent by General Joseph de Montclar (1625–1690) to occupy Tübingen, announced his departure on December 16, 1688. His soldiers, who were used to robbery, were not satisfied with the results of their stay in Tübingen, and finally asked for une petite liberté , ie looting. But Peysonel kept his word and rode through the streets at night with the Tübingen negotiator Johann Osiander in order to maintain order. But since the city still owed 8,000 guilders, he took the judge Mendel and the councilor Achatius Wolff hostage in Strasbourg for 16 weeks .

In the summer of 1689, the two hostages, Mendel and Wolff, came back and, according to a court order, received 50 fl reward from the city because of the danger to their lives , while Osiander delivered 12 types of Reichstaler on July 13, 1689 for his successful efforts to preserve the city got.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Rudolf Seigel: Court and Council… . P. 296.
  2. ^ Theodor Schott:  Osiander, Johannes . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, pp. 489-492.
  3. ^ Karl Klüpfel and Max Eifert: History and Description of the City and University of Tübingen , Vol. 1, Tübingen: LF Fues 1849. S, 173f.

literature

  • Rudolf Seigel: Court and Council in Tübingen. From the beginnings to the introduction of the municipal constitution 1818–1822 , Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 1960 (= publication of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg)
personal data
SURNAME Wolff, Achatius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wolf, Achatius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Merchant and member of the council from Tübingen
DATE OF BIRTH 1646
PLACE OF BIRTH Tübingen
DATE OF DEATH 1690
Place of death Tübingen