Achilles Uffenbach

Achilles Uffenbach (from 1677 Achilles von Uffenbach ) (born January 17, 1611 in Frankfurt am Main ; † December 4, 1677 there ) was a lawyer and junior mayor of the imperial city of Frankfurt.

Family coat of arms Uffenbach am Römer (Frankfurt am Main) : three crabs on a stream

Life

origin

Uffenbach came from the marriage of the Frankfurt doctor and city physicist Dr. med. Peter Uffenbach (1566–1635) and Maria Salome née Birtsch. The father was the son of the Frankfurt stone decker Peter Uffenbach († around 1598) from Wetzlar , who immigrated to Frankfurt around 1550 and in 1552 the goldsmith's daughter Lucrezia nee. Fleck married. Achilles Uffenbach's mother was the daughter of the Strasbourg councilor Daniel Birtsch.

The father Peter Uffenbach was accepted into the Frankfurt patrician society Zum Frauenstein in 1614 . In 1631 Peter Uffenbach was ennobled by Emperor Ferdinand II , but only son Achilles received the additional title of nobility “von” in 1677.

Coat of arms of the Uffenbach

family

Achilles Uffenbach married Anna Ottilia Weickhard in 1637, the daughter of the doctor Arnold Weickard. Their son, Zacharias Conrad von Uffenbach , also became the younger mayor, while the middle son, Johann Balthasar von Uffenbach, also became Frankfurt councilor. The son Johann Christoph von Uffenbach became Reichshofrat .

Training and work

He studied from April 11, 1629 at the University of Strasbourg and from May 1, 1632 at the University of Marburg law. In 1635 he obtained his licentiate in Marburg . From 1661 he was a senator on the council in Frankfurt and in 1668 became the younger mayor. He was also a lay judge and scholarch in the imperial city.

literature

Barbara Dölemeyer: Frankfurt lawyers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Klostermann, Frankfurt am Main 1993. ISBN 3-465-02583-0 , p. 212.
Roman Fischer: Uffenbach, patrician family , in: Wolfgang Klötzer (Hrsg.): Frankfurter Biographie . Personal history lexicon . Second volume. M – Z (= publications of the Frankfurt Historical Commission . Volume XIX , no. 2 ). Waldemar Kramer, Frankfurt am Main 1996, ISBN 3-7829-0459-1 , p. 487 .

Web links

Roman Fischer: Uffenbach, patrician family in the Frankfurter Personenlexikon (article as of September 1, 2017, accessed on January 7, 2020) 1518

Individual evidence

↑ Uffenbach, Peter in the German biography
↑ ^a ^b Uffenbach, patrician family (von) in the Frankfurter Personenlexikon
^ Rudolf Jung: Uffenbach, Peter . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 39, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1895, p. 134.
^ Archive for Frankfurt's history and art . Frankfurt am Main, S. 6th ff . ( archive.org ).
↑ Life of Mr. Zacharias Conrad von Uffenbach Weyland, the highly deserved aldermen and councilor of the imperial city of Frankfurt am Mayn . Gaum, 1753, p. V ( books.google.de ).

personal data
SURNAME	Uffenbach, Achilles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Uffenbach, Achilles von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Frankfurt patrician, aldermen and councilor
DATE OF BIRTH	January 17, 1611
PLACE OF BIRTH	Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH	4th December 1677
Place of death	Frankfurt am Main

[DB-1] Uffenbach, Peter in the German biography

[FP-2] Uffenbach, patrician family (von) in the Frankfurter Personenlexikon

[3] Rudolf Jung: Uffenbach, Peter . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 39, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1895, p. 134.

[4] Archive for Frankfurt's history and art . Frankfurt am Main, S. 6th ff . ( archive.org ).

[5] Life of Mr. Zacharias Conrad von Uffenbach Weyland, the highly deserved aldermen and councilor of the imperial city of Frankfurt am Mayn . Gaum, 1753, p. V ( books.google.de ).