Adolf Sigismund von Burman

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Adolf Sigismund von Burman (born February 2, 1637 in Bonn ; † September 8, 1701 ) was a clergyman and civil servant at the court in Cologne .

family

Adolf Sigismund was the son of Peter Burman, who later became Vice Chancellor of Cologne, and Gertrud Pallandt. His paternal grandfather, Adolf Burman, was a Bonn aldermen and mayor. Grandfather Johann Pallandt was a councilor at the electoral court. Adolf Sigismund von Burman had nine or ten siblings, including Johann Peter , auxiliary bishop of Cologne and Maximilian Heinrich, auxiliary bishop of Trier.

Life

Burman studied at the University of Cologne from 1653 and obtained the degree of Dr. there or at another university. jur. utr. In 1656 he became a canon at the St. Cassius and Florentius Abbey , the most important building of which is the Bonn Minster . In 1683 he was ordained a priest, on March 2, 1684 he became dean at the abbey mentioned. In the administration of the Electorate of Cologne, he rose to become a member of the court council, director of the feudal chamber and archivist to the elector. In 1687 he and his mentioned brothers were raised to the nobility.

In 1689 the city of Bonn was largely destroyed by enemy artillery. Burman made sure that the minster church was repaired again. His highest spiritual office was that of apostolic protonotary . He died in 1701.

History of the city of Bonn

Burman became known for his Historia universalis de Ubiorum ara seu Bonna , which was written in 1656 . The translator Koch suspects that it was a matter of a collection of material that should be completed later. In twenty-four chapters it describes the history of the city of Bonn from its foundation to 1656, in a second part it deals with the churches of Bonn and their history. The sources cited by him include works by Caesarius von Heisterbach , Cassius Dio , Gregor von Tours and Tacitus . For local history it is interesting to examine the name of the city, which was also called Verona in the Middle Ages .

literature

  • Bonner Heimat- und Geschichtsverein (Ed.): The oldest history of the city of Bonn from the year 1656. Text edition - translation and commentary. Bonn 2011, ISBN 978-3-922832-49-2 . (Edition of the Historia universalis de Ubiorum ara seu Bonna. By Adolph Sigismund Burman; transcribed, translated and commented by Manfred Peter Koch).
  • Article: Burman (n), Adolph Sigismund von. In: Josef Niesen : Bonner Personenlexikon. 3rd, improved and enlarged edition. Bouvier, Bonn 2011, ISBN 978-3-416-03352-7 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The presentation is essentially based on Manfred Peter Koch: Des Canon Adolph Sigismund Burman Historia universalis of the city of Bonn. In: Bonner Heimat- und Geschichtsverein (Ed.): The oldest history of the city of Bonn from the year 1656. pp. 11–23.
personal data
SURNAME Burman, Adolf Sigismund von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German clergyman and civil servant at the court in Cologne
DATE OF BIRTH February 2, 1637
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 1701