Albert Willebrand (the elder)

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Albert Willebrand , called the Elder , also Willebrandt (born October 22, 1608 in Rostock ; † August 27, 1681 ibid) was a German law scholar and university professor, rector of the University of Rostock .

Life

Albert Willebrand was the son of the legal scholar Nikolaus Willebrand and his wife Catharina, geb. Hein (1576-1662). He completed a law degree in Rostock, Wittenberg, Leipzig and Jena. From 1637 to 1641 he went to a " peregrinatio academica "; this educational journey from university to university led him a. a. to Holland, England, France and Italy.

On June 21, 1642, Willebrand was awarded a doctorate in Rostock at the Faculty of Law. iur. utr. PhD. The activity as a lawyer followed. In 1657 he was appointed ducal full professor of the codices at the University of Rostock by Duke Gustav Adolph . From 1685 he was ducal full professor of the institutions. In 1660, 1663 and 1670 he was rector of the university. In addition, he was for a short time assessor of the princely. Consistory and inspector of the Monastery of the Holy Cross . An epitaph with his portrait was in the Jakobikirche Rostock until 1942 .

The
Albert Willebrand family married on June 21, 1642 - the day of his doctorate - Elisabeth Cothmann (1622–1662), the daughter of the Mecklenburg-Güstrow chancellor Johann Cothmann . The children came from marriage:

  • Katharina Magdalena (1643–1656)
  • Elisabeth (1646–1670) ⚭ 1669 Gottfried Martini, lawyer in Rostock
  • Anna Margarethe (1649–1724) ⚭ 1674 Johann Barnstorff (1648–1705)
  • Albert d. J. (1652-1700) - Dr. iur utr., professor and assessor of the Princely Consistory
  • Agneta Sophie ⚭ 1673 Johann Georg Gutzmer
  • Ernst Theodor (* † 1655)

literature

  • Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 10908 .
  • Johann Bernhard Krey : In memory of the Rostock scholars from the last three centuries. Volume 7. Adler, Rostock 1816, p. 15 ( Google Books ).
  • Something of learned Rostock things, for good friends. First year, MDCCXXXVII, Warningck, Rostock 1737, pp. 251/776 f. ( online at RosDok)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entries on Albert Willebrand in the Rostock matriculation portal
  2. ^ Friedrich Schlie : The art and history monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin . Volume I: The district court districts of Rostock, Ribnitz, Sülze-Marlow, Ticino, Laage, Gnoien, Dargun, Neukalen . Schwerin, 1896, pp. 82–83, Textarchiv - Internet Archive
  3. ↑ Register persons and corporations, state bibliography MV (see web links).
personal data
SURNAME Willebrand, Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Willebrandt, Albert; Willebrand, Albert the Elder; Willebrand, Albert d. Ä.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and university professor, rector of the University of Rostock
DATE OF BIRTH October 22, 1608
PLACE OF BIRTH Rostock
DATE OF DEATH August 27, 1681
Place of death Rostock