Bernhard Matfeldt

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Bernhard Matfeldt (born May 19, 1661 in Hamburg , † July 30, 1720 ibid) was a German lawyer , councilor and mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg.

Origin and family

Matfeldt was a son of the Hamburg councilor Franz Matfeldt (1618-1692) and his wife Barbara Anckelmann, daughter of the jurate at the main church Sankt Petri Diedrich Anckelmann (1602-1643). The mayor of Buxtehude , Bernd Matfeldt (1582–1661), was his grandfather.

On April 12, 1693, he married Elisabeth Twestreng, daughter of the mayor Barthold Twestreng (1612–1668). His daughter Margaretha (1696-1725) married the senior elder Philipp Boetefeur (1692-1766) in 1718 .

Live and act

Born in Hamburg, Matfeldt attended the Academic Gymnasium from 1677 to 1682 and then studied law with August Benedict Carpzov at the University of Leipzig . On June 30, 1685 he defended a dissertation with Carpzov and then traveled to France. At the University of Orléans he completed his studies on February 5, 1686 as a doctor of law . After completing his studies, he traveled to France, England, the Netherlands and Germany and then returned to Hamburg.

In Hamburg he became a lawyer and from 1698 an assessor at the lower court . On December 11, 1703, Matfeldt was elected councilor. He did not want to accept this choice because of the disputes between the council and the citizens . But since he was re-elected on December 17, 1703, he finally accepted the election. In 1711 and 1712 he was councilor and praetor . On July 24, 1716 he was elected mayor.

Matfeldt died in 1720 at the age of 59. He left a library that later became the property of the Hamburg State and University Library . A mayor's penny was minted on his death .

Works (selection)

  • Disputation prior de obligationum qualitatibus occas. l. 44 et seq. De O et al . Günther, Leipzig 1685 ( digitized on the pages of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek ).
  • Dissertatio altera de iisdem inauguralis, resolutionem casuum nonnullorum Practicorum continens . Orléans 1686.

literature

  • Friedrich Georg Buek : Bernhard Matfeldt, JUD In: Genealogical and biographical notes on the mayors of Hamburg who have died since the Reformation . Johann August Meißner, Hamburg 1840, p. 170–173 ( digitized from Google Books).
  • Friedrich Lorenz Hoffmann: Bernhard Matfeld . In: Serapeum . Journal for library studies, manuscript studies and older literature. In association with librarians and literature friends, edited by Dr. Robert Naumann . Seventeenth year, no. 3 . Leipzig February 15, 1856, p. 40–44 ( digitized in the DigiZeitschriften archive ).
  • Hans Schröder : Matfeld (Bernhard) . In: Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present . tape 5 , no. 2465 . Perthes-Besser & Mauke, Hamburg 1870 ( facsimile on the pages of the Hamburg State and University Library ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Friedrich Georg Buek : Barthold Twestreng, JUL In: Genealogical and biographical notes on the mayors of Hamburg who have died since the Reformation . Johann August Meißner, Hamburg 1840, p. 98–99 ( digitized from Google Books).
  2. ^ Friedrich Georg Buek : Philipp Boetefeur . In: The Hamburg Oberalts, their civil effectiveness and their families . Perthes-Besser & Mauke, Hamburg 1857, p. 240–242 ( digitized from Google Books).
personal data
SURNAME Matfeldt, Bernhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Matfeldt, Bernhardus; Matfeld, Bernhard; Mattfeldt, Bernhard; Mattfeld, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, councilor and mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1661
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH July 30, 1720
Place of death Hamburg