Caspar Michael Welsch

Caspar Michael Welsch (born September 16, 1604 in Leipzig ; † July 1, 1641 ibid) was a German lawyer.

Life

The son of the electoral tax collector, councilor and caretaker of the Leipzig Johannis Hospital Johann Welsch (also Hans Welsch; † June 22, 1626) and Anna Heidenreich (born September 5, 1576 in Leipzig; † November 14, 1631 ibid, married August 4 1595 ibid, they had five sons and four daughters), the daughter of the citizen and Kramer Michael Heidenreich and his wife Maria, the daughter of the painter Johann Krell, had attended the Nikolaischule in Leipzig and on June 28, 1619 a basic course in philosophy at the University of Wittenberg recorded.

After returning to Leipzig, he was awarded a baccalaureus in 1621 and a master's degree in philosophy in 1624 . In order to start studying law, he went on an educational trip that took him to different universities in Holland and France . At the University of Bourges he became assessor of the German nation , librarian, quaestor and acted as orator on various occasions.

He got to know Julius Pacius de Beriga (1550-1635) and went to Italy for a long time, where he mainly dealt with the Italian language. To this end, he visited Piedmont, Genoa, Siena, Rome, Naples, and the University of Padua , where he was also the syndic of the German nation. After his return to Leipzig in 1629, he went on trips again, which took him back to Holland and East Frisia in 1630.

He had acquired enough knowledge to January 23, 1634. Leipzig, the licentiate to acquire the law and on June 4, 1635 Doctor to the rights doctorate . Welsch became an assessor at the Leipzig Higher Court , assessor at the law faculty of the Leipzig University, had also taken part in the organizational tasks of the Leipzig Academy and was rector of the Alma Mater in the winter semester of 1639 .

Welsch was buried in Leipzig on July 4, 1641.

family

Welsch was married three times. His first marriage was on November 8, 1630 Esther (born June 20, 1613 in Leipzig; † September 7, 1632 ibid), the daughter of the Leipzig trader Caspar Börner and his wife Esther, the daughter of the princely Prussian land treasurer and bailiff in Caymen Valentin Petthus. The marriage remained childless.

He concluded his second marriage with Anna Magdalena, (* 1614 in Leipzig; † July 25, 1635 there) daughter of the professor of the Codex Michael Wirth .

His third marriage was on November 22nd, 1636 with Johanna († May 6th, 1651), the daughter of the Saxon Electoral Voigt in Weißenfels (or Weimar) Johann Balthasar Falckner and Martha Meißner. She married the lawyer and mayor Friedrich Kühlewein in her second marriage on July 26, 1642 (May 21, 1606 in Leipzig; † May 19, 1663 there). You know from your children:

• Johanna Magdalena Welsch (born September 26, 1639 in Leipzig; † December 17, 1670 ibid) married. December 17, 1658 with the theologian Thomas Steger
• Maria Elisabeth Welsch (* July 21, 1635 in Leipzig; † July 15, 1654 ibid)
• Anna Martha Welsch (February 9, 1638 in Leipzig; † December 2, 1657 ibid)

Works

• Diss. Per Ucentia. 1633
• Diss. Iuridica De Sententia Definitiva. Leipzig 1633
• Doctrinae Oeconomicae Syllabus. 1624

literature

• Welsch, Caspar Michael. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 54, Leipzig 1747, column 1594.
• Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons and personal documents for genealogical purposes. Volume 1, R 738; Volume 5, R 4622; Volume 6, R 5094; Volume 9 R 8242 and 8636; Volume 10, 9727
• Johann Hoepner: Christian funeral sermon on the psalm verse from the 116th Psalm: Be now to peace my soul / [et] c .: Bey… funeral / Der… Frawen Annae / Des… Mr. Johannis Welschens / the council / and noble tradesman ... Wittiben / Which Anno 1631. November 14th. ... fell asleep / and the 17th huius ... was buried on earth / / Held by Johannem Höpnerum ... Leipzig 1631 ( Online )
• Johann Burkhard Mencke : Compendioses learned lexicon. ( GoogleBooks )
• Emil Friedberg: One hundred years from the doctor's book of the Leipzig Faculty of Law 1600–1700. Alexander Edelmann, Leipzig 1887

Web link

• Publications by and about Caspar Michael Welsch in VD 17 .