Caspar von Corswant
Caspar von Corswant , ennobled in 1698 (* August 20, 1634 in Miltzow ; † August 21, 1708 ), was a Brandenburg-Prussian government and court judge in Western Pomerania .
Life
Caspar Corswant, son of Greifswald alderman, studied in Wittenberg , Greifswald , Tuebingen and finally in Frankfurt (Oder) , where he in 1662 to Dr. iur. received his doctorate. He became town counsel in Greifswald in 1663 and in Stettin in 1672 , then still in Swedish Pomerania . After the transition from Stettin to Brandenburg , he was appointed to the electoral Brandenburg government and court judge in Western Pomerania in 1679.
In 1698, he and his brother Christoph , mayor of Greifswald, were raised to hereditary nobility by Emperor Leopold I.
In 1707 he said goodbye for health reasons and died the following year.
literature
- Amandus Karl Vanselow : Scholars Pomerania, or Alphabetical Index of some male and female scholars drilled in Pomerania. According to their most remarkable circumstances and written writings. Tiller, Stargard 1728, p. 21 ( digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Adelslexicon . Volume 1: A - D. Reichenbach, Leipzig 1836, p. 376 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Corswant, Caspar von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Corswant, Caspar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brandenburg-Prussian government and court judge in Western Pomerania |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 20, 1634 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Miltzow |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 21, 1708 |