Christian Friedrich Franckenstein

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Christian Friedrich Franckenstein (born August 20, 1621 in Leipzig , † November 1, 1679 there ) was a German teacher, classical philologist and historian.

Life

Christian Friedrich was the son of the legal consultant and councilor Christian Franckenstein († 1637) and his wife Christina († January 13, 1633 in Leipzig), the daughter of the Leipzig businessman Nikolai Volckmar. He had attended the Leipzig Nikolaischule and started studying at the University of Leipzig . Here Andreas Rivinus (1601–1656), Andreas Corvinus (1589–1648) and Philipp Müller (1585–1659) were his teachers. After the death of his parents it was mainly Müller who encouraged him, so that in 1640 he acquired the academic degree of a master's degree in philosophy.

In 1641 he went to the University of Wittenberg for theological studies to hear the lectures of Jakob Martini and Johannes Scharff . At the former he had held the disputation de principio fidei . His intention to attend other universities failed due to the adversity of the Thirty Years' War. He lost all financial means and in March 1643 took a position as Tertius (third teacher) at the Nikolaischule in Leipzig, where in August of the same year he also became vice rector and 1645 Saturday preacher at the Thomaskirche .

This gave him a financial basis to continue his university studies. He completed his habilitation in 1643 with two dissertations De aerario Romano at the University of Leipzig, was appointed assessor of the philosophical faculty in 1644 and dean of the same in 1650 . After the Halle rector Christian Gueintz died, the Halle council elected him on July 15, 1650 as rector of the grammar school in Halle (Saale) , which he took up on August 5, 1650. Although he had implemented some innovations at the grammar school, he did not stay long at this institution, since on October 5, 1652 he took over the professorship of Latin language and history at the university in his hometown .

In that position he became rector of the Alma Mater in the winter semester of 1661 , was repeatedly dean of the philosophical faculty, procancellor , decemvir of the university, Ephorus of the electoral scholarship holders, collegiate at the great prince's college and finally full professor of the philosophical faculty.

His most famous students were Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Christian Weise .

His body was buried in the Paulinerkirche in Leipzig .

family

Franckenstein was married twice. His first marriage was on November 18, 1650 in Halle with Magdalena (* August 20, 1619 in Leipzig; † April 5, 1659 there, born in Leipzig's Paulinerkirche), the daughter of the Leipzig bookseller and councilor Gottfried Grosse (* 28. March 1591 in Leipzig; † August 19, 1637 there in Pest) and his wife Margaretha (* August 10, 1597 in Leipzig; † November 30, 1661 there), the daughter of the assessor at the Leipzig Schöppenstuhl and mayor Friedrich Mayer in Plausigk (* January 8, 1570 in Leipzig; † August 13, 1637 there) and Magdalene, the daughter of the Leipzig medical professor Simon Simonius . From this marriage there were three sons and two daughters. The first and last son were stillbirths. Christian Friedrich Franckenstein (* 1655, later studied law) is known; Christina Magdalena Franckenstein I (* 1653; † December 1654) and Christina Magdalena Franckenstein II (* March 28, 1659, † November 6, 1726, married 1st marriage to Prof. jur. Friedrich Geißler (1636–1679), 2nd marriage Marriage to the lawyer Georg Quirin Pöckel (born November 12, 1655 in Leipzig; † October 2, 1720 ibid), the son of Philipp Georg Pöckel (born July 27, 1616 in Leipzig; † January 11, 1658 ibid) and Maria Schacher , daughter of the Leipzig councilor Quirin Schacher (born October 17, 1592 in Leipzig; † March 8, 1667 ibid) and his first wife Maria, († September 25, 1631 in Wittenberg), the daughter of the Leipzig councilor Moses Pollmann).

His second marriage was on May 6, 1660 in Leipzig with Elisabeth (September 11, 1618 in Grimma; † July 31, 1682 in Leipzig), the widow of the deacon in Borna Andreas Walther and the Leipzig professor of mathematics Philipp Müller , daughter of Rector of the State School in Grimma Johann Merck (1577–1658). From this marriage the son Christian Gottfried Franckenstein (1661-1717) emerged.

Works (selection)

Franckenstein was the author of numerous programs that dealt with Roman antiquities and history. Several memorial speeches and inscriptions for corpse stones are known from him as professor of the Latin language. He has also appeared as the editor of works by other authors.

  • Diss. De novo anno. Leipzig 1673
  • Diss. De Aerario populi roani
  • De ratione exigendorum tributorum. 1655
  • De consule Romano. 1661
  • Ternio epistolarum de nuptiis Parisiensbus.
  • De Caio et Lucio Caesaribus. 1670
  • De religione Romana. 1648
  • Franco Germania. 1682
  • Report of the ancient Kingdom of Lorraine. 1682
  • Report of the ancient kingdom of Ausirasia. 1682
Editorships
  • Jani Gruteri discursus politici in C. Tacitum et Livium ex Musaeo Frankensteiniano. 1669
  • Notae Benjam. Pyroli de rebus gallicis from excessu Ludovici XIII. libri duodecim. 1669, 1686

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes. Self-published, Boppard / Rhein 1980, vol. 10, p. 468, R 9758
personal data
SURNAME Franckenstein, Christian Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pedagogue, philologist and historian
DATE OF BIRTH August 20, 1621
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH November 1, 1679
Place of death Leipzig