Christian Gotthelf from Gutschmid

Christian Gotthelf von Gutschmid on a contemporary engraving

Christian Gotthelf von Gutschmid (born December 12, 1721 in Kahren near Cottbus , † December 30, 1798 in Dresden ) was an Electoral Saxon minister, baron , Saxon theologian , educator and politician .

Life

The son of a pastor studied theology and later law. In 1750 Gutschmid received his doctorate as Dr. jur. with a dissertation on the economic benefits of free trade . As successor to Karl Ferdinand Hommel , he took over the full professorship of feudal law at the University of Leipzig in 1756 . He was director of the Secret Archives from 1762 to 1765 and - although mostly living in Dresden - from 1762 to 1771 mayor of Leipzig . In Dresden's suburb of Leipzig, a street in the Scheunenhof district has been named after him since 1900 . Appointed cabinet minister in 1790 , he initiated several reforms of the judiciary in Saxony, including the abolition of torture . He donated a gift of 2000 ducats from Emperor Leopold as a scholarship for sons of preachers from Austria studying at Saxon universities. In 1776 he came into the possession of Kleinwolmsdorf near Radeberg through inheritance .

Gutschmid had five sons, of whom Christian Friedrich, Gottlieb August, Johann Wilhelm and Christoph Sigismund later made a name for themselves. He died in Dresden in 1798 and was buried in the Johanniskirchhof . The grave has not been preserved.

Fonts

Christian Gotthelf Gutschmid: De favore commerciorum liber primus . Leipzig 1750.

literature

Heinrich Theodor Flathe : Gutschmid, Gotthelf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 221 f.
Bad, Horst: Gutschmid, Christian Gotthelf. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 349 ( digitized version ).

Individual evidence

^ Streets and squares in the Leipzig suburb. Retrieved April 27, 2014 .
^ Thomas Nicklas: Approaches to reform under the sign of the economy: Kursachsens Rétablissement . In: Eberhard Laux, Karl Teppe (ed.): The modern state and its administration . 1998, p. 93 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

Gottlieb August Freiherr von Gutschmid in the Stadtwiki Dresden , eldest son of Christian Gotthelf von Gutschmid
Christoph Sigismund Freiherr von Gutschmid in the Stadtwiki Dresden , second youngest son of Christian Gotthelf von Gutschmid

personal data
SURNAME	Gutschmid, Christian Gotthelf from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Saxon theologian, educator and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	December 12, 1721
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kahren near Cottbus
DATE OF DEATH	December 30, 1798
Place of death	Dresden

[1] Streets and squares in the Leipzig suburb. Retrieved April 27, 2014 .

[2] Thomas Nicklas: Approaches to reform under the sign of the economy: Kursachsens Rétablissement . In: Eberhard Laux, Karl Teppe (ed.): The modern state and its administration . 1998, p. 93 ( limited preview in Google Book search).