Christian Lorentz from Adlershelm

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Christian Lorentz von Adlershelm, copper engraving by Johannes Höckner, 1665

Christian Lorentz von Adlershelm (born July 26, 1608 in Leipzig ; † February 7, 1684 ibid) was Imperial Councilor, Privy Chamber Councilor of Elector Johann Georg II of Saxony , Assessor of the Leipzig lay judge , governing mayor and head of the Thomas School .

Life

Christian Lorentz was the son of Michael Lorentz from Nuremberg and Anna born. Catherin. He attended the St. Elisabeth high school in Breslau and learned from Thomas Sagittarius . After his death he returned to Leipzig, where he continued his studies.

In 1640 he began his civil service career by being elected to one of the city's three annually rotating councils. In 1642 he and his family fled to Hamburg from the occupation of Leipzig by the Swedes in the Thirty Years' War .

In 1648 Christian Lorentz became the council of Emperor Ferdinand III. von Habsburg (1608–1657) and raised to the nobility by him in the same year with the predicate "von Adlershelm" .

Although his escape made him unpopular with the Leipzig city council, he returned to Leipzig in 1659 on the orders of Elector Johann Georg II (1613–1680), whose Privy Councilor he was, and was elected mayor. He held this function nine times every three years until his death in office. The old trading exchange that was built at that time reminds of this time .

On September 23, 1633 Christian Lorentz had married Johanna, the daughter of the councilor Eduard Becker from Leipzig. With her he had a son and six daughters. The family lived in the Leipzig Renaissance -House Katharinenstraße 11, later by converting baroque Fregehaus . Von Adlershelm owned the property that later became known as the Kleinbosischer Garten . His property also included a publicly accessible collection of art and natural objects.

He was a member of the fruitful language nurturing society with the company name “the evergreen”.

Honor

In 1931 a street in the Leipzig district of Anger-Crottendorf was named after Christian Lorentz von Adlershelm Adlershelmstraße.

literature

  • Horst Riedel, Thomas Nabert (ed.): Stadtlexikon Leipzig from A to Z . 1st edition. Pro Leipzig, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-936508-03-8 , pp. 7 .
  • Georg Wustmann: Picture book from the history of the city of Leipzig for old and young . Leipzig 1897, p. 36
  • Funeral Sermon, Leipzig 1684 (with portrait)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Adlershelm, Christian Lorentz von. In: Museum Aktuell specialist dictionary. Retrieved March 6, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Gina Klank, Gernoth Griebsch: Encyclopedia Leipziger street names . Ed .: City Archives Leipzig. 1st edition. Verlag im Wissenschaftszentrum Leipzig, Leipzig 1995, ISBN 3-930433-09-5 , p. 17 .
personal data
SURNAME Adlershelm, Christian Lorentz from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lorentz, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Privy councilor of Elector Johann Georg II of Saxony, ruling mayor of Leipzig
DATE OF BIRTH July 26, 1608
PLACE OF BIRTH Leipzig
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 1684
Place of death Leipzig