Christian Schumann (Mayor)

Christian Schumann (born January 18, 1604 in Annaberg ; † July 17, 1661 in Dresden ) was a Dresden councilor and mayor .

Schumann is mentioned for the first time as a member of the Dresden Council in 1640 and is mentioned as a scribe, which suggests an academic education. In 1653 he took over the office of mayor of Dresden for the first time and held this position, alternating three years, until 1659. He died on July 17, 1661 in Dresden and was buried in the choir of the old Frauenkirche .

literature

Sieglinde Richter-Nickel: The venerable council of Dresden , in: Dresdner Geschichtsbuch No. 5, Dresden City Museum (ed.); DZA Verlag for Culture and Science, Altenburg 1999, ISBN 3-9806602-1-4 .
Otto Richter : Constitutional and administrative history of the city of Dresden , Volume 1, Verlag W. Baensch, Dresden 1885.

Footnotes

↑ ^a ^b Johann Gottfried Michaelis : Dreßdnische Inscriptiones und Epitaphia, On which monuments of those who rest in God / are buried here in and outside the church to our dear women, and expect a joyful rise to find / those who have died to everlasting Andean corners / but for the living as a mirror and willing followers, sought together with all diligence / and presented for public pressure / together with a historical preface by the intended church . Self-published by the author, Dresden 1714, p. 8 ( digitized version of SLUB Dresden; online in the Google book search).

predecessor	Office	successor
Valentin Schäfer (1652, 1655, 1658)	Mayor of Dresden 1653, 1656, 1659	Salomon Voigt (1654) Christian Brehme (1657, 1660)

personal data
SURNAME	Schumann, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dresden councilor and mayor
DATE OF BIRTH	January 18, 1604
PLACE OF BIRTH	Annaberg
DATE OF DEATH	July 17, 1661
Place of death	Dresden

[Michaelis-1] Johann Gottfried Michaelis : Dreßdnische Inscriptiones und Epitaphia, On which monuments of those who rest in God / are buried here in and outside the church to our dear women, and expect a joyful rise to find / those who have died to everlasting Andean corners / but for the living as a mirror and willing followers, sought together with all diligence / and presented for public pressure / together with a historical preface by the intended church . Self-published by the author, Dresden 1714, p. 8 ( digitized version of SLUB Dresden; online in the Google book search).