Christian Taubmann

Christian Taubmann (born September 27, 1597 in Wittenberg , † November 29, 1651 in Wittenberg) was a German legal scholar.

Life

Born the first son of Friedrich Taubmann , baptized the following day, Christian was encouraged to study at an early age. Initially trained by private tutors, he received a scholarship at the age of twelve. In 1608 he moved to the University of Wittenberg under his father's rectorate and in 1621 moved to the University of Altdorf , where he studied law for two years. He returned to Wittenberg, moved to the University of Strasbourg in 1626 and to the University of Basel in 1628 , where he received his doctorate in law on May 10th . Then he went on a study trip that took him to various university locations.

In 1629 he returned to Wittenberg, where he became an associate professor in 1630, until the Elector of Saxony confirmed him as a full professor in 1634 and he read about the institutions. He moved up to other professorships, thus also becoming assessor of the law faculty, the Schöppenstuhl, the electoral court in Wittenberg and was most recently appointed assessor of the regional court in Niederlausitz. However, due to his health condition, he could no longer take this position. After he had also administered the rector's office of the Wittenberg Academy in 1641 and 1651 , he died shortly after it was handed over, in great pain. After Abraham Calov had given him the funeral oration, he was buried on December 4, 1651 in the Wittenberg town church.

Taubmann was married twice. His first marriage was on September 14, 1630 in Wittenberg with Maria Magdalena (* May 10, 1608 in Freiburg; † September 7, 1632 in Wittenberg), the daughter of Gabriel Hillinger and his wife Magdalena Horn († 1611). From this marriage came two sons Friedrich († September 7, 1632) and Christian Taubmann († 1631), both of whom died before their father. He concluded his second marriage on October 21, 1633 with Hedwig (born August 10, 1614 in Lichtenburg / Prettin; † November 5, 1644 in Wittenberg), the daughter of the electoral Saxon administrator in Lichtenburg Moritz Graf and his wife Christina Paulis from Schleswig im Duchy of Schleswig , had married. From this marriage two daughters were born. The daughter Hedwig Catarina Taubmann (* October 15, 1644; † before her father), the only one who survived this was Christina Elisabeth Taubmann (* March 17, 1642).

Selection of works

In addition to various disputations connected with his university activities, he brought out the following works:

• Collegium Institutionum, Wittenberg 1645
• Ad. I a. D. de orgine Juris, Wittenberg 1635

literature

• Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons and personal documents for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes . Volume 7, R 6470, p. 299
• Friedrich W. Ebeling: To the history of court jesters. Leipzig 1883
• Walter Friedensburg : History of the University of Wittenberg. Max Niemeyer, Halle (Saale) 1917
• Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General lexicon of scholars . Volume 4, 1751, Col. 1023
• Taubmann, (Christian). In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 42, Leipzig 1744, column 215 f.