Christoph Gottfried Nicolaus Gesterding

Christoph Gottfried Nicolaus Gesterding (born November 18, 1740 in Greifswald , † February 28, 1802 ibid) was a German lawyer and historian in Swedish Pomerania .

Life

The son of Greifswald's mayor Johann Matthias Gesterding attended the Greifswald city school , where the rector Hermann Jacob Lasius had a decisive influence on his development. From 1756 to 1759 he studied at the University of Greifswald , where he turned to law and history under Augustin von Balthasar . On May 17, 1763 became a Doctor of Laws PhD . Soon after , he completed his habilitation and became a private lecturer at the University of Greifswald. However, he chose a career as a practicing lawyer and became an administrator at the Wismar Tribunal .

Gesterding published various writings on legal topics, including Roman and Luebian law . In addition, he dealt with the history of Pomerania and published three magazines.

His sons came from his marriage to Wilhelmine Breitsprecher

• Carl Gesterding (1774–1843), German lawyer, historian and mayor of Greifswald
• Franz Gesterding (1781–1841), German lawyer and university professor

Fonts (selection)

• Literature of the Pomeranian feudal law. Greifswald 1773.
• Directory of Pomeranian documents. Rostock 1781 ff.
• Thesaurus juris Lubecensis. 1787-1790.
• Analecta iuris Lubecensis. 1800.

Magazines:

• Pomeranian magazine. Greifswald 1774–1782.
• Pomeranian Museum. 1782-1790. 4 booklets. ( Digitized in the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Digital Library)
• Pomeranian manifolds. 1796.

literature

• Diedrich Hermann Biederstedt : News of the life and writings of neo-Pomeranian-Rügen scholars from the beginning of the eighteenth century to 1822. Vol. 1, Friedrich Wilhelm Kunike, Greifswald 1824, pp. 71–73.
• Adolf Häckermann :  Gesterding, Christoph Gottfried Nicolaus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 126 f.