Christoph Heinrich von Berger

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Christoph Heinrich von Berger

Christoph Heinrich Berger , from 1717 knight and noble lord von Berger (born March 18, 1687 in Wittenberg , † July 15, 1737 in Vienna ) was a German lawyer.

origin

He came from a Thuringian family and was the son of the Reichshofrat Johann Heinrich von Berger , professor at the University of Wittenberg , and Maria Sophia Jacobi . The father was on May 31, 1717 Wien in the kingdom knighthood named Mehrung "Knight and Noble Mr. Berger" raised its siblings until January 31, 1722. His younger brother was the lawyer Friedrich Ludwig Berger (1701-1735).

Life

Berger began studying law at the University of Wittenberg on August 16, 1690 and was listed as Prorector Filius on October 14, 1703 . After he had obtained his law degree on February 21 , he received his doctorate on October 2, 1710.

Berger became an assessor at the Niederlausitz regional court in 1714 and assessor at the law faculty on October 2, 1710 . On February 1, 1719 he became a full professor, took over the office of assessor at the court court in Wittenberg, occupied the Schöppenstuhl and also became "Comes palatinus". His student Adam Heinrich Dresig helped him with the publication of his book Commentatio De Personis Vulgo Larvis Seu Mascheris in 1723 .

In 1724 he became court and judicial councilor and went to Dresden in 1725 as a member of the court of appeal . However, he kept his professorship in Wittenberg and used to come to agreements with younger lecturers about his lectures. This enabled him to move up to the third full professorship at the Wittenberg Faculty of Law in 1726 (Digesti infortati et novi) . From 1727 he stayed in Aurich , where he stayed as the Electoral Saxon commissioner to settle the dispute between the estates and princes of East Frisia . In 1733 he succeeded his father as Reichshofrat in Vienna , where he also died.

Works (selection)

literature

  • Theodor Muther:  Berger, Christoph Heinrich von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 373.
  • Walter Friedensburg : History of the University of Wittenberg. Niemeyer, Halle a. P. 1917.
  • Fritz Juntke: Album Academiae Vitebergensis (= works from the University and State Library of Saxony-Anhalt in Halle ad Saale 1, ISSN  0438-4415 ). Younger series, part 2: (1660-1710). University and State Library, Halle ad Saale 1952.
  • Gothaisches genealogical pocket book of the noble houses. Part B 1933, Justus Perthes Verlag, Gotha 1933, p. 32.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Supplement to the second volume of Meusel's Lexicon of the Writers Who died since 1750. In: New general intelligence sheet for literature and art. Issue 41, September 7, 1805, Col. 668–669 ( online )

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personal data
SURNAME Berger, Christoph Heinrich von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Berger, Christoph Heinrich Ritter and Edler Herr von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION jurist
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1687
PLACE OF BIRTH Wittenberg ,
DATE OF DEATH July 15, 1737
Place of death Vienna