Christoph Otto von Gamm
Christoph Otto von Gamm (born January 19, 1721 in Göhren , † May 25, 1796 in Güstrow ) was a Danish diplomat and later government official in Mecklenburg-Strelitz , most recently President of the Privy Council there, as well as genealogist of the Mecklenburg nobility .
Life
Christoph Otto von Gamm was born to Paul Otto von Gamm († October 24, 1756). The Gamm family is an old Mecklenburg noble family of Wendish origin.
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He studied at the universities of Jena and Halle . In 1743 he became the office secretary in Copenhagen . In the same year he became the Danish legation secretary in Madrid . In 1747 he was advisor to the Danish embassy in Stockholm . In 1757 he became a Danish Landdrost in Delmenhorst . In 1764 he became Danish Chamberlain and was a deputy of the Engern Committee until 1766. He was honored with the Dannebrogden of the knight class. In 1767 he was finally appointed to the Mecklenburg-Strelitz Secret Council, in 1769 as President of the Justiz-Canzlei in Strelitz and finally in 1785 as President of the Secret Council and the highest government official of the (partial) Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
Gamm owned and managed the Göhren , Karow and Käselow estates as well as some of the Poppentin. His son, Friederich Ludwig Otto von Gamm, became chamberlain. His daughter Sophia Louisa Wilhelmina was entered on August 7, 1786 under the number 641 in the registered book of the aristocratic women's monastery in the Dobbertin monastery .
His work on the genealogy of the nobility in Mecklenburg, which he began in 1772 and included the approximately 600 machined gender in its twilight years, an important work that through intervention of Grand Duke are Friedrich Franz I the Grand Ducal Archive in Schwerin arrived. Conrad Lüder von Pentz was a counterpart with whom he was in lively exchange.
literature
- Georg Christian Friedrich Lisch : Christoph Otto von Gamm. In: Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology, Volume 29 (1864), pp. 44–46 ( full text )
- Wolf Lüdeke von Weltzien: Families from Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. Volume 1. Buch & Bild Verlag, Nagold 1989. p. 19
Works
- Georg Christian Friedrich Lisch [Ed.]: Directory of the Meklenburg nobility by the Meklenburg / Strelitz minister Christoph Otto von Gamm, edited around the year 1775. [= Foreword]. In: Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology, Volume 11 (1846), pp. 423–426 ( full text )
- Christoph Otto von Gamm: Directory of the families that died out in the duchies of Meklenburg, together with an indication of the time, when they became extinct and what kind of coat of arms they had . In: Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology, Volume 11 (1846), pp. 427–475 ( full text )
- Pritzbuer -Gamm: Mecklenburg noble families . Second edition, Neustrelitz: Gundlach 1894 ( digitized )
Web links
- Literature about Christoph Otto von Gamm in the state bibliography MV
- Works by Christoph Otto von Gamm in the state bibliography MV
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Christian von Hellbach : Adels-Lexikon. Volume 1, Ilmenau 1825, p. 405
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gamm, Christoph Otto from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gamm, Christoph Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish diplomat, Privy Councilor in Mecklenburg-Strelitz, genealogist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1721 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goehren |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 1796 |
| Place of death | Guestrow |