Daniel Weimann
Daniel Weimann (* 1621 in Unna ; † October 29, 1661 in The Hague ) was a Brandenburg statesman .
Life
Weimann was the son of a counselor . He attended the universities of Cologne , Utrecht and Leiden and was finally awarded a Doctor iuris utriusque doctorate . Around 1646/1647 he entered the administrative service of Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg , who was then residing in Cleve . Initially still as court counselor , when the elector returned to Berlin at the end of 1649 , he advanced to the position of Clevish government councilor or secret council . On January 2, 1653, he was appointed a member of the Secret Council College on December 23, 1653. His salary was 700 thalers a year. In 1658/1659 he advanced to the position of Chancellor in the Duchy of Kleve and served as the Prussian envoy to the English court and in the Netherlands, particularly in matters of guardianship of Wilhelm III. Orange and involved in balancing the related English, Dutch and Brandenburg interests.
In 1661 the emperor raised him to the rank of knight and nobility , which the elector exercised on April 15 of the same year.
Weimann was the author of the pamphlet Gedencke that you are a German . The request, a presumed quote from the Great Elector, can be found as the title-like closing remarks in a larger, anonymous pamphlet from August 1658 to justify his change of alliance to the anti-Swedish coalition. It was published in Hamburg on the occasion of the march of the Kurbrandenburg Army through northern Germany in anticipation of the Swedish-Brandenburg War , which made both Pomerania and Cleve a theater of war. The script sought to replace religious allegations, most of which non-German nations participated in previous wars, with the meaning of a national feeling in the German-speaking and imperial area.
literature
- Ferdinand Hirsch : Weimann, Daniel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 41, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, pp. 494-500.
- Christian August Ludwig Klaproth, Immanuel Karl Wilhelm Cosmar: The royal. Prussian and Churfürstl. Brandenburg Really Secret State Council on its bicentenary foundation day on January 5th, 1805. Berlin 1805, p. 357, no. 55.
- Friedrich Ludwig Joseph Fischbach : Historical political, geographical, statistical and military contributions, concerning the Royal Prussian and neighboring states. 2nd part, 2nd volume. Johann Friedrich Unger, Berlin 1783, p. 502, no.34.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maximilian Gritzner : Chronological register of the Brandenburg-Prussian class elevations and acts of grace from 1600–1873. Berlin 1874, p. 4.
- ↑ Elisabeth Blochmann : The pamphlet "Remember that you are a German". In: Archive for document research. 1923, issue 8, p. 328.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Weimann, Daniel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Weiman, Daniel; Weimannus, Daniel; Weimannus, Danielis; Weimans, Daniel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brandenburg statesman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1621 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Unna |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 29, 1661 |
| Place of death | in the Hague |