Ehrenreich Gerhard Coldewey
Ehrenreich Gerhard Coldewey (born August 7, 1702 in Oldenburg , † May 14, 1773 in Aurich ) was a learned lawyer, poet and expert on the history and constitution as well as the maps and coins of East Frisia . The map of East Friesland from the year 1730 (engraved by Johann Christian Homann), which was published at Coldewey's instigation by Homann in Nuremberg , is of great importance and is characterized above all by a clear representation of the boundaries between offices and glory.
Life
Coldewey was a son of the Aurich court preacher and general superintendent Levin Coldewey . After studying in Halle and Groningen , he earned his doctorate in both rights in Groningen in 1725 .
On July 20, 1728, he was appointed advocatus fisci of the Prince of East Friesland and on March 28, 1729, he was also appointed archivist of the State Archives. In 1730 he became a councilor and in 1739 a councilor, from 1744 he also worked as a Prussian councilor. In 1757 he was named as General Advocate of Emden .
Coldewey left behind a work written in Latin about the life story of the preacher Menso Alting, written by Ubbo Emmius , with many important literary remarks interspersed with it, which was well known in East Frisia, but was never published in book form.
literature
- Christian Gottlieb Jöcher, Compendioses Gelehrten-Lexicon , 1733, p.755
Web links
- Literature by and about Ehrenreich Gerhard Coldewey in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Ehrenreich Gerhard Coldewey in the German Digital Library
Individual evidence
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| SURNAME | Coldewey, Ehrenreich Gerhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German scholar, lawyer, poet and expert on East Frisian history |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1702 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oldenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 14, 1773 |
| Place of death | Aurich |