Ferdinand Christoph Harpprecht

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Ferdinand Christoph Harpprecht (* 3. June 1650 in Tübingen ; † 9. November 1714 ibid, Duchy of Württemberg ) was a Wuerttemberger legal scholar of the early modern period .

Ferdinand Christoph Harpprecht (painting in the professors' gallery in Tübingen )
Ferdinand Christoph Harpprecht

Life

Ferdinand Christoph Harpprecht was born in Tübingen as the son of Johann Christoph Harpprecht and Anna Maria (1629–1672, daughter of law professor Martin Neuffer ). After studying philosophy , law and canon law at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen , he received his doctorate in 1673 as Doctor iuris utriusque .

During his studies, Ferdinand Christoph Harpprecht dealt discursively with the paradigms of Wolfgang Adam Lauterbach , one of the most important lawyers of the usus modernus pandectarum in those years in Württemberg . Lauterbach's theories shaped Harpprecht decisively.

After his exams and his doctorate in both rights, Harpprecht worked for five years as a lawyer in his own law firm. It is said that he lost only two trials in those years. Duke Friedrich Karl appointed Harpprecht as trustee . In this task Harpprecht accompanied his Duke on August 4, 1677 to the Imperial Court in Vienna . It is thanks to Harpprecht's negotiating skills that Duke Friedrich Karl received guardianship for Eberhard Ludwig from the Emperor in Vienna in November of the same year and thus the regency for Eberhard Ludwig and thus the administration of the Duchy of Württemberg. To appreciate his negotiating skills, Duke Friedrich appointed Karl Harpprecht on December 27, 1677 as his ducal secret council.

On May 28, 1678 he was appointed law professor at the University of Tübingen. The election, which took place on the Duke's recommendation, ended unanimously for him. Since the same year he also acted as a councilor to the Count of Wolkenstein . He later became an authorized representative in Mömpelgart and did business there in 1680 as such on behalf of the Duke. Harpprecht was appointed court judge on October 18, 1688, and he was also appointed count palatine .

Harpprecht's lectures at the university were well attended, also by people from other countries. In addition, he was asked several times to prepare legal opinions. Due to his skills, he received courses from the universities of Heidelberg , Frankfurt an der Oder , Helmstedt and Gießen , which he did not accept. The University of Tübingen, to which he remained loyal, appointed him seven times as its rector between 1683 and 1714.

His works were very popular. He also wrote around 90 disputations . He prefers to deal with Roman civil law and inheritance law . In addition to his legal and university activities, he dealt with theology , stimulated by his father Johann Christoph and his brother Mauritius David. He read theological writings and is said to have read his handbible 29 times by 1703, so that he knew large parts of the Old and New Testaments by heart. He also gave spiritual chants every morning and evening. Harpprecht's last wish was to hear the hymn What God does is well done . Then he died on the morning of November 9, 1714 in Tübingen.

Johann August Ritter von Eisenhart describes Harpprecht as “a winning personality with an elegant appearance and pretty, even facial features”.

family

Ferdinand Christoph Harpprecht came from a legal family in Württemberg. Their progenitor Johannes Christoph Harpprecht (1560-1639) was a son of the farmer of the same name († 1564). His son Christoph (1596–1637) worked as a lawyer, Christoph's son Johann Christoph Harpprecht is the father of Ferdinand Christoph. He also has a well-known brother, Mauritius David Harpprecht , father of Johann Heinrich Freiherr von Harpprecht .

Ferdinand Christoph concluded two marriages:

  1. October 3, 1673 in Tübingen with Anna Magdalena († 1682), daughter of the physician Georg Balthasar Metzger
  2. June 9, 1683 in Tübingen with Marie Magdalena (1663–1727), daughter of the lawyer David Scheinemann

Both marriages have 15 children, the first the lawyer Georg Friedrich Harpprecht , whose son Christoph Friedrich Harpprecht was also a lawyer. Another son of Ferdinand was Johannes (1693-1750), Tübingen mayor and father of Christian Ferdinand Harpprecht .

Works

literature

Web links

Ferdinand Christoph Harpprecht in http://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz26092.html

personal data
SURNAME Harpprecht, Ferdinand Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH June 3, 1650
PLACE OF BIRTH Tübingen
DATE OF DEATH November 9, 1714
Place of death Tübingen