Franz Michael von Boltenstern

Franz Michael von Boltenstern (born October 2, 1657 in Wolgast as Franz Michael Bolte , † May 17, 1716 in Greifswald ) was a German lawyer and director of the royal Swedish court in Greifswald.

Life

He was the son of Wolgast's mayor and court counselor Joachim Bolte, who was elected in 1675 by the Swedish King Karl XI. with the name of Boltenstern was raised to the nobility, and the Agnisa Joels. He began studying at the University of Greifswald in 1665 and later moved to the University of Tübingen . After attending the University of Strasbourg , he traveled to France , the Netherlands and various German countries before returning to Pomerania in 1681 .

His father had meanwhile become a member of the Pomeranian court in Greifswald. Franz Michael von Boltenstern was able to get a job as an extraordinary trainee lawyer and was appointed full trainee lawyer in 1684. In 1686 he became an assessor at the court and in 1694 a councilor. In 1697 he was promoted to director of the court as the successor to the late Gualter von Greiggenschildt .

Charles XII. enfeoffed him in 1698 with the estates Altenhagen , Neu Seehagen, Sternhagen, Horst and Manschenhagen, which had fallen back after the von Dotenberg family died out . During the Great Northern War he was forced to move with part of his authority to Stralsund in 1711 and had to make do with a reduced salary. In 1713 he found his houses in Altenhagen and Greifswald looted and devastated, so that he had to stay in the court court and later in a hospital. After the occupation of Swedish Pomerania by the Danes in 1715, he refused to work with the new sovereigns. However, in 1716 he personally asked the Danish Governor General Franz Joachim von Dewitz to keep him in office. He died that same year.

Franz Michael von Boltenstern was married to Juliana Catharina von Ehrenfels since December 1, 1686. The marriage had ten children. His son Johann Franz von Boltenstern (1700–1763) was judge at the court court and at the Wismar high tribunal .

Individual evidence

↑ Gustav von Lehsten: The nobility of Mecklenburg since the constitutional hereditary comparisons (1775). Tiedemann, Rostock 1864, p. 30 ( digitized version ).
^ Heinrich Berghaus : Land book of the Duchy of Pomerania and the Principality of Rügen. Contains a description of the state of these countries in the second half of the 19th century. Section 2: Land book of the Duchy of Stettin, of Kamin and Western Pomerania; or the administrative district of the Königl. Government to Szczecin. Volume 3: Contains the districts of Greifenhagen and Piritz. Dietze, Anklam 1868, p. 633, ( digitized version ).
↑ Martin Meier: Western Pomerania north of the Peene under Danish administration 1715 to 1721. Establishment of an administration and securing of rule in a conquered area (= contributions to military history. Vol. 65). Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-486-58285-7 , pp. 98–99 (also: Hamburg, University, dissertation, 2005: Western Pomerania north of the Peene under Danish administration during the Great Northern War, 1715-1721 . ) ( Digitized version ).
↑ Martin Meier: Western Pomerania north of the Peene under Danish administration 1715 to 1721. Establishment of an administration and securing of rule in a conquered area (= contributions to military history. Vol. 65). Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-486-58285-7 , p. 121 (At the same time: Hamburg, University, dissertation, 2005: Western Pomerania north of the Peene under Danish administration during the Great Northern War from 1715 to 1721. ) ( Digitized version ).

literature

The life of the Weyland Magnifici and the well-known Mr. Franz Michael von Boltenstein, heir to Altenhagen, Seehagen, Zühlendorff, Bartelshagen, etc. His Royal Mayesty of Sweden at the directoris decreed by Hofgerichte in the Hertduchy of Vor-Pomerania and Principality of Rügen. Greifswald 1730 ( digitized in the digital library Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)
Nils Jörn : Boltenstern, Franz Michael von (1657-1716). In: Dirk Alvermann , Nils Jörn (Hrsg.): Biographisches Lexikon für Pommern . Volume 1 (= publications of the Historical Commission for Pomerania. Series V, Volume 48.1). Böhlau Verlag, Cologne Weimar Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-412-20936-0 , pp. 34–37.

Web links

Literature about Franz Michael von Boltenstern in the state bibliography MV
Mecklenburg nobility in the early modern period 1500-1750. Institute for German Aristocracy Research, October 2, 2000, accessed on July 7, 2010 .

personal data
SURNAME	Boltenstern, Franz Michael von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer and director of the royal Swedish court in Greifswald
DATE OF BIRTH	October 2, 1657
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wolgast
DATE OF DEATH	May 17, 1716
Place of death	Greifswald

[1] Gustav von Lehsten: The nobility of Mecklenburg since the constitutional hereditary comparisons (1775). Tiedemann, Rostock 1864, p. 30 ( digitized version ).

[2] Heinrich Berghaus : Land book of the Duchy of Pomerania and the Principality of Rügen. Contains a description of the state of these countries in the second half of the 19th century. Section 2: Land book of the Duchy of Stettin, of Kamin and Western Pomerania; or the administrative district of the Königl. Government to Szczecin. Volume 3: Contains the districts of Greifenhagen and Piritz. Dietze, Anklam 1868, p. 633, ( digitized version ).

[3] Martin Meier: Western Pomerania north of the Peene under Danish administration 1715 to 1721. Establishment of an administration and securing of rule in a conquered area (= contributions to military history. Vol. 65). Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-486-58285-7 , pp. 98–99 (also: Hamburg, University, dissertation, 2005: Western Pomerania north of the Peene under Danish administration during the Great Northern War, 1715-1721 . ) ( Digitized version ).

[4] Martin Meier: Western Pomerania north of the Peene under Danish administration 1715 to 1721. Establishment of an administration and securing of rule in a conquered area (= contributions to military history. Vol. 65). Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-486-58285-7 , p. 121 (At the same time: Hamburg, University, dissertation, 2005: Western Pomerania north of the Peene under Danish administration during the Great Northern War from 1715 to 1721. ) ( Digitized version ).