Friedrich Alexander von Wenckstern
Friedrich Alexander Freiherr von Wenckstern (born December 25, 1755 in Celle ; † January 17, 1790 in Vienna ) was a German lawyer and diplomat from the Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg .
Life
Friedrich Alexander von Wenckstern was the second son of the later President of the Higher Appeal Court of Celle Detlev Alexander von Wenckstern (1708–1792). Wenckstern attended the Knights' Academy of Lüneburg on May 11, 1770 and matriculated on April 24, 1773 to study law at the University of Göttingen. In the Göttingen student body he played a prominent role as a senior in the Hanoverian Landsmannschaft from Easter 1775 until he left the university at Michaelis in 1776 and as a member of the influential ZN student order from September 1773. After completing his studies, he became an auditor at the Hanover and Justice Chancellery began a journey in 1778 that also took him to Wetzlar . In 1779 he was appointed court counselor and appointed judge of the Reich Chamber Court . In 1782 he became a real judge and then a secret councilor. In 1786 he became envoy of the Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg at the imperial court in Vienna , where he died. His estate is in the main state archive in Hanover .
Friedrich Alexander von Wenckstern was Illuminat in Hanover . Since 1782 he was a member of the Freemason lodge "Friedrich zum Weißen Pferde" in Hanover with the master's degree and in 1783 became a member of the Wetzlar lodge "Joseph zu den Drei Helmen" and the Scottish lodge there "Joseph zum Reichsadler".
literature
- Ernst Peter Johann Spangenberg : Historical-topographical-statistical description of the city of Celle in the Kingdom of Hanover , Schulze, Celle 1826, p. 295
- Otto Deneke : Old Göttinger Landsmannschaften - documents for their earliest history (1737-1813) . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1937, p. 26
- Walter Richter: The Esperance and ZN Order , in: Once and Now . 1974 Yearbook of the Society for Corps Student History Research, pp. 30–54 (No. 65)
- Gunnar Henry Caddick: The Hannöversche Landsmannschaft at the University of Göttingen from 1737 to 1809 , Göttingen 2009
Web links
- Friedrich Alexander von Wenckstern in the "Illuminati" project at the University of Erfurt
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wenckstern, Friedrich Alexander von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wenckstern, Friedrich Alexander Freiherr von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer, diplomat of the Electorate of Braunschweig-Lüneburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 25, 1755 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Celle |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 17, 1790 |
| Place of death | Vienna |