Friedrich Leibnütz

Friedrich Leibnütz (born November 24, 1597 in Altenberg , † September 5, 1652 in Leipzig ) was a notary and professor of moral philosophy at the University of Leipzig . He was the father of the polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz .

Life

Friedrich was born as the son of the town and mountain clerk in Altenberg Ambrosius Leibnütz (born April 14, 1569 in Berggiesshübel ; † May 28, 1617 in Altenberg) and his wife Anna Deuerlin, who married on August 23, 1596 in Königstein († April 14, 1617 in Altenberg) was born. His grandfather Christoph Leibnütz (born September 10, 1537 in Rochlitz , † May 28, 1587 in Pirna ) had served as land judge and heir under Johann Wilhelm von Sachsen-Weimar , and was appointed as locker in Pirna by Elector August von Sachsen in 1576 married his wife Barbara von Kahlenburg (born December 11, 1539 in Kalundborg , † July 11, 1577 in Pirna) in Dresden on January 27, 1578 , who came from a noble family in Jutland .

After initially attending school, Friedrich attended the electoral Saxon state school St. Afra in Meißen from 1612 . After six years he moved to Leipzig, where he initially earned his living as a tutor for the children of the court notary, Stephan Hoffmann. On October 21, 1618 he began studying philosophical and legal sciences at the University of Leipzig . Here the then professor of ethics and notary at the University of Leipzig Johann Müller (* in Frohburg ; † 1628 in Leipzig ) became his leading teacher. On March 6, 1619 he earned the baccalaureate and on January 30, 1622 Master of Philosophy. Before that he was employed as an adjunct at the philosophical faculty on March 19, 1621, on October 20, 1624 he became a notary at the University of Leipzig and on November 26, 1628 professor of moral philosophy .

On November 9, 1634 he became a collegiate at the great prince's college and on November 19, 1635 assessor of the philosophical faculty. In 1639, 1641, 1645 and 1649 he led the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Philosophy, was Pro-Chancellor of the Alma Mater and in 1640 became a full professor of practical philosophy. He performed the latter task until the end of his life. His body was buried on September 8, 1652 in the Paulinerkirche in Leipzig . Not much has survived of his literary work. He will also have moved more in the practical area of training in the philosophical sciences.

family

Leibnütz was married three times. His first marriage was on January 31, 1625 with Anna Fritzsche († March 14, 1634 in Leipzig), the daughter of Mag. Benedict Fritzsche. There are children from the marriage. We know of these:

Johann Friedrich Leibnütz (born January 16, 1632 in Leipzig; † March 19, 1696 ibid.) 1650 Uni. Leipzig, July 13, 1650 Bacc. phil. ibid., January 27, 1653 Mag.phil. ibid., 1660 teacher in Leipzig, 1667 professor a. Third colleague at the Thomas School in Leipzig, ⚭ August 25, 1668 in Altenburg Dorothea Elisabeth Schmalz (* April 16, ~ April 18, 1649 in Altkirchen; † August 6, 1681 in Leipzig), daughter of the Archdeacon in Altenburg Magnus Schmalz (* March 11, 1615 in Kohren; † December 12, 1683 in Altenburg) and Regina Freiesleben (~ September 9, 1629 in Altenburg; born on June 29, 1675 in Altenburg)
Johann Gottfried Leibnütz († young)
Elisabeth Leibnütz († young)
Anna Magdalena Leibnütz († young)
Susanna Leibnütz († young)
Anna Rosina Leibnütz (born December 25, 1629 in Leipzig, † March 26, 1666 in Orlamünde ) married. February 1653 in Leipzig with the Mag. And later superintendent in Orlamünde Heinrich Free Life (~ January 5, 1628 in Altenburg; † March 26, 1666 in Orlamünde)

After he had been a widower for two years, he married Dorothea Voigt (* July 18, 1599 in Leipzig; † January 25, 1643 in Leipzig), the daughter of the Leipzig citizen and bookseller Bartholomäus Voigt (* April 11, 1564 in Halle (Saale); † January 18, 1637 in Leipzig) and Maria (née Rambau). The marriage remained childless.

He concluded his third marriage on May 21, 1644 in Leipzig with Catharina Schmuck (born November 5, 1621 in Leipzig; † February 6, 1664 there), the daughter of Professor Dr. jur. and Mag. phil. Wilhelm Schmuck (born May 1, 1575 in Suhl , † December 28, 1634 in Leipzig) and Gertraude Lindner, the daughter of Johann Lindner and Elisabeth Clode (also: Klodt). A son and a daughter result from the marriage. We know of these:

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (* June 21, ~ June 23, 1646 in Leipzig; † November 14, 1716 in Hanover )
Anna Katharina Leibnütz (* July 31 ~ August 1, 1648 in Leipzig; † February 13, 1672 ibid.) M. September 25, 1666 in Leipzig with the Lic. Theol. and Vespers preacher Simon Loeffler

literature

Johann Hülsemann : Exercise of godliness, with respectable corpse burial of Weyland Ehrenvesten, great honorable and highly educated Mr. M. Friederich Leibnützens / Professoris Publici, the Great Fursten Collegii Collegiatens, the Philosophical Faculty Assessoris and Subsenioris, also the Löbl. University of Leipzig well-deserved Actuarii sel .. When the same blessed-faded body on September 5th of this current 1652nd year was sent to the Pauliner Church according to Christian usage on the 8th. From the saying S. Pauli 1. Tim.4: The physical exercise is of little use. But godliness is useful for all things, etc. Timotheo Ritzch, Leipzig, 1652 ( online )
Leibnitz or Leibnütz, Leubnuzius, Friedrich. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 16, Leipzig 1737, column 1515-1517.
Reinhard Finster, Gerd van der Heuvel: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Rowohlt Taschenbuchverlag , Hamburg 1990, ISBN 978-3-499-50481-5 .
Kuno Fischer: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz: Life, Works and Teaching. Marix-Verlag, Wiesbaden 2009, ISBN 978-3-86539-163-6 .

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personal data
SURNAME	Leibnütz, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Leibnitz, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer and university professor for moral philosophy
DATE OF BIRTH	November 24, 1597
PLACE OF BIRTH	Altenberg (Ore Mountains)
DATE OF DEATH	September 5, 1652
Place of death	Leipzig