Friedrich Maximilian von Lersner (politician, 1697)

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Friedrich Maximilian von Lersner (born February 20, 1697 in Frankfurt am Main ; † March 8, 1753 ibid) was a German librettist and mayor of Frankfurt am Main.

Life

Coat of arms of Friedrich Maximilian von Lersner (1747)

Von Lersner came from the noble Lersner family . His father (of the same name), Friedrich Maximilian von Lersner (1671–1731) was with his mother Susanna Catharina, geb. Baur von Eysseneck (1677–1741) married. He had 9 sisters and 5 brothers a. a. Heinrich Ludwig von Lersner (1703–1785) and Ludolf Erich von Lersner (1713–1773).

After studying in Altdorf, he went on several trips, after which he was a lawyer in the Danish service. He must have met the composer Reinhard Keizer in Copenhagen , for whom he wrote at least 4 librettos for his operas in 1722, which were premiered in Copenhagen. Afterwards von Lersner was the Danish ambassador in Paris .

From Paris in 1733 he was offered a seat on the City Council of Frankfurt am Main. In 1739 he was the junior mayor there . In 1740 he advanced to the first council bench , the aldermen's bench , to which he belonged until the end of his life. In 1747 and 1751 he was senior mayor of the imperial city, and he was also awarded the title of Imperial Councilor by Charles VII . Max III. Joseph of Bavaria appointed him on August 6, 1745 as a councilor of the Bavarian government and resident.

He was in correspondence with many scholars of his time and a. with Gerlach Adolph von Münchhausen , the first curator of the University of Göttingen .

His wife was Sophia Magdalena von Lersner (1695–1767; born von Syvertes), his firstborn son (of the same name) was Friedrich Maximilian von Lersner (1735–1804). His second-born son was Ludwig Adolf von Lersner (1739–1787), whose son was also named Friedrich Maximilian von Lersner (1781–1815).

Works

  • De corredo , Kohles, Altdorf, 1722.
  • Attempt by the people in four moral letters (from English), Frankfurt (a. M.), 1741.
  • The incomparable psyche April 16, 1722 Christian Heinrich Postel, edited by Friedrich Maximilian von Lersner
  • Ulysses (opera, music by Reinhard Keizer , premier planned for October 11, 1722 in Copenhagen on the king's birthday)
  • The Armenian 1722
  • Sancio or The Victory Generosity 1723

literature

  • Johann Georg Meusel: Lexicon of the German writers who died from 1750 to 1800, Volume 8, Gerhard Fleischer d. J., Leipzig, 1808, p. 160.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Eduard Heyden: The Frankfurt chronicler Achilles August von Lersner in Neujahrsblatt, the members of the Association for History and Antiquity in Frankfurt , Osterrieth, Frankfurt a. M., 1860, p. 6.
  2. ↑ Johannes Wolf, Walter Lott, Helmuth Osthoff, Werner Joachim Wolffheim: Festschrift for Johannes Wolf , Berlin 1929, ISBN 3 487 06538 X , p. 82 f ( limited preview in the Google book search).
personal data
SURNAME Lersner, Friedrich Maximilian von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German librettist and mayor of Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF BIRTH February 20, 1697
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH March 8, 1753
Place of death Frankfurt am Main