Friedrich of Jena

Friedrich von Jena (born December 1, 1620 in Zerbst ; † September 10, 1682 in Berlin ) was a German legal scholar, diplomat and statesman.

Life

Friedrich was the eldest of four sons of the Princely Anhalt Councilor Petrus (Peter) von Jena (1584–1639) and his wife Anna († 1649), the daughter of Zerbst Council Chamberlain Georg Schönevogel. His three brothers were Christoph (1622–1670), Rudolph and Gottfried (1624–1703). Father and grandfather were Lord Mayors of Zerbst.

He attended the Francisceum high school in Zerbst and moved to the University of Jena . There he acquired the degree of a Baccalaureus in 1640 . He also studied at the University of Wittenberg , where he obtained a licentiate in both rights in 1650 .

After he had gained practice as a lawyer, he became court advisor in Anhalt in 1651, became professor of law at the University of Frankfurt (Oder) in 1652 and therefore received his doctorate in 1653 in Wittenberg . In his capacity as professor, he took over the Dean's office of the law faculty in the same year and was promoted to rector of the Frankfurt University in the summer semester of 1654 . In 1655 he was appointed by the Elector Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg as a Really Privy Councilor of State , and earned extensive services as an envoy and diplomat.

So he subjugated the East Prussian estates ?? (these were only subjected to homage in 1663), devoted himself to financial, administrative, school and church issues. For this he was entrusted with the duties as Chancellor of Halberstadt 1660–66, 1662 he was entrusted with the management of spiritual affairs, 1674–75 with the interim chamber presidency of the financial administration. Here he worked closely with the regional bishop Johann von Klingsporn in Königsberg. When he refused his' arrest, he became minister of the Brandenburg fief chancellery in landscape matters from December 1, 1679 and was responsible for the postal system as chief post director. Because he had bound himself too closely to the Great Elector, he had great opposition. As a statesman he was one of the staunch advocates of the Brandenburg state as a whole and of princely absolutism. His criticism of Klingsporn's disempowerment did not end here either, which is why he was dismissed on September 5, 1682 and died a year later (probably out of grief over the elector's characteristics). He set himself a memorial because he refused the false reporting on the Battle of Warsaw, which the elector asked him to do (see his letter to Cölln of September 18, 1672). That caught on and the elector had no choice but to write his wrong version himself.

Under the company name Der Starkwürkende he was accepted as a member of the Fruitful Society .

family

In 1655 in Königsberg he married Eleonore Margarete Müller (1638–1665), the daughter of the Swedish General War Commissioner Sigismund Müller (1612–1669) and his wife Margarete Dorothea von Bredow . The couple had two sons who died early, as well as the following daughters:

Eleanor (1656 / 57–1706)

⚭ Jobst Heinrich von Ende, Hofmeister von Anhalt-Zerbst

⚭ Hans Christoph von Briest

⚭ Karl Ludwig von Platen

Charitas (1658–1721) ⚭ Kurt Dietrich von Börstell (1650–1721), chief forester of the Altmark
Dorothea ⚭ Titus Christoph von Möllendorf, Landamt director of the Altmark

Selection of works

De Judiciis eorumque patribus & Foro Compententiae
De dorationibus
De Probatonibus
De Imperatore Romanum Germanico
De Majestate & ejus Juribus, quae valgo Regalia majora vocantur
De Felonia
De Successione descendentium ab intestato
De Actionum in Herd's Transitione
De rebus sic stantibus diversi Juris
De Locatione & Conductione, de Legibus, de Causa Conventionum ex casu per Amico
De Jure: Civili Canonico Feudali

literature

Siegfried Isaacsohn: Jena, Friedrich von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, pp. 759-762.
Bernhard vom Brocke: Jena, Friedrich von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , p. 398 f. ( Digitized version ).
Jena, Friederich von. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 14, Leipzig 1735, column 373.
Emil Ferdinand Vogel: General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts . Ed .: Johann Samuelansch , Johann Gottfried Gruber . Section II volume 15 . Gleditsch, Leipzig 1818, p. 230 ( Jena, Friedr. Von [accessed April 1, 2010]).
Fritz Steinwasser: Berliner Post. Events and memorabilia since 1237 Transpress-Verlag, Berlin, 1988, ISBN 3-344-00280-5 , ISBN 978-3-344-00280-0

Web links

Publications from and about Friedrich von Jena in VD 17 .

personal data
SURNAME	Jena, Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German legal scholar, diplomat and statesman
DATE OF BIRTH	December 1, 1620
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zerbst
DATE OF DEATH	September 10, 1682
Place of death	Berlin