Georg Reiche (administrative officer)

Georg Reiche (* 1618 in Kiel ; buried on August 9, 1663 in Itzehoe ) was a German administrative officer.

Live and act

Georg Reiche was a son of the Kiel merchant Christoffer Reiche and Catharina Fritze, whose father was the Kiel councilor Georg Fritze. He probably attended a school in Kiel and enrolled in 1634 to study law at the University of Rostock . In 1637 he moved to the University of Königsberg and then studied in France and the Netherlands. His father's sister, who was the wife of Land Chancellor Hinrich von Hatten , probably helped him start a career in royal administration.

In the early 1640s, Reiche worked as a page steward for Friedrich III. in Bremen , who went from Bremervörde to Glückstadt in 1644 due to the German-Danish War . Reiche presumably stayed in his service and worked there from 1644 as the garrison's pay commissioner. At the beginning of May 1649 he was appointed to the land clerk of Süderdithmarschen, who raised taxes. Shortly afterwards he married Margaretha Steinmann, who was a daughter of the administrator Jacob Steinmann . This gave him access to an influential family of officials.

Reiche worked in Meldorf and in 1663, after the death of Jacob Steinmann, he took over his position as administrator of Steinburg . The king appointed him a councilor, whereupon Reiche moved to Itzehoe, where he died a short time later and was buried in the crypt of the Steinmann family. His body was transferred to Krempe in 1679 .

Reiche had testified to a son named Joachim, who in 1681 was administrator in Segeberg and in 1682 royal councilor in Glückstadt. His wife married the engineer officer Johann Wittemak for the second time .

The chronicler Hans Detleff wrote that Reiche was a "learned and vorschedener Spraken experienced man". It is unclear what services he performed as a civil servant, although it cannot be assumed that he only got into his offices because of his family ties.

Works

During his time in Bremervörde he got to know Johann Rist , with whom he was closely connected. In 1647 he wrote an extensive honorary poem about Rist's “Das Friedewünschende Teutschland”, and the following year the same about the Danish song collection “Astree Siunge-Choer” by Søren Terkelsen, who worked as a customs collector in Glückstadt. Both poems can be seen that the author wrote stylistically practiced. Rist himself wrote a long congratulatory poem on the occasion of Reiche's wedding in 1649. Today this is an important source for the history of the Order of the Elbe Swans, which he founded in 1648. In addition to Terkelsen, who was called "Celadon", the poem reveals that Reiche belonged to literary circles from Glückstadt. In addition, Rist's second monthly talk "Das AllerEdelste Leben", which he wrote shortly before Reich's death, bears a dedication to him and two other people.

literature

• Dieter Lohmeier: Rich, Georg . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 11 - 2000. ISBN 3-529-02640-9 , pages 321-322.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Dieter Lohmeier: Reiche, Georg . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Wachholtz, Neumünster 1982–2011. Vol. 11 - 2000. ISBN 3-529-02640-9 , page 321.