Georg Schultze (legal scholar)

Georg Schultze (also Schultz ; born September 2, 1599 in Löwenberg , † October 5, 1634 in Wittenberg ) was a German legal scholar .

Life

Born as the son of the mayor Georg Schultze and his wife Regina, the daughter of the councilor of Löwenberg Nicolaus Fröbe and his wife Regina Schurbart, he came from a respected senatorial family in his hometown. Baptized the following day, he attended high school in his hometown, moved to the University of Leipzig on October 15, 1617 , switched to the University of Wittenberg and on October 17, 1620 to the University of Frankfurt (Oder) . He stayed there for six months, arriving on April 27, 1621, via Löwenberg, back in Wittenberg, where he obtained his licentiate in law on December 18, 1623 .

On that day he married the eldest daughter of Bartholomäus Reusner . The following year, on March 11th, he was accepted as an assessor in the law faculty of the university and received his doctorate in law in 1624. In 1627 he went into the service of the Counts of Barby and was hired by the Saxon Elector as a substitute for his father-in-law in Wittenberg. After he was installed as councilor and chancellor in noble houses, he was hired as court advocate by the Saxon elector in 1628. When Gottfried Reuter died, a discussion began at Wittenberg University about filling the position. His father-in-law proposed him to the institutes for the fourth professorship. Due to the last decision-making power of the elector, however, Johann Strauch I came to the professorship.

Schultze took his place as associate professor of the law faculty, read about the Constiutiones electorales Saxonicae and in 1633 held the dean's office of the law faculty. During his time he wrote seven books. As a result of a febrile illness, he died at the age of 36 and was buried on October 6, 1634 in Wittenberg.

His marriage to Maria Magdalena Reusner on February 18, 1624 resulted in two sons and three daughters. Bartholomäus Schultze and Maria Magdalena Schultze survived their father, but Georg Schultze, Regina Schultze and Charitas Schultze did not. His wife was pregnant with another child at the time of his death.

literature

• Gottfried Suevo: Academiia Wittebergensis Anno Fundationis ...
• Walter Friedensburg : History of the University of Wittenberg. Max Niemeyer, Halle (Saale) 1917
• Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons and personal documents for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes . Volume 6, R 5176
• Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General lexicon of scholars . Volume 4, 1751, Col. 380