Georg von Berchem
Georg von Berchem (born May 13, 1639 , † June 10, 1701 in Berlin ) was a Privy Councilor under Elector Friedrich III. of Brandenburg, later King Friedrich I in Prussia.
Life
Georg von Berchem worked as a lawyer and politician during the reign of the Great Elector Friedrich Wilhelm and was taken over by his son Friedrich III. promoted to Privy Council. Like Friedrich III. Georg von Berchem also belonged to the Reformed Church and together with Eberhard Danckelmann and Joachim Scultetus von Unfriede , he bought a plot of land on Klosterstrasse in Berlin in 1694, on which the Parochial Church was built. In the same year he lost his son Johann Georg and in 1700 his wife Anna, née. von Martitz, who came from the old Brandenburg nobility. This was still buried in the churchyard of the Parochial Church, while in 1701 he was buried in the crypt of the Parochial Church, which was only completed in 1703. His epitaph can still be seen there today .
coat of arms
The coat of arms awarded to Georg von Berchem in 1698 with the confirmation of nobility
The coat of arms awarded in 1701 to the son-in-law Johann Thomas Matthias with the name association to Matthias gen. Von Berchem
swell
- Inscription of the epitaph
- Sibylle Badstübner-Gröger: The Parochial Church in Berlin , Deutscher Kunstverlag Munich Berlin 1998
Individual evidence
- ^ Leopold von Zedlitz-Neukirch : New Prussian Adels Lexicon , 1837, p. 361.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Berchem, Georg von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Secret council under the Elector Friedrich III. of Brandenburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1639 |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 10, 1701 |
| Place of death | Berlin |