Gottfried Ferdinand von Buckisch and Löwenfels
Gottfried Ferdinand Buckisch (and Löwenfels) , from 1691 Knight of Buckisch and Löwenfels , (baptized January 28, 1641 in Oels , Principality of Oels , † February 19, 1699 in Mainz ) was a German legal scholar and historian .
Life
Buckisch was the son of a judge. Like his father, he turned to legal studies, which he began in 1662 at the University of Leipzig . In 1667 he moved to the University of Jena . After completing his studies, he initially worked in Protestant city administrations and held the office of councilor in Strehlen from 1670 to 1676 . In 1676 he converted to the Roman Catholic faith and became government secretary in the Principality of Brieg . There he dedicated himself with commitment to the Counter Reformation . Because of his contributions to the field of counter-reformation and because of his writings, he was in 1691 for Knight ennobled .
Buckisch became assessor and imperial councilor at the Prague Castle Office . In 1692 he came to the University of Vienna as a professor of law and history . However, he lost his professorship in 1694. He then remained active as a writer, although it is not known how he worked during this time. Shortly before his death in 1699 he received a call to a professorship at the University of Mainz .
Works (selection)
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Silesian Religious Acts , 7 volumes (written from 1676; printing permission refused).
- Prolegomena of Silesian Church Histories , Neisse 1685 (intended as an introduction).
- Historia Genealogica Palatino-Neoburgico-Bavarica or historical explanation deß Churfürstl. Pfaltz-Neuburg-Bavarian Regent Tree , Glatz 1687.
- Dissertatio Juris Publici De Regis Romanorum Tum Electione, Tum Coronatione , Prague 1689.
- Observationes historico-politicae in Instrumentum pacis Osnabrugo-Westphalicum , 2 volumes, Vienna 1694–1696.
literature
- Adolf Schimmelpfennig : Buckisch and Löwenfels, Gottfried von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 495.
- Robert Samulski: Buckisch and Löwenfels, Gottfried von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 712 ( digitized version ).
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bautz : Buckisch, Gottfried. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 1, Bautz, Hamm 1975. 2nd, unchanged edition Hamm 1990, ISBN 3-88309-013-1 , Sp. 794-795.
- Buckisch and Löwenfels, Gottfried Ferdinand Ritter von . In: Walther Killy (Ed.): Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie (DBE) . 1st edition. tape 2 : Bohacz – Ebhardt . KG Saur, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-598-23162-8 , p. 190 .
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| SURNAME | Buckisch and Löwenfels, Gottfried Ferdinand von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Buckisch and Löwenfels, Gottfried Ferdinand Ritter von (full name); Buckisch, Gottfried Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German legal scholar and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized January 28, 1641 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oels , Duchy of Oels |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 19, 1699 |
| Place of death | Mainz |