Gottfried Schilter
Gottfried Schilter (born September 27, 1643 in Landshut , Silesia , † April 10, 1679 in Leipzig ) was a German legal scholar.
Life
Schilter was born as the son of the collector of the imperial beer gradient in Landshut and his wife Susanna (née Hoffmann). He attended school in Landshut and in 1656 the Maria Magdalena grammar school in Breslau . In 1662 he went to the University of Leipzig , where he attended the philosophical lectures of Christian Friedrich Franckenstein (1621–1679), Jacob Thomasius (1622–1684) and Valentin Alberti . At the request of his father, he devoted himself to legal studies. In addition, he attended the legal lectures with Johann Ernst Noricus (1634–1678), Paul Frantz Romanus (1641–1675), Amadeus Eckhold (1623–1668), Jacob Born (the Elder) (1638–1709) and Bartholomäus Leonhard Schwendendörffer (1631 -1705).
In 1672 he obtained a licentiate in law and obtained a doctorate in both rights the following year . He would have liked to go on a scholarly trip according to the customs of the time. However, in 1674 he was appointed to the women's college and soon afterwards provost of the same. In 1675 he became a professor at the law school. His lectures were very popular; in the winter semester of 1678 he was elected rector of the alma mater in absentia . However, he did not have a long working life. On April 2nd, 1679, the man in his prime fell ill with a severe fever that he died on April 10th at two o'clock in the morning. He was buried on September 22nd in the Paulinerkirche in Leipzig .
His daughter Susanna Regina Schilter is known from his marriage to Regina Koch, the widow of the archdeacon at St. Thomas Church, licentiate Simon Löffler in 1677.
Works
- Diss. De poenitentia ex contractibus innominatis. Leipzig 1672,
- Diss. De nomine et causa. Leipzig 1676,
- Dissertatio Iuridica De Subinfeudatione, vulgo Affter-Belehnung. Leipzig 1678 ( uni-halle.de )
- Diss. De Syndicis. Leipzig 1678
literature
- Schilter, Gottfried. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 34, Leipzig 1742, column 1578.
- Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons and personal documents for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes . Volume 6, self-published, Boppard / Rhein 1970, p. 49, R 5079
Web links
- Publications by and about Gottfried Schilter in VD 17 .
- Schilter in the ULB Saxony-Anhalt
- Report of his funeral
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schilter, Gottfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German legal scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1643 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Landshut , Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 1679 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |