Gottfried von Jena
Gottfried von Jena (born November 20, 1624 in Zerbst ; † January 8, 1703 in Halle an der Saale ) was a German diplomat and Prussian politician.
family
He came from the Anhalt branch of a family mentioned in a document in Halle (Saale) as early as 1350 , which is one of the oldest of the local pancake - see also the von Jena family . Gottfried was the youngest of four sons of the Princely Anhalt Councilor Petrus (Peter) von Jena (1584-1639) and his wife Anna († 1649), the daughter of the Zerbst council chamberlain Georg Schönevogel. His three brothers were Friedrich (1620–1682), Christoph (1622–1670) and Rudolph. Father and grandfather were Lord Mayors of Zerbst.
Jena married twice. Since the marriages with Dorethea Navin and with Elisabeth Marschall von Bieberstein remained childless, he set up his brother Christoph's grandson as a universal heir in his will. This grandson was also called Gottfried von Jena (1684–1734) and had two sons Gottfried (1706–1775) and Carl Friedrich (1710–1736). One of Carl Friedrich's grandsons was given the name Gottfried (1767–1831). Wilhelm von Jena (1797–1879) is a great-grandson of Carl Friedrich s.
Life
Gottfried von Jena studied law at the universities of Wittenberg , Gießen and Marburg . After a long educational trip, the University of Heidelberg appointed him professor in 1649. In 1655 he entered the service of the Electorate of Brandenburg , took over a chair at the Viadrina in Frankfurt (Oder) and received the title of a secret council three years later . Because of his excellent knowledge of the law, Kurbrandenburg appointed him envoy to the Reichstag in Regensburg in 1662 . Here, Jena was able to demonstrate its diplomatic skills for the first time. On August 2, 1663, membership of the imperial nobility was confirmed to him. When the Archdiocese of Magdeburg and the city of Halle (Saale) passed to Brandenburg in 1680 , Jena was appointed chancellor of the electoral government for the newly acquired territory on June 25th.
Ten years later, at the age of almost seventy, he also took up residence in Halle, the then capital of the Duchy of Magdeburg , and acquired citizenship there. To support his work as Chancellor, he was assigned the Secret Council of Nikolaus Bartholomäus von Danckelman (1650–1739, see Danckelmansches Siebengestirn ) in 1697 .
Hospital for Christian love
Gottfried v. Jena was a member and generous supporter of the Evangelical Reformed Cathedral Community in Halle . The “noble chancellor of Jena” and “benevolent patron of the community”, as cathedral preacher Adolf Zahn later characterized him, donated 500 thalers on June 4, 1697 for a “ hospital for Christian love ”, located in Geiststraße on the former Neumarkt. Sick and neglected children were taken into this charity. The hospital was financed from the interest on the capital that the future Prussian King Friedrich I had donated to the foundation. When the hospital was no longer needed in 1813 and fell into disrepair, it was initially rented out and then sold in 1853 to a master carpenter from Halle for 1810 thalers, with the exception of the Gottfried v. Coat of arms. Jenas, which had been attached to the building since 1697. The government confirmed the purchase contract on August 13, 1851. The coat of arms was transferred to the Jenastift .
Shortly before his death, on November 1, 1702, Jena let his house flow into the Jenastift named after him together with a capital of 60,000 thalers .
literature
- Johann Christoph von Dreyhaupt : Pagus Neletizi et Nudzici, or detailed diplomatic-historical description of the former primacy and Ertz-Stifft, but now secularized by the Duchy of Magdeburg, which belongs to the Duchy of Magdeburg, and of all the cities, palaces, offices, Manors, aristocratic families, churches, monasteries, parishes and villages, especially the cities of Halle, Neumarckt, Glaucha, Wettin, Löbegün, Cönnern and Alsleben; From Actis publicis and credible ... news, collected diligently, reinforced with many unprinted documents, adorned with copperplate engravings and abstracts, and provided with the necessary registers . Emanuel Schneider, Hall 1749/50. P. 642
- Siegfried Isaacsohn: Jena, Gottfried von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 762 f.
- Jena, Gottfried von. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 14, Leipzig 1735, column 374.
- Ernst Heinrich Kneschke: New general German nobility lexicon . In association with several historians, Leipzig 1863, Friedrich Voigt Online
- H. Prutz: Gottfried von Jena as the Brandenburg Reichstag envoy . In: Research on Brandenburg and Prussian History (FBPG), Jg. 18, 1905
- Publication - Gruber : Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste , 2nd section, vol. 15 p. 230 online
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jena, Gottfried von. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 14, Leipzig 1735, column 374.
- ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels , Adelslexikon Volume VI, Volume 91 of the complete series, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg (Lahn) 1987, ISSN 0435-2408
- ↑ Zahn, Adolf: Communications on the clergy of the Evangelical Reformed cathedral community in Halle ad S.: Presented to the three-hundred-year commemoration of the Heidelberg Catechism. Edward Anton Verlag, Halle, 1863, p. 12
- ^ Christian August Baumgart; Hallesches address book 1851
- ^ Zahn, Adolph: Information about the clergy of the evangelical-reformed cathedral parish in Halle ad S.: for the three hundred year commemoration of the Heidelberg Catechism. Halle, 1863, p. 41
- ^ Official Gazette of the City of Halle from May 7, 2003 (S. Hildebrand)
Web links
- Complete catalog of German-language funeral sermons Deceased: Jena, Gottfried von; Year of death; 1703; Place of death: Halle
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jena, Gottfried von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian politician and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1624 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zerbst |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1703 |
| Place of death | Halle on the Saale |