Heinrich Christoph von Griesheim

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Heinrich Christoph von Griesheim (born January 4, 1598 in Griesheim an der Ilm , Thuringia , † after 1649) was a German publicist and statesman .

Life

Heinrich Christoph von Griesheim came from the Thuringian noble family Griesheim . He was the fourth of five sons of Kurt Apels von Griesheim. His grandfather Hans Georg von Griesheim was married to Katharina von Wangenheim and around 1560 he was a bailiff in Ilm and Paulinzelle.

With an early interest in the sciences, Griesheim moved to the University of Jena as a youth , where he was under the direction of the famous lawyer Dominicus Arumaeus and where German constitutional law was his preferred subject. Already in 1615 he could, only 17 years old, appear in public as a respondent and a defense defend where Johann Müter from Lübeck 14 Quaestiones iuridico-politicae de pacification tio religionis, consensu procerum sub regimine Caroli V. anno 1555 in comitiis augustanis solemniter promulgata been set up were.

From Jena , Griesheim turned to the University of Helmstedt and in 1619 to Rostock . Here as there he was very eager in his studies, especially in disputing as a present, respondent and opponent. The recognition that his work Jurisprudentiae publicae Romano-Germanicae brevis delineatio, sex dissertationibus comprehensa , which deals with constitutional law , increased his ambition. This work shows that Griesheim was already very well read in legal literature. The content of these six dissertations, all of which were printed in Rostock in 1620, is as follows:

  • De veteris romano-teutonici imperii augustissima dignitate et augustissimis praesentis rei publicae reliquiis atque gloriosissima electorum institutione
    • If the author puts this institution in the year 1209, he is referring to a decree of Emperor Otto IV. From 1209.
  • De iuramentu electorum, in quo praecipue tractatur de personis, imperatoria maiestate dignis, et de loco electionis
  • De tempore electionis, officio electoris Moguntini, votorum ordine et effectu electionis
  • De coronatione imperatoris germanica, et electorum officiis
  • Compendiosa augustissimorum imperialium comitiorum explicatio
  • De nobilitate germaniae

Through this work, Griesheim acquired an important reputation, so that Count Ernst zu Holstein-Schaumburg , the founder of the University of Rinteln , became aware of him and considered him suitable to bring fame to the new university. Griesheim was therefore appointed to Rinteln as the first professor of law in 1621 with the stipulation that he should present German constitutional law. This appointment and the simultaneous elevation to the Princely Council did not satisfy him in the long run. His inconsistent mind, his great ambition, and also opponents who could hardly spare his sharp tongue, soon spoiled his position in Rinteln. His princely patron also died on January 17, 1622.

In 1625 Griesheim went to Marburg . Here the decision matured in him to convert to Catholicism . The theological faculty of Marburg tried in vain to stop him from doing this in every possible way. So he became a Catholic. The imperial prince Wolfgang Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg called him as a secret council to Düsseldorf , where he stayed only a short time. The Elector of Mainz, Anselm Casimir , also appointed him a secret councilor and senior bailiff for the Amöneburg, Fritzlar, Neustadt and Numburg offices. As such he lived in Fritzlar . When this city was captured by Landgrave Wilhelm V of Hessen-Kassel during the Thirty Years' War on September 9, 1631 , Griesheim was also taken prisoner and taken to Kassel , from where the Swedes brought him to Erfurt and the Cyriaksburg there held captive. Only after a long time did he regain his freedom.

When Griesheim later attends the peace negotiations at Osnabrück in 1643 and 1644 in the interests of the Elector of Mainz or, on the recommendation of King Władysław IV. Of Poland, acts as a supervisory board that requests information on certain matters but is not allowed to enter into negotiations, he appears in a pretty ambiguous role. In general, he received little respect at the peace congress, as it is said of him that he ran around to the most distinguished ambassadors and chatted all kinds of things, both conscious and unconscious of certain attempts by the Polish and Danish kings to chase the Swedes out of Pomerania , which the Ambassadors of this crown would have denied. He was also thought to be a spy and a traitor who reported everything he heard from his own master to the Swedish Minister Salvius and added fictions.

Regardless of this behavior, Griesheim does not seem to have lost the favor of the Elector of Mainz. On the contrary, after his return to Mainz he was appointed by the then Elector Johann Philipp as a subdelegated minister in the execution negotiations in Nuremberg in 1649 . This stay in Nuremberg prompted the Fruit Bringing Society to appoint Griesheim as a member under the name of the person who submitted it. No further information is known about him. Later he is said to have served as a director in the Wetzlar district in Hesse-Darmstadt. The year of his death is also unknown.

Fonts

  • Discursus tres, de Electorum SRI augustissimo Collegio , Helmstedt 1618 and 1619
    • Septemvirorum origo, progressus, numerus, dignitas et requisita
    • De Electorum potestate in electione SS Romani Imperatoris
    • De Electorum Palatini et Saxonici potestate, quam ipsis concedit, praeter longam consuetudinem Aureae Bullae Cap. V. tempore interregni
  • Decuria quaestionum illustrium ex iure feudali et publico desumtarum , Helmstedt 1619
  • Discursus de Comitiis Imperii Rome. Germanici , Helmstedt 1619
  • Dissertatio de cucurbitatione , Rostock 1619, reprint 1625
  • Jurisprudentiae publicae romano-germanicae brevis delineatio, sex dissertationibus comprehensa , Rostock 1620
  • Discursus historico-politico-iuridicus, nobilissimam Vicariatus S. R Germ. Imperii materiam exhibens , Rinteln 1621 (disfigured by gross printing errors)
  • Discursus historico-politico-iuridici ad basin Aureae Bullae, eiusque titulos .. , Rinteln 1621
  • Description of the protracted prison of Ludewig, Count zu Gleichen , Erfurt 1642 (this work was created during Griesheim's imprisonment in Kassel and Erfurt)

literature

personal data
SURNAME Griesheim, Heinrich Christoph von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publicist and statesman
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1598
PLACE OF BIRTH Griesheim an der Ilm , Thuringia
DATE OF DEATH after 1649