Heinrich Grünfeld (lawyer)

Heinrich Grünfeld (also Greenfield, born August 1, 1551 in Osnabrück , † March 19, 1619 in Helmstedt ) was a German lawyer , professor at the University of Helmstedt and advisor to Duke Heinrich Julius of Braunschweig and Lüneburg (Wolfenbüttel) .

Live and act

Heinrich Grünfeld, the son of Augustin Grünfeld, the economic administrator at the Osnabrück Monastery, attended high schools in Münster and Lüneburg. There he made the acquaintance of law professor Johannes Borcholt , who was teaching at the University of Rostock at the time and who took Grünfeld with him to Rostock as an educator for his son Statius . Grünfeld studied law from 1572 , first in Rostock and then - after Borcholt moved to the University of Helmstedt - in Helmstedt. In 1581 he received his doctorate in law there .

From 1582 Grünfeld initially worked as an episcopal councilor in Halberstadt and assessor in the law firm in Wolfenbüttel. In 1588 he was offered a chair at the law faculty of the University of Helmstedt and was appointed ducal councilor.

During his studies and later, parallel to his first professional position, Grünfeld gave private legal lessons to Prince Heinrich Julius of Braunschweig and Lüneburg (Wolfenbüttel) from 1577 to 1585. After Duke Heinrich Julius took office in 1589, he frequently received legal and political commissions from him. For example, he advised him in a legal dispute with the city of Braunschweig and represented the ducal interests on a total of seven diplomatic trips to Vienna to see Emperor Rudolf II .

In 1592, Duke Grünfeld transferred an informal "director status" to the Helmstedt Faculty of Law, on the basis of which he led the dean's office in place of the dean. This director status was not provided for in the faculty statutes, which is why there were disputes with Andreas Cludius and other faculty colleagues. Grünfeld was also released from most of his teaching duties on the orders of the Duke. The Duke rejected a complaint by the faculty against this practice in 1603.

Grünfeld provided numerous legal opinions for court proceedings against payment as part of the legal rulings department of the University of Helmstedt. As a valued advisor to Duke Heinrich Julius, he enjoyed contemporary prestige. He was buried in the choir of St. Stephen's Church in Helmstedt .

family

Grünfeld was married to Anna born in 1583. Ruck († 1610 Neindorf), daughter of the Princely Brunswick Council and Chamber Secretary Abel Ruck (* 1517 in Kemberg) and Anna born. Vegebank (* 1537 in Hildesheim). His daughter Gertrud Grünfeld (1600–1670) married Heinrich Richard von Hagen (1596–1665), a secret councilor in Hildesheim, in 1623.

literature

• Wolfgang Lent: Grünfeld (also Green Felt), Heinrich . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Dieter Lent u. a. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon: 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 279
• Grünfeld, Heinrich . In: Joachim Rückert, Jürgen Vortmann: Lower Saxony lawyers . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2003, ISBN 3525182414 , p. 351

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See the entry of Heinrich Grünfeld's matriculation in the Rostock matriculation portal
2. ↑ See Wolfgang Lent: Grünfeld (also Grünstelt), Heinrich . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Dieter Lent u. a. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon: 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, p. 279; Grünfeld, Heinrich . In: Joachim Rückert, Jürgen Vortmann: Lower Saxony lawyers . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2003, p. 351.
3. ↑ See Wolfgang Lent: Grünfeld (also Grünstelt), Heinrich . In: Horst-Rüdiger Jarck, Dieter Lent u. a. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon: 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, p. 279.