Heinrich Schneidewein

Heinrich Schneidewein (* around 1510 in Stolberg (Harz) ; † May 7, 1580 in Jena ) was a German lawyer, law professor, rector of the University of Jena as well as Saxon-Weimar chancellor in Weimar and Schwarzburg-special house chancellor in Arnstadt.

Life

Heinrich Schneidewein is said to be the son of Countess Stolberg's councilor and former rent master Heinrich Schneidewein (also Heinrich Schneidewin and Heinrich Snydewint) (* around 1457 in Wiehe , † 1530 in Stolberg), who was a trusted friend of Martin Luther, and his wife Ursula Schweinfurt, in Stolberg have been born. There are no primary sources for this. His statement from 1544 that he was not born or raised in Stolberg and was a stranger to the Counts of Stolberg, suggest that his place of birth was not Stolberg, as already stated in Zedler's Universal Lexicon.

It is documented that he matriculated at the University of Wittenberg in 1524 . Like his younger brother Johann Schneidewein , who later became well-known law professor and rector of the University of Wittenberg, he found acceptance in Martin Luther's house, who promoted him like a son. He then went on an educational trip to Italy and obtained his doctorate in 1527 as a lawyer in Pavia to become Dorktor of both rights. On the recommendation of Luther and Melanchthon , Schneidewein was appointed consiliarius to the court of Elector Johann Friedrich in Torgau in 1538 and was later appointed councilor. Then he became one of the first law professors in the law faculty of the newly founded University of Jena . In 1569 he went to Arnstadt as chancellor in Schwarzburg services, but in 1573 he was reappointed to Saxon services as chancellor in Weimar .

Heinrich Schneidewind died on a trip to Jena. He was buried next to his wife in the Barefoot Church in Arnstadt.

A picture inscribed with his name hangs in the auditorium of the University of Jena to this day, but it could also show his brother Johann. This was raised to the personal nobility.

Two descendants of his brother Johann were later raised to hereditary nobility: Benjamin Schneidewin, lord of the Rottleben manor, was appointed by the emperor on March 5, 1716 and by Prince Ludwig Friedrich I of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt on May 5, 1716 raised to hereditary nobility as imperial court palatinate; on August 21, 1909 and April 16, 1910 Gustav Schneidewind, Fürstlich Schwarzburgischer Oberforstmeister and royal Prussian government and forest councilor a. D. the nobility confirmed and renewed. They were wealthy in the Goldene Aue u. a. in Auleben, Heringen and Rottleben. A female descendant of Johann Schneidewind, Ferdinande Schneidewind married Wilhelm von Schlotheim on Uthleben and Auleben. His son Thilo Freiherr von Schlotheim auf Uthleben, formerly also on Auleben, married Marie Schneidewind, also a direct descendant of the Wittenberg law professor Johann Schneidewind.

literature

v. Jacobi: Schneidewein, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 32, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, pp. 144-149.
Adelslexikon, Volume XIII, Schn -Stad, main editor; Walther v. Hueck, Director .R of the German Aristocratic Archives, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn, 2002
Harz Gender Book, first volume as German Gender Book Volume 106, edited by Dr. jur. Bernhard Koerner, CA Starke Verlag, Görlitz, 1939
German Gender Book, edited by Dr. jur. Bernhard Koerner, Ministerial Councilor in the Reich and Prussia. Ministry of the Interior, formerly a member of the Kgl. Prussia. Heroldsamts, 87 volume, Starke CA Starke Verlag, Görlitz, 1935

Individual evidence

↑ See Harz gender book, first volume as German gender book, Volume 106, edited by Dr.jur. Bernhard Koerner, CA Starke Verlag, Görlitz, 1939, p. 630 .; Adelslexikon, Volume XIII, Schn -Stad, main editor; Walther v. Hueck, Director .R of the German Aristocratic Archives, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn, 2002, article "Schneidewin (d), p. 11.
^ Adelslexikon, Volume XIII, Schn -Stad, main editor; Walther v. Hueck, Director .R of the German Aristocratic Archives, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn, 2002, article Schneidewin (d), p. 11 u. 12.

personal data
SURNAME	Schneidewein, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schneidewind, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer and Weimar Chancellor
DATE OF BIRTH	1510
PLACE OF BIRTH	Stolberg (Harz)
DATE OF DEATH	May 7, 1580
Place of death	Jena

[1] See Harz gender book, first volume as German gender book, Volume 106, edited by Dr.jur. Bernhard Koerner, CA Starke Verlag, Görlitz, 1939, p. 630 .; Adelslexikon, Volume XIII, Schn -Stad, main editor; Walther v. Hueck, Director .R of the German Aristocratic Archives, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn, 2002, article "Schneidewin (d), p. 11.

[2] Adelslexikon, Volume XIII, Schn -Stad, main editor; Walther v. Hueck, Director .R of the German Aristocratic Archives, CA Starke Verlag, Limburg an der Lahn, 2002, article Schneidewin (d), p. 11 u. 12.