Hermann Christoph Finck von Finckenstein

Family coat of arms of Finck von Finckenstein

Hermann Christoph Finck von Finckenstein (also Fink von Finkenstein; * July 20, 1693 in Alauen , Kurland ; † February 14, 1758 in Mitau , buried in Grenzhof near Doblen , Kurland) was Courland Councilor and Chancellor in the Duchy of Courland and Semgallen.

Career

Hermann Christoph studied 1712-1715 jurisprudence at today's University of Jena . From 1716 to 1717 he was a member of the Courland deputation in Warsaw . In 1717 he was a lieutenant in the Lithuanian Guard in Grodno and served as adjutant in the rank of major until 1726 , after which he resigned from military service. 1726–1729 he became a Kurland state delegate , in 1729 and 1730 he worked at the Relations Court in Grodno and in 1732 in Warsaw. From 1722 he was a captain in Doblen in Courland and in 1736 was appointed Chancellor of the Duchy of Courland and Zemgale. During his time as Chancellor, he was the agent of Duke Ernst Johann von Biron at the Convention concluded in Danzig in 1737. In 1739, as a ducal deputy, he received the enfeoffment in Warsaw. After the exile of Duke Ernst Johann von Biron, Finck von Finckenstein remained in contact with him as acting chancellor and in 1744 was the leader of a group of parish deputies who campaigned for the reinstatement of Birons. Together with the delegate Tippelskirch from the Upper Council Party in Poland , they were forced to give up in 1746.

Gdansk Convention

After his exile in 1740 and his return in 1763, Duke Ernst Johann von Biron changed his way of life and his behavior towards the nobility. “He agreed to the state parliament resolution of March 1773, according to which everything that was recorded in the Danzig Convention 1737 contrary to the rights of the nobility should be invalid and promised to let go of the restrictions imposed on the councilors by the state parliament resolutions of 1746 and 1752 were imposed ”, Chancellor Finck von Finckenstein had worked on these resolutions and was the Duke's agent at the time. In addition, this convention also decided on “the churches of the other Christian relatives in Courland”, since the Duke preferred the Evangelical Lutheran faith as the state religion . It was said that the Duke should have a Catholic church built in Libau .

Freemasonry and donor

In 1775, Duke Ernst Johann had the first public library built in Mitau and founded an academic grammar school to which a grammar school library was attached. Mitau began to develop into the spiritual center of the duchy. The first head of the grammar school library was Hofrat Christoph Anton Tottien (1721–1790), the Kurland pastor Samuel Albrecht Ruprecht (1692–1773) supplemented the library with a generous donation of books. At the same time, the Masonic Lodge "To the Three Crowned Swords" in Mitau had an extensive library, the director of which was Jakob Friedrich Hinz (1734–1787). He had kept the book collection of around 16,000 copies in his private apartment; the initial equipment for this, of almost 1,500 books, had been donated to the son Hermann Christoph Fink von Finkenstein's, Major Johann Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein , who was the master of the chair in the Masonic lodge at that time was. In later years, around 1795, the collections were transferred to the Academic Gymnasium and integrated into the Gymnasium library. Thus in 1800 the library had a stock of about 30,000 volumes.

family

His father was the Kurland captain in Bauske Ernst Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein on Alt-Rahden in Kurland, his mother was Louise von Goes from the Paplacken house († 1710). He married Eva Elisabeth von Behr in 1726 . Her son was Johann Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein (* September 22, 1727, † January 16, 1772). The family in Kurland owned Alt-Rahden, Ixtrum, Bergfried and Autzenbach belonged to them as pledge.

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ What is Domestic Relations Court? questions-answers.info
↑ Hermann Christoph Finck von Finckenstein was prince in 1737. Courland Chancellor and Oberrath. In: August Wilhelm Hupel : Statistical-Topographical News from the Duchies of Courland and Semgalln. Along with other shorter essays. The Nordic Miscellanees 9th and 10th pieces. Verlag Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1785. (books.google.de)
↑ August Seraphim: The History of the Duchy of Courland. (= Livonian history from the "Aufsegelung" of the country to the incorporation into the Russian empire; e. House book. Volume 3). Kluge, Reval 1904. (Reprint: Verlag Рипол Классик, ISBN 978-5-87799-182-8 . Books.google.de )
↑ 5. After the convention, which was concluded between the commissaries of the King and the Republic of Poland and the authorized representative of the newly elected Duke Ernst Johann Graf von Biron, the Kurland Chancellor Hermann Finck von Finckenstein, on November 12th 1737 in Danzig, and although after their 2nd article. Should the Duke build a Catholic one in Libau in ten years. (G. Ziegenhorn ibid. § 223 G. 83 and Beyl. No. 316 G. 385 uf). In: August Wilhelm Hupel: Statistical-Topographical News from the Duchies of Courland and Semgalln. Along with other shorter essays. The Nordic Miscellanees 9th and 10th pieces. Verlag Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1785. (books.google.de)
^ Announcement of his lectures in the Academic Gymnasium in Mitau; Johann Nikolaus Tiling (1774) (dspace.ut.ee)
↑ Klaus Garber , Martin Klöker (ed.): Cultural history of the Baltic countries in the early modern period: With a view of the modern age. (= Early modern times. Volume 87). Verlag Walter de Gruyter , 2003, ISBN 3-11-095081-2 . (books.google.de)
↑ Lodge of the Three Crowned Swords. In: Henning von Wistinghausen : Freemasons and Enlightenment in the Russian Empire: The Revaler Lodge 1773-1820. With a biographical lexicon. Volume 1, Böhlau Verlag , Cologne / Weimar 2016, ISBN 978-3-412-50131-0 . (books.google.de)
^ Johann Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein. In: Johann Friedrich von Recke , Karl Eduard Napiersky : General writers and scholars encyclopedia of the provinces of Livonia, Esthland and Courland . Volume 1, Steffenhagen, Mitau 1827. (books.google.de)
↑ Klaus Garber, Martin Klöker (ed.): Cultural history of the Baltic countries in the early modern period: With a view of the modern age. 2003, footnote 20: Johann III Bernoulli : Travels through Brandenburg, Pomerania, Prussia, Curland, Russia and Pohlen in the years 1777 and 1778. Fritsch, Leipzig 1779, p. 242. (books.google.de)
↑ Klaus Garber, Martin Klöker (ed.): Cultural history of the Baltic countries in the early modern period: With a view of the modern age. 2004. (books.google.de)
^ Ernst Wilhelm Finck von Finkenstein. In: Friedrich Georg von Bunge : The inland. A weekly for Liv, Esth and Curland history, geography, statistics and literature. Volume 9, August 1, 1844, p. 493. (books.google.de)

personal data
SURNAME	Finck von Finckenstein, Hermann Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Chancellor in Courland
DATE OF BIRTH	July 20, 1693
PLACE OF BIRTH	Alauen , Courland
DATE OF DEATH	February 14, 1758
Place of death	Mitau , Courland

[1] What is Domestic Relations Court? questions-answers.info

[2] Hermann Christoph Finck von Finckenstein was prince in 1737. Courland Chancellor and Oberrath. In: August Wilhelm Hupel : Statistical-Topographical News from the Duchies of Courland and Semgalln. Along with other shorter essays. The Nordic Miscellanees 9th and 10th pieces. Verlag Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1785. (books.google.de)

[3] August Seraphim: The History of the Duchy of Courland. (= Livonian history from the "Aufsegelung" of the country to the incorporation into the Russian empire; e. House book. Volume 3). Kluge, Reval 1904. (Reprint: Verlag Рипол Классик, ISBN 978-5-87799-182-8 . Books.google.de )

[4] 5. After the convention, which was concluded between the commissaries of the King and the Republic of Poland and the authorized representative of the newly elected Duke Ernst Johann Graf von Biron, the Kurland Chancellor Hermann Finck von Finckenstein, on November 12th 1737 in Danzig, and although after their 2nd article. Should the Duke build a Catholic one in Libau in ten years. (G. Ziegenhorn ibid. § 223 G. 83 and Beyl. No. 316 G. 385 uf). In: August Wilhelm Hupel: Statistical-Topographical News from the Duchies of Courland and Semgalln. Along with other shorter essays. The Nordic Miscellanees 9th and 10th pieces. Verlag Johann Friedrich Hartknoch, 1785. (books.google.de)

[5] Announcement of his lectures in the Academic Gymnasium in Mitau; Johann Nikolaus Tiling (1774) (dspace.ut.ee)

[6] Klaus Garber , Martin Klöker (ed.): Cultural history of the Baltic countries in the early modern period: With a view of the modern age. (= Early modern times. Volume 87). Verlag Walter de Gruyter , 2003, ISBN 3-11-095081-2 . (books.google.de)

[7] Lodge of the Three Crowned Swords. In: Henning von Wistinghausen : Freemasons and Enlightenment in the Russian Empire: The Revaler Lodge 1773-1820. With a biographical lexicon. Volume 1, Böhlau Verlag , Cologne / Weimar 2016, ISBN 978-3-412-50131-0 . (books.google.de)

[8] Johann Wilhelm Finck von Finckenstein. In: Johann Friedrich von Recke , Karl Eduard Napiersky : General writers and scholars encyclopedia of the provinces of Livonia, Esthland and Courland . Volume 1, Steffenhagen, Mitau 1827. (books.google.de)

[9] Klaus Garber, Martin Klöker (ed.): Cultural history of the Baltic countries in the early modern period: With a view of the modern age. 2003, footnote 20: Johann III Bernoulli : Travels through Brandenburg, Pomerania, Prussia, Curland, Russia and Pohlen in the years 1777 and 1778. Fritsch, Leipzig 1779, p. 242. (books.google.de)

[10] Klaus Garber, Martin Klöker (ed.): Cultural history of the Baltic countries in the early modern period: With a view of the modern age. 2004. (books.google.de)

[11] Ernst Wilhelm Finck von Finkenstein. In: Friedrich Georg von Bunge : The inland. A weekly for Liv, Esth and Curland history, geography, statistics and literature. Volume 9, August 1, 1844, p. 493. (books.google.de)