Isaac Feyerabend

Isaac Feyerabend (* 1654 in Elbing ; † 1724 ibid) was mayor of Elbing from 1703 to 1724.

Life

Feyerabend's parents were the senior of the Elbingen clergy and pastor at the local St. Mary's Church, Christoph Feyerabend (1609–1671) and his second wife Elisabeth, b. Pier.

Feyerabend entered the Septima of the Elbing Academic High School on October 7, 1660 at the age of six, attended the Danzig High School from March 1673 and studied law at the University of Groningen from July 23, 1679 .

After his return to Elbing, he initially served as a clerk or city secretary ("Notarius Offici") and in 1684 settled down as a malt brewer.

After being elected councilor (or “council relatives” and “consul”) he took up this position on March 22, 1689 and was re-elected to the council in 1692 and 1694. In addition, Feyerabend held a large number of municipal offices and honorary posts (1690 judge, 1692–94 Mühlherr, 1695 and 1696 Wettherr, 1696–98 district judge, 1699–1701 external treasurer or “vice treasurer” and “censor” as well as vice president and finally council president ).

On March 19, 1703 he was elected mayor; in addition, Feyerabend was honored seven times with the office of royal burgrave and in 1719 appointed proto-molar . Elbingen chronicler Gottfried Gotsch later referred to Feyerabend as the "greatest statesman in Elbing".

Feyerabend donated larger parts of his fortune to his hometown, for example in 1713 after the withdrawal of the Russian troops for the library of the grammar school and in 1716 for the preservation of the main Protestant church, and was immortalized with his family coat of arms in its famous glass window.

Feyerabend was married to Dorothea Langkagel (1664-1726) and had five children with her, including the future councilor Johann Isaac Feyerabend (1696-1745).

literature

• Helmut Strehlau: Eldest of the Elbingen merchants 1721-1756 and their families. In: Archives for kin research and all related areas. Volume 43, Issue 65 - Volume 44, Issue 72, 1977, p. 493 ff.
• Dorothea Weichbrodt: patricians, citizens, residents of the Free and Hanseatic City of Danzig in family and name tables from the 14th to 18th centuries, volume 5 (Elbing). 1993, p. 45
• JA Merz: History of the high school library. 3. Continuation, 1847, p. 1
• G. Döring: Attempt of a history and description of the main Protestant church in Elbing. 1846, p. 31