Israel Hoppe
Israel Hoppe (born June 8, 1601 in Elbing ; † June 22, 1679 ibid) was a Prussian historian .
Life
Israel Hoppe was a son of the councilor Israel Hoppe († 1624) and his wife Justina, b. Fox. He attended high school in Elbing and came to Soldau in 1616 to learn Polish. In 1618 he visited the Polish Diet in Warsaw . From 1620 to 1622 he studied ancient languages and political science in Rostock and Greifswald . After educational trips through Northern Germany and Denmark, Hoppe returned to his hometown in 1624, where he became provisional to the Brotherhood of Sankt Annen and the Armenspinnhaus in 1627, Vogt in 1629, councilor in 1629 , in the same year also assessor of the Swedish court, 1631 district judge, 1632 mayor and 1634 burgrave has been.
Hoppe's "History of the First Swedish-Polish War in Prussia, 1626-36", which was partially printed in the 18th century, was also used by Gottfried Lengnich . The work is an important source for the time of the Swedish rule in Elbing. The first copy was made during the Swedish times, later Hoppe slightly retouched it in the Polish sense. The work was completed in 1641. In 1887, the Association for the History of East and West Prussia published the work in Leipzig in full.
Hoppe's epitaph was located in the former Dominican monastery church Sankt Marien (today Galerie EL ) in Elbing.
literature
- Max Toeppen : Hoppe, Israel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 115 f.
- Kurt Forstreuter : Hoppe, Israel. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 618 ( digitized version ).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoppe, Israel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1601 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Elblag |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 22, 1679 |
| Place of death | Elblag |