Jürgen Erich Scheel

Jürgen Erich Scheel (1737–1795)

Jürgen Erich Scheel (also: Jürgen Erik Scheel , Danish: Jørgen Erik Skeel ) (* February 4, 1737 at Nordborg Castle ; † January 11, 1795 in Copenhagen ) was a Royal Danish Minister of State , bearer of the Elephant Order and Landdrost ( District Administrator ) the dominion of Pinneberg .

Life

He was a son of the privy councilor Holger Scheel (* April 2, 1699, † March 9, 1764) and his wife Regitze Sophie geb. Gyldenkrone (22 May 1706 - 27 October 1779).

He was born at Nordborg Castle, became court squire in 1755 and rose to chamberlain in 1758 . In 1762 he became a member of the St. Martin Masonic Lodge in Copenhagen and in 1766 he was appointed mayor of Bergen . For his services he became a knight of the Dannebrog Order in 1769 and a member of the Finanscollegiet (Finance College ) in 1770 . From 1770 to 1784 Scheel Landdrost was the dominion of Pinneberg and in 1771 had the highly regarded baroque house built in Pinneberger Fahlskamp, which was demolished in 1966. His wife Anne Dorothea b. von Ahlefeldt (born November 11, 1743, † April 25, 1805), whom he married on August 30, 1765, was the niece of his predecessor Hans von Ahlefeldt (1710–1780) . From this marriage there were 13 children. At the same time Scheel was from 1771 bailiff in Tondern .

In 1772 he was number 9 of the 35 judges in the divorce proceedings between King Christian VII of Denmark and Norway and Queen Caroline Mathilde . In 1779 he was appointed privy councilor and, in 1784, mayor in Christiania (now the city of Oslo ) as well as chairman of the General Customs Chamber. After Scheel was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1788 , he became a Knight of the Elephant Order on July 31, 1790.

The Scheelring in Hamburg-Schnelsen was named after him on February 26, 1968 .

literature

C. E: A. Scholler: Skeel (Scheel), Jørgen Greve . In: Carl Frederik Bricka (Ed.): Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Tillige omfattende Norge for Tidsrummet 1537-1814. 1st edition. tape 16 : Skarpenberg – Sveistrup . Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, Copenhagen 1902, p. 31 (Danish, runeberg.org ).

Individual evidence

^ KL Bugge: Det danske frimureries historie : bind 1, 1910, p. 199.

personal data
SURNAME	Scheel, Jürgen Erich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Scheel, Jürgen Erik; Skeel, Jørgen Erik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish Prime Minister, bearer of the Elephant Order and Landdrost of the Pinneberg rule
DATE OF BIRTH	February 4, 1737
PLACE OF BIRTH	Nordborg Castle
DATE OF DEATH	January 11, 1795
Place of death	Copenhagen

[1] KL Bugge: Det danske frimureries historie : bind 1, 1910, p. 199.