Jacob Kotze

Memorial for Jacob Kotze (1590–1606) in the collegiate church in Tübingen

Jacob Kotze , modernized Jakob Kotze , (* 1590 in Groß Germersleben ; † October 10, 1606 in Tübingen ) was a Saxon nobleman who died of chickenpox while studying. A tomb and a memorial with two inscriptions in the vestibule of the Tübingen collegiate church to the side of the south-western door remind of him .

Life

Jacob Kotze came from the Upper Saxon noble family Kotze . His father was the manor owner Johann (Hans) Kotze on Groß Germersleben and Klein Oschersleben . His mother's name was Anna and was born from Bartensleben. He first went to study at the University of Helmstedt and later moved to the University of Altdorf . Most recently he studied the liberal arts and related languages at the University of Tübingen for a few weeks .

The 17-year-old is said to have been reported to have attended five universities. Religion, science and the fatherland (pietas, minerva et patria) mourn for him together with the family. In his biography, however, only the three universities of Helmstedt, Altdorf and Tübingen are mentioned and it is expressly stated that he would have studied at other universities at home and abroad if he had stayed alive longer.

Jacob Kotze fell ill in Tübingen from a childhood disease, which at the time was known as child blatancy or through bad. It's today's chickenpox . In adulthood, the course of this disease can be fatal, as was the case with Jacob Kotze after just under two weeks. If Jacob Kotze had restricted himself to eating and drinking accordingly in the first days of the course of the disease and had taken drugs from the pharmacy, he could have been helped. But as it is, he died within a short time on the morning of between 7 and 8 o'clock. The Tübingen superintendent Johann Georg Sigwart had been called to him for the last supper the previous evening, which Jacob Kotze was given in good time before his death.

His funeral took place in Tübingen, the funeral sermon by Johann Georg Sigwart appeared in print. A second edition of this funeral sermon was published in Magdeburg, which was supplemented, among other things, by a consolation book.

The memorial

The central zone of the memorial shows the young Jacob Kotze kneeling in front of a crucifix. This scene is framed by two columns with a total of 14 coats of arms, 10 of which are still preserved. With reference to the first name of the deceased, Jacob's fight with Jabbok (Genesis 32, 23-33) and Jacob's dream of the ladder to heaven (Genesis 28, 10-16) are shown in two reliefs above the main depiction. The father of the deceased is shown as a half-length portrait above the two reliefs. Above that, a representation of the mother in a medallion crowns the memorial.

literature

Johann Georg Sigwart: A Christian sermon, Uber der Leich, Weiland des Edlen and Vesten Jacob Kotzen, in large Germers and Lütgen Oschersleben, etc. Which Anno 1606. October 10th, between seven and eight o'clock, before noon, in Tübingen, blissfully fallen asleep in the Lord, and on the 16th afterwards, in the parish church of S. Georgen, was buried honestly on earth. Held by Johannem Georgium Sigwarten, the H. Schrifft Doctorn, Professorn, Pastor and Superattendenten zu Tübingen , Tübingen, 1606.
Johann Georg Sigwart: A Christian sermon, Uber der Leich, Weiland des Edlen and Vesten Jacob Kotzen, in large Germers and Lütgen Oschersleben, etc. Which Anno 1606. October 10th, between seven and eight o'clock, before noon, in Tübingen, blissfully fallen asleep in the Lord, and on the 16th afterwards, in the parish church of S. Georgen, was buried honestly on earth. Held by Johannem Georgium Sigwarten, the H. Schrifft Doctorn, Professorn, Pastor and Superattendenten zu Tübingen , 2nd edition, Magdeburg, 1606.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b A guided tour through the collegiate church in Tübingen on July 19, 2007 by Klaus Mohr Tübingen-Kilchberg.
↑ ^a ^b After Stefanie A. Knöll: The grave monuments of the collegiate church in Tübingen. Contributions to the history of Tübingen, published by the university town of Tübingen, Kulturamt, Volume 13, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 9783806219159 , pp. 137-141, Jacob Kotze is said to have studied law in Tübingen.
↑ Johann Georg Sigwart: A Christian Sermon, Uber der Leich, Weiland des Edlen and Vesten Jacob Kotzen, in large Germers and Lütgen Oschersleben, etc. Which Anno 1606. October 10th, between seven and eight o'clock, before noon, in Tübingen , happily fell asleep in the Lord, and was buried there on the 16th, in the parish church of S. Georgen, honestly on earth. Held by Johannem Georgium Sigwarten, the H. Schrifft Doctorn, Professorn, Pastor and Superattendenten zu Tübingen , 2nd edition, Magdeburg, 1606.

personal data
SURNAME	Puke, Jacob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Puke, Jakob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German noble student
DATE OF BIRTH	1590
PLACE OF BIRTH	Great Germersleben
DATE OF DEATH	October 10, 1606
Place of death	Tübingen

[Mohr-1] A guided tour through the collegiate church in Tübingen on July 19, 2007 by Klaus Mohr Tübingen-Kilchberg.

[Knöll-2] After Stefanie A. Knöll: The grave monuments of the collegiate church in Tübingen. Contributions to the history of Tübingen, published by the university town of Tübingen, Kulturamt, Volume 13, Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 9783806219159 , pp. 137-141, Jacob Kotze is said to have studied law in Tübingen.

[3] Johann Georg Sigwart: A Christian Sermon, Uber der Leich, Weiland des Edlen and Vesten Jacob Kotzen, in large Germers and Lütgen Oschersleben, etc. Which Anno 1606. October 10th, between seven and eight o'clock, before noon, in Tübingen , happily fell asleep in the Lord, and was buried there on the 16th, in the parish church of S. Georgen, honestly on earth. Held by Johannem Georgium Sigwarten, the H. Schrifft Doctorn, Professorn, Pastor and Superattendenten zu Tübingen , 2nd edition, Magdeburg, 1606.