Jacob Schickhart

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Jacob Schickhart ( the younger ; * 1584 in Siegen ; † September 14, 1664 in Anloo (today a district of Aa en Hunze )) was a German lawyer who lived in the Netherlands and enjoyed a high reputation there . He was a longstanding, meritorious head of the office of the Dutch province of Drente .

Jacob Schickhart's handwriting with his signature
H. Haak: Jacobs Schickhart's grave inscription: GRAVE INSCRIPTION. / Here are only his bones, / He was a support for the Drente and the community / But you are kept here without a name: / It's our councilor: JACOB SCHICKHART. / The gate of heaven opens to the righteous. / H. Haak
Obituary for Jacob Schickhart: FLOW OF TEARS / outbreak of pain over the very sad and unexpected / passing / of the highly learned, honorable and respected MR, / MR / JACOB SCHICKHARDT, / during his lifetime council and land clerk of the province / DRENTE. / Christian called to the Lord at Anloo, on Wednesday, September 14th / 1664, in the morning at 7 a.m., at the age of 80: In the aforementioned town he was brought to his last / resting place with honor and flags, on Thursday the 22nd Day of the same / month in the previous year. / <0§ (0) §0> / to GRONINGEN, / by Jacob Spikes, full professor, publisher and bookseller, residing / in the Broerstraat opposite the academy. 1664.

Life

Jacob Schickhart was the eldest son of the lawyer Jacob Schickhart the Elder . From 1595 he attended the pedagogy in Siegen. He then studied law: from 1602 in Marburg , from 1603 at the High School in Herborn and 1604 in Heidelberg . During his studies, which he completed with a doctorate, he acquired excellent knowledge of Roman law, which was decisive for his later professional career in Drenthe.

In 1614 he came to Groningen with his brother-in-law Hermann Ravensberger (1586-1625; his sister Magdalena's husband) , where Ravensberger became professor of theology at the newly founded university . In the same year Jacob Schickhart became secretary of the Drosts (administrator of a district) of the Drente countryside. As a representative of the Drost he was involved in all matters relating to the landscape, especially in border disputes. He therefore took part in various committees of the highest court in Drenthe (Etstoel), but as a non-Drenthe he could not become a member. Because of his excellent and indispensable legal knowledge, he was appointed official advisor to the court in 1620 (with a handsome salary of 250 car fl (Carolus d'or) ). At the time Schickhart visited his hometown Siegen, where he was officially received by the city at a festive meal with councilors and aldermen.

1626 Jacob Schickhart was appointed Landschreiber (Dutch, landschrijver 'is head of an administrative district) by the governor and he settled in Anloo. This high office with the additional designation "Adviser to the Ministers" comprised numerous functions such as secretary of the state parliament, document officer, secretary of the finance committee, commissioner for roads and water affairs as well as synodal of the Drenteschen church. He held this mission-demanding office for 38 years - until his death - and received a high salary of around 1,500 car fl. In the years 1643–1647 he was also authorized negotiator for Drenthe to the representative body of the Republic of the United Netherlands in The Hague . However, he was not officially allowed to attend their meetings. Schickhart represented the province of Drente towards the governor, the Nassau prince and the other Dutch provinces. He was considered a very skilled and experienced diplomat and guardian of the interests of Drenthe. He enjoyed a reputation as an indispensable advisor and was very popular. He received an honorable designation “Consiliarius Trantanus in Provincia Groningensi vel Omlandica”. After his death on September 14th, he was paid his last respects in a solemn funeral "under flags".

Jacob Schickhart remained unmarried and therefore had no offspring. He tried his relatives, especially his younger brother Philip Herman, who was Schulte (that is, the sovereign representative of an administrative district) of Meppel , to help them to higher offices, but this failed because of their non-Drenteschen origin.

Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ Horst Schmid-Schickhardt: Significant Relatives ... , pp. 27 and 29
  2. ↑ a b Horst Schmid-Schickhardt: Significant Relatives ... , p. 27 or Horst Schmid-Schickhardt: Die Siegener Familie Schickhardt ... , p. 32
  3. ↑ a b Horst Schmid-Schickhardt: Significant Relatives ... , p. 28 or Horst Schmid-Schickhardt: Die Siegener Familie Schickhardt ... , p. 33
  4. ↑ Horst Schmid-Schickhardt: The Siegener Schickhardt family ... , p. 22 according to the mayor's account of the city of Siegen 1620/21
  5. ↑ a b Horst Schmid-Schickhardt: Significant Relatives ... , p. 29 or Horst Schmid-Schickhardt: Die Siegener Familie Schickhardt ... , p. 34
  6. ↑ Horst Schmid-Schickhardt: The Siegener Schickhardt family ... , p. 34

literature

  • Horst Schmid-Schickhardt : The Siegener Schickhardt family in the 15th to 17th centuries. Attempt of a partial genealogy , Baden-Baden: Schmid-Schickhardt 2008
  • Horst Schmid-Schickhardt: Important relatives around Heinrich Schickhardt , Baden-Baden: Schmid-Schickhardt 1999
  • Frank RH Smit: Jacob Schickhart 1584–1664. Raad en Landschrijver van de landschap Drenthe in: Brood ea eds, P. (ed.): Vergezichten op Drenthe: opstellen over Drentse geschiedenis, Meppel: Boom-Pers 1983, p. 206-211.

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personal data
SURNAME Schickhart, Jacob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schickhart, Iacob
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Landschreiber of Drente
DATE OF BIRTH 1584
PLACE OF BIRTH Wins
DATE OF DEATH September 14, 1664
Place of death Anloo (now part of Aa en Hunze )