Jakob Heinrich Then

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Jakob Heinrich Dann, portrait at the Tübingen town hall

Jakob Heinrich Dann (born April 24, 1720 in Tübingen ; † 1790 there ) was a lawyer. He worked as a court judge . He was also mayor of Tübingen from 1752 to 1790 as well as a member of the select committee of the landscape and landscape deputy .

Life

Jakob Heinrich Dann was a son of Johann Jakob Dann (1697–1744), a councilor in Tübingen, and his wife Jakobine Magdalene geb. Eisenbach. After studying law, he worked as a court judge. On October 30, 1742, he married Sophia Elisabeth Mögling, with whom he had twelve children, including Christian Adam Dann . A steep career began for him in 1752. He became (in addition to his office as court judge) not only a court relative and mayor of Tübingen, but also a member of the select committee of the landscape. In the years 1763 to 1767 and again in 1770 he was also a member of the landscape.

Jakob Heinrich Dann is best known for his attempt to fight corruption in the Select Committee. He also tried to reinstate Johann Jakob Moser as a landscape consultant in 1770. He was supported by other Pietists , including Friedrich Christoph Oetinger and Chancellor Jeremias Friedrich Reuss . Then did not succeed in reaching a majority in the vote in the landscape. Since he was unsuccessful, Dann resigned his offices as a landscape representative (member of parliament, member of the select committee and court judge).

From 1770 until his death in 1790 he was still a court relative and mayor of Tübingen.

The Tübingen Dannstrasse was named after Dann . It is a short street between Rosenauer Weg and Hallstattstrasse in the north-west of the city.

children

Among the 12 children we should mention:

  • Johann Wolfgang Heinrich Then
  • Christiane Friederike Then
  • Sophia Wilhelmine Then
  • Johann Friedrich Then
  • Maria Elisabeth Then
  • Immanuel Gottlob Then
  • Christoph Gottlieb Dann, pastor in Weilheim
  • Christian Adam Then

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Rudolf Seigel: Court and Council in Tübingen. From the beginnings to the introduction of the municipal constitution 1818–1822 , Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 1960 (= publication of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg). P. 189.
  2. ^ Max Eifert : History and Description of the City of Tübingen , Tübingen: LF Fues 1849, p. 194.
  3. ^ Ludwig Baur: The municipal budget of Tübingen from the year 1750 up to our time , Tübingen: C. Riecker 1863, pp. 98-100.
personal data
SURNAME Then, Jakob Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Then, Jacob Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Court judge and mayor of Tübingen
DATE OF BIRTH April 24, 1720
PLACE OF BIRTH Tübingen
DATE OF DEATH 1790
Place of death Tübingen