Joachim Carstens (lawyer)

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Joachim Carstens , also Karstens , Carstens or Kerstens (born August 3, 1596 in Salzwedel ; † November 11, 1673 in Lübeck ) was a German lawyer and syndic of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck .

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The son of the Salzwedel mayor and rent master of the Altmark, Nicolaus Kerstens, first attended the municipal boys' school and was sent to the Latin school in Halle in 1609 . Driven from here by the plague , he spent three years, which he called his “nobile triennium”, at the school in Hanover . There he acquired knowledge of Latin and Greek through his eloquence . From 1615 he studied at the University of Wittenberg , from 1617 at the University of Jena and finally from 1621 at the University of Rostock the rights , operating alongside political and legal disputes and has already led as a student processes. As governor of a nobleman from the Moltke dynasty , he undertook a gentlemanly trip to Holland , England, Brabant , Flanders and France. From 1627 to 1629 he was Wallenstein's Chamber Secretary at Güstrow in Mecklenburg . From here he was drawn to Ratzeburg as a syndic of the cathedral chapter , despite a significantly lower salary . On May 10, 1630 he married Elsabe von Wickede (* 1603, † February 17, 1662), the daughter of Lübeck councilor Thomas von Wickede . In the same year he was awarded a Dr. iur. doctorate and received Lübeck citizenship on July 27th. In 1636 he was appointed government councilor of the Ratzeburg monastery , but in 1638 he switched to the service of Duke August von Sachsen-Lauenburg . In 1648 the Lübeck council elected him as a syndic alongside David Gloxin . He initially retained his Saxon-Lauenburg mandate until the death of Duke August, which led to resentment with his successor Duke Julius Heinrich , who suspected Carstens of having taken Lauenburg files with him to Lübeck and these against Lauenburg's interests in the dispute over Mölln and the Möllner To use pertinents . From 1655 Carstens was chairman of the maritime court and the consistory .

In 1649 he acquired the house at Johannisstrasse 20 , which he lived in for 25 years until his death and which he bequeathed to his children. He became the progenitor of a number of important people in the city. His eldest son, Thomas Carstens, became a preacher at Lübeck Cathedral , the second, Joachim Friedrich , became a councilor in Lübeck, and the third, Nicolaus Carstens, city governor in Mölln. Out of the large number of other descendants, the mayor Joachim Lüder Carstens († 1727), the councilor Nikolaus Carstens († 1735), the mayor Johann Friedrich Carstens († 1761), the councilor Gotthard Friedrich Carstens († 1780), the senior Johann Heinrich Carstens († 1829) and the higher court procurator Nicolaus Carstens († 1834).

Double epitaph for Joachim Carstens and Johann Heinrich Carstens in Lübeck Cathedral

From the estate of Senior Johann Heinrich Carstens , an epitaph made of light sandstone was set for him around 1850 next to that of the Senior in the south transept of Lübeck Cathedral .

Lineage in Lübeck

literature

Web links

Commons : The Carstens family in Lübeck  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal , SS 1621, No. 117
  2. ^ Marriage of Elsabe von Wickede
  3. ↑ Thomas von Wickede
  4. ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal , dean's book, SS 1630, Jur. Fac., No. 5
  5. ↑ Johannes Baltzer , Friedrich Bruns: The architectural and art monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck. Issued by the building authorities. Volume III: Church of Old Lübeck. Dom. Jakobikirche. Aegidia Church. Verlag von Bernhard Nöhring, Lübeck 1920. Unchanged reprint 2001: ISBN 3-89557-167-9 , p. 231; Latin inscription text with explanation and translation by: Adolf Clasen : Verhabene Schätze - Lübeck's Latin inscriptions in the original and in German. Lübeck 2002, p. 152 ff. ISBN 3795004756
  6. ↑ Invitation form , invitation : Thomas Carstens
  7. ↑ Invitation form , invitation : Der Brauvater
  8. ↑ From an email from Dr. Manfred Eickhölter, www.eickhoelter.de
personal data
SURNAME Carstens, Joachim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carefully, Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and syndic
DATE OF BIRTH August 3, 1596
PLACE OF BIRTH Salzwedel
DATE OF DEATH November 11, 1673
Place of death Lübeck