Jobst Christoph Kreß from Kressenstein
Jobst Christoph Kreß von Kressenstein (born January 8, 1597 in Nuremberg ; † June 7, 1663 ibid) was the city's envoy at the Westphalian Peace Congress in Münster and Osnabrück.
Life
Origin and family
Jobst Christoph Kreß von Kressenstein was born as the son of Jobst Kreß von Kressenstein (1565-1640, councilor in Nuremberg) and his wife Maria Fürer von Haimendorf (1570-1621). In 1622 he married Maria Sabina von Kornburg and Kalbenstein (1603–1657). The marriage resulted in six sons and one daughter.
Career and work
Life
After studying at the universities in Nuremberg , Jena , Leiden and Oxford , Jobst Christoph started educational trips through the Netherlands, Belgium, England, France and Italy. As early as 1619 he was active as a diplomat for the Elector Friedrich V of the Palatinate and in 1631 he negotiated with Gustav Adolf about the protection of Nuremberg in view of the threatened siege by imperial troops. Two years later he was involved in the creation of the Heilbronner Bund .
At this time he began his career as a lay judge at the city court and as a member of the greater council. In 1643 he became a young mayor and scholarch , three years later an old mayor and banker. In 1658 Jobst Christoph joined the government council of the city of Nuremberg. Together with Tobias Oelhafen von Schöllenbach, he represented the imperial city of Nuremberg at the peace negotiations in Münster (November 1646) and Osnabrück (December 1646) and signed the peace treaty on October 24, 1648 for the cities of Nuremberg, Rothenburg, Windsheim and Schweinfurt.
From 1649 to 1650 he was involved in the Nuremberg negotiations on the peace process, in 1653 brought the coronation robes for the coronation of King Ferdinand IV (1633–1654) to Regensburg and in 1658 the coronation insignia for Emperor Leopold I (1640–1705) to Frankfurt .
Others
In 1632 he received the Sambach estate in Bamberg as a gift from Gustav Adolf . However, this was lost again through the Peace of Westphalia . In 1640 he inherited the Rezelsdorf estate from his father and became a member of the Franconian knighthood with the acquisition of the free manor Dürrenmungenau in 1651. From 1654 until his death, Kreß was also the caretaker of the Mendelsche Twelve Brothers Foundation and in this function was responsible for the continuation of the Nuremberg house books .
See also
List of envoys to the Peace of Westphalia
literature
- Heinz Duchhardt , Gerd Dethlefs, Hermann Queckenstedt: ... to an everlasting memory. The peace halls in Münster and Osnabrück. Series Osnabrücker Kulturdenkmäler, Vol. 8, Bramsche 1996, ISBN 3-930595-83-4 .
Web links
- Jobst Christoph Kreß von Kressenstein Short biography on the Internet portal "Westphalian History"
- Ancestral line
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kressenstein, Jobst Christoph Kreß from |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Envoy of the City of Nuremberg at the Westphalian Peace Congress in Münster and Osnabrück |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1597 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 7, 1663 |
| Place of death | Nuremberg |