Johann Bartholomäus von Busch
Johann Bartholomäus von Busch (* 1680 in Duderstadt ; † June 24, 1739 ) was a Palatinate lawyer, university professor, diplomat and politician.
Live and act
He was born in Duderstadt to middle-class parents, attended the Jesuit grammar school in Heiligenstadt and studied law at the University of Würzburg from 1698 . There he passed the philosophical master's examination in 1700 . From 1705 on, Busch appeared at the University of Erfurt , where he obtained his doctorate iuris utriusque (secular and ecclesiastical law).
In 1709 the Bishop of Worms, Franz Ludwig von Pfalz-Neuburg, recommended him to his brother, the Palatinate Elector Johann Wilhelm . In 1710, Busch was appointed professor of Roman law at the University of Heidelberg , and in 1712 he was elected rector.
At the same time the ruler took him over into his government service; 1712 as an auditor, 1714 as an appellate judge. Elector Karl III. Philipp appointed Johann Bartholomäus Busch to the real government council in 1721, after which he resigned his professorship. In 1724 he became a privy councilor and moved with the government from Heidelberg to Mannheim . In 1728 he went as Electoral Palatinate d'affaires to the imperial court of Vienna . Emperor Charles VI. appointed him there as a real Reichshofrat . In 1731 Busch returned to Mannheim as the successor to the late Elector Palatinate Vice Chancellor Alois von Metzger.
In the same year the elector raised him and his descendants to the nobility. As Vice Chancellor and Higher Appeal Court Director, Busch was the government's chief lawyer. In 1738 he applied for membership in the Upper Rhine Imperial Knighthood , after having acquired the Eltz manor in Freinsheim the previous year , today's "von Busch-Hof" . Although already ennobled by the elector, Busch asked the emperor to join the imperial nobility, which took place in March 1739.
On June 24, 1739, Johann Bartholomäus von Busch died unexpectedly of a stroke and was buried in the Mannheim parish church of St. Sebastian . There he also received an epitaph, which however was destroyed in the Second World War. The inscription is preserved in the Thesaurus Palatinus by the regional historian Johann Franz Capellini von Wickenburg († 1752).
Family and offspring
Johann Bartholomäus von Busch was married to Anna Clara geb. Serarius. She died in 1748 and is also buried in St. Sebastian's Church in Mannheim. In 1740 the widow donated the Freinsheim Catholics a building site belonging to their estate for the construction of the church and rectory. It is the place where the so-called old rectory and the catholic church stand in Freinsheim today.
Offspring were the two illegitimate sons Gottfried and Alois von Busch, as well as the three daughters Katharina, Agnes Margaretha and Regina.
Gottfried von Busch (1713–1779) succeeded his father in the offices of a government and higher appeal judge. From 1764 he held the office of Vice Chancellor of the Electorate of the Palatinate provisionally, and from 1775 actually.
Alois von Busch (1726–1796), also a lawyer, initially served as court judge and in 1754 , through his brother's mediation, received the position of senior bailiff in Ladenburg , which he held until the end of his life.
The “von Busch-Hof” is today in a well-known restaurant in Freinsheim.
literature
- Hans-Helmut Görtz: The Electoral Palatinate Vice Chancellor Johann Bartholomäus von Busch (1680–1739) and his family . Freinsheim, 2005, ISBN 3-00-016526-6
- Hans-Helmut Görtz: The most laudable progress of our Christianity and beautiful church service there - a source book on the history of the Freinsheim Catholics . Freinsheim 2014, ISBN 978-3-00-048474-2 , pp. 138-145
- Hans-Helmut Görtz: From Eichsfeld Jesuit student to Electoral Palatinate Vice Chancellor. Johan Bartholomäus von Busch (1680–1739). In: Eichsfeld-Jahrbuch 1st Jg. (2006), printing and publishing house Mecke Duderstadt, pp. 141–151
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Johann Franz Capellini von Wickenburg : Thesaurus Palatinus . Heidelberg 1752, Volume 1, p. 340; (Digital scan)
- ^ Website of the von Busch farm
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Busch, Johann Bartholomäus von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Busch, Johann Bartholomäus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Electoral Palatinate Vice Chancellor, diplomat and university lecturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1680 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Duderstadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 24, 1739 |