Johann Caspar Plum

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Johann Caspar Pflaume (* 1644 in Aschersleben ; † September 23, 1689 in Leipzig ) was a philosopher , lawyer , councilor and city ​​judge of Leipzig.

Life

Johann Caspar Pflaume was born in 1644 as the son of Ascan Pflaume (1605-1669) in Aschersleben and was baptized on September 20, 1644 in St. Stephen's Church . In July 1666 enrolled him at the University of Rostock . In 1670 he was Praeses at the University of Leipzig . In 1671 he received his doctorate in both rights ( Dr. phil. Et. Jur. Utr. ) At the University of Basel . In 1676 he became councilor of Leipzig and in 1677 city judge of Leipzig.

He was a member of the Leipzig learned society Collegium Conferentium , whose members included Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz . He was in contact with him and three other members of the society later. The three other members were Friedrich Nitzsch , Johannes Cyprian and Christoph Schrader . Collegium Conferentium and the two older Leipzig learned societies Collegium Gellianum and Collegium Anthologicum , all of which were founded at the University of Leipzig, were associated with the founding and publication of the first scientific journal in Germany, Acta Eruditorum , by Otto Mencke in 1682.

Scan from Germany's Galante Poetinnen by Georg Christian Lehms

After the death of his brother-in-law Franz Heinrich Höltich , he had a portrait of the deceased printed with his dedication by the engraver Christian Romstet , as well as for the lawyer Martin Zacharias Cramer after his death. He had another engraver print a portrait with a dedication on the death of his mother-in-law Sabina Elisabetha . He donated a collection of natural objects and portraits of the Elector August of Saxony , Jacques Cujas and Leonhard Badehorn to the council library, which later became the Leipzig city library .

Johann Caspar Pflaume died on September 23, 1689 in Leipzig and was buried on September 26 in the St. Pauli University Church. Joachim Feller wrote a memorial for him. In December 1689 his widow Anna Maria Pflaume (also known as Pflaumin or Pflaum ), a source of tears and consolation , was described in Erdmann Neumeister's habilitation thesis De poetis germanicis from 1695 as a German Sappho who could compete with any poet. The source of tears and consolation is said to consist or have consisted of spiritual songs, "devout sighs" and biblical sayings.

family

Johann Caspar Pflaume's first wife was a sister of Franz Heinrich Höltich, who presumably died early. On October 15, 1671, he married the cousin of Franz Heinrich Höltich's future wife, Anna Maria Marci, the daughter of Johann Christoph Marci and Sabina Elisabetha Marci, née Leyser . Her brother was the lawyer and librettist Polycarp Marci . Anna Maria's ancestors also include Polykarp Leyser II , Polykarp Leyser the Elder , Lucas Cranach the Younger and Lucas Cranach the Elder .

Johann Caspar Pflaume's father was Ascan Pflaume (also Latinized as Ascanius ), who, like his father Johann, was mayor of Aschersleben, but also previously town clerk and town bailiff . Ascan Pflaume's portrait by the painter Wolf Ernst Lindemeyer hangs by the organ of St. Stephen's Church in Aschersleben. Johann Caspar Pflaume is a relative of the television presenter Kai Pflaume and his great-grandfather, the architect Hermann Eberhard Pflaume , and the architect Hermann Otto Pflaume .

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Web links

Commons : Johann Caspar Pflaume  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Baptism dates from St. Stephen's Church in Aschersleben (third contribution)
  2. Registration of Johann Caspar Pflaume at the University of Rostock
  3. Caspar Pflaum . In: Festschrift to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the University of Leipzig , Volume 2. 1909, p. 62.  - Internet Archive
  4. Part 1 of the evidence. Excerpt from Detlef Döring's Der Junge Leibniz and Leipzig: Exhibition on the 350th birthday of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in Leipzig's Old Town Hall from 1996.
  5. Part 2 of the evidence. Section that belongs directly below the 1st section.
  6. ^ The Leipzig learned societies in the second half of the 17th century
  7. In the dedication shows his graphic that Franz Heinrich Höltich, he used the Latin word Affini , which as a relative, brother or Verschwägerter can be translated, and will also be done on the website. From September 2, 1672, Höltich and Pflaume are the spouses of two cousins, but this cannot be described as related by marriage and certainly not related (especially not as a lawyer), so he must have been a real brother-in-law.
  8. Information on the portrait of Cramer on the website of the City History Museum Leipzig
  9. Portrait of Cramer in the Digital Portrait Index
  10. P. 3, line 23.  - Internet Archive In: New Year's sheets of the library and the archive of the city of Leipzig from 1906.
  11. P. 30, line 3  - Internet Archive In: New Year's sheets of the library and the archive of the city of Leipzig from 1906.
  12. ^ Title of the funeral pamphlet; 125: 038149B in VD 17 .
  13. page 82 , De poetis germanicis from 1695 (Latin.)
  14. Excerpt from the German translation
  15. Date of marriage in the title of the book
  16. Latinized name in the German National Library
  17. Interview with Kai Pflaume in the Bild-Zeitung on May 27, 2007.