Johann Christoph Meurer (lawyer)
Johann Christoph Meurer (born August 22, 1598 in Husum , † August 27, 1652 in Hamburg ) was the legal counsel and diplomat of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg.
Life
Meurer was the son of the former Hamburg Syndicus and Holstein Councilor Philipp Meurer , who was President of Husum. He studied law at the universities of Rostock, Tübingen, Strasbourg, Wittenberg, Leipzig and Jena. In Jena he was promoted to Dr. PhD in both rights. After his first practical work at the Imperial Court of Justice in Speyer, Meurer went on his grand tour through the Netherlands, England, France and Italy.
In 1633, like his father before, he became the syndic of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg. He represented the city in diplomatic missions as envoy. 1631 and 1635 at the Viennese court, 1637 at the coronation of Emperor Ferdinand III. and in 1641 at the Reichstag in Regensburg.
From 1645 he represented Hamburg in the peace negotiations in Münster and Osnabrück in close collaboration with the ambassadors of the Hanseatic cities of Bremen Gerhard Coccejus and Lübeck David Gloxin , with whom he shared a house in Osnabrück.
literature
- Hans Schröder : Meurer (Joh. Christoph) . In: Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present . tape 5 , no. 2552 . Perthes-Besser & Mauke, Hamburg 1870 ( facsimile on the pages of the Hamburg State and University Library ).
Web links
- Publications by and about Johann Christoph Meurer in VD 17 .
- Entry Meurer, Johann Christoph in the Internet portal Westphalian history
Individual evidence
- ↑ Uwe Iben: Philipp Meurer - Husum's last president in a troubled time at the end of the 16th century in: Between Eider and Wiedau , Nordfriesland 2009 ( digitized version )
- ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
- ↑ See the Westphalian History Internet portal
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meurer, Johann Christoph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meurer, Johannes Christoph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1598 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Husum |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 1652 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |