Johann Christoph Richter (Councilor)
Johann Christoph Richter (born October 29, 1689 in Leipzig ; † February 27, 1751 there ) was an important Leipzig merchant and councilor.
Life
Johann Christoph Richter was the son of the Leipzig merchant Thomas Richter (1652–1719) and the brother of the councilor and art collector Johann Zacharias Richter (1689–1759). The father had made wealth by trading in blue- colored goods from the Ore Mountains ( cobalt blue ). The family owned a property on Reichsstrasse, which was later called Deutrichs Hof .
Johann Christoph Richter also traded in blue-colored goods. Because of his services to the Saxon blue goods trade, he was appointed Chamber and Bergrat by Elector Friedrich August II . He held various offices in the Leipzig council and was a member of the charitable society of confidants .
By inheritance, Richter owned a house on Hainstrasse ( Zum Kleiner Joachimsthal ).
In 1718 he married Christiana Sophia Rücker. The marriage resulted in a daughter and three sons.
The Richtersche Landhaus
The Richtersche Landhaus at the beginning of Gerbergasse
Richter's country house from the southeast, around 1885
In 1743/44 Richter had a two-wing, castle-like garden house built as a residence north of the city in front of the Hallisches Tor by the master builder Friedrich Seltendorff (around 1700–1778) and the council carpenter Christoph Döring (1700–1763), and Adam Friedrich Oeser also contributed to the artistic furnishings (1717–99) participated. The house was at the beginning of Gerbergasse (today Gerberstrasse), roughly on the site of the Hotel Astoria . To the east, behind the house, stretched a garden that strictly followed the French model and extended as far as the Parthe . This was included in the design, but expanded and artificially reshaped by connecting channels and an oval ornamental pond in the main axis.
The building later became the property of the city, which set up the excise offices for royal and city trade taxes there. In 1895 the house was demolished.
The Richterianum Museum
Cover sheet for the catalog of the Richter collection
Museum Richterianum Supplement to the catalog
Richter owned a rich collection of natural objects with mineral, animal and herbal preparations, known far beyond Leipzig. In 1743 Johann Ernst Hebenstreit wrote a catalog for the collection with the title Museum Richterianum continens fossilia animalia, vegetabilia marina. The number of pages in the work, which is over 400 in Latin and German, gives an idea of the size of the collection. Although not explicitly mentioned in the title, the mineral objects make up about two thirds of the work. Gold , silver , copper , tin , lead , mercury and cobalt and their various ores as well as precious stones, resins, salts and earths are each represented with over one hundred specimens of various origins. This is explained not least by Richter's relationship to mining in the Ore Mountains through his trading activities. The last third deals with the so-called "animal things", which include, for example, fossils , fish, clams, snails, sea plants and hundreds of insects. Well over a hundred antique gems are described in the appendix .
The collection was in the house on Reichsstrasse during Richter's lifetime and then came to the house on Hainstrasse. His descendants sold the collection. Parts of it are now in the Waldenburger Naturalienkabinett .
literature
- Horst Riedel: Stadtlexikon Leipzig from A to Z . PRO LEIPZIG, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-936508-03-8 , p. 500
- Johann Ernst Hebenstreit: Museum Richterianum continens fossilia animalia, vegetabilia marina , Leipzig 1743 ( digitized )
Web links
- Richter's collection at "Chambers of Art and Curiosities"
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stadtlexikon Leipzig from A to Z , p. 500
- ↑ a b Document in the Leipzig City History Museum , inventory number: L / 1012/2006/38
- ↑ New Shores - Parthe
- ^ Museum Waldenburg
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Judge, Johann Christoph |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Judge, Johannes Christophorus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German merchant and councilor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 29, 1689 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 27, 1751 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |