Johann Cothmann

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Johann Cothmann (* 1588 in Lemgo ; † 1661 in Güstrow ) was a German lawyer and diplomat .

Life

Cothmann was the son of the mayor of Lemgo, Dietrich Cothmann. His brother was the future Mecklenburg Chancellor Ernst Cothmann . Cothmann received his first school education from private tutors. He then studied law at the University of Giessen .

In October 1604 he moved to the University of Rostock , broke off his studies and accepted a position as a councilor in Güstrow. As such, he finished his studies almost 20 years later and completed it in 1628 with a doctorate to Dr. iur. from.

When Cothmann's brother Ernst Cothmann died in 1624, Duke Johann Albrecht II of Mecklenburg-Güstrow appointed Cothmann as his successor as Chancellor. By an imperial decree, Cothmann was awarded the Palatinat ad Personam with effect from February 20, 1626 .

When the dukes of Mecklenburg were expelled in 1628, Cothmann joined them and also emigrated to Anhalt .

In 1629 Cothmann was accepted into the Fruit-Bringing Society together with Hartwig von Passow , Otto von Preen and Angelo Sala . The prince gave Cothmann the company name of the persevering and the motto in heat and cold . Wintergreen ( Pyrola minor L. ) was assigned to him as an emblem . Cothmann's entry can be found in the Koethen Society Register under number 168. The rhyme law that he wrote on the occasion of his admission is also recorded there:

Insistently to stay, Jn trubsal Creutz Vnd Noht, Suffer
with his Lord, What does the dear God send ?
This is a servant's test, through which he is ascertained
And also with glory and praise, cheaply and persistently.

Cothmann undertook several diplomatic missions to the imperial court in Vienna for his employer . When Duke Johann Albrecht II of Mecklenburg-Güstrow died on April 23, 1636 , Cothmann was involved in the ensuing disputes.

The widow Eleonora Maria argued with Duke Adolf Friedrich von Mecklenburg-Schwerin about the administration of the country and above all about the guardianship of her son, who later became Duke Gustav Adolf of Mecklenburg-Güstrow . Cothmann stood up against the widow and when the dispute escalated on January 17, 1637, Cothmann personally took away the mother's four-year-old son and handed him over to Duke Adolf Friedrich.

Nevertheless, Cothmann remained in office in 1654 after the heir Duke Gustav Adolf von Mecklenburg-Güstrow took office. Chancellor Johann Cothmann died in Güstrow in 1661 at the age of 73.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See the entry of Johann Cothmann's matriculation in the Rostock matriculation portal

literature

personal data
SURNAME Cothmann, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH 1588
PLACE OF BIRTH Lemgo
DATE OF DEATH 1661
Place of death Guestrow