Johann Friedrich Chemnitz
Johann Friedrich Chemnitz , in the literature sometimes wrongly from Chemnitz (born June 17, 1611 in Stettin , † December 11, 1686 in Parchim ), was a lawyer , Mecklenburg historian and archivist .
Life
Johann Friedrich Chemnitz was the son of the legal scholar and Pomeranian Chancellor Martin Chemnitz (1561–1627). He studied at the Brandenburg University of Frankfurt and the University of Rostock . In 1636 he traveled to the Netherlands and England . For several years from 1637 he was court master of the Baron von Degenfeld in France .
From 1639 he lived in Schleswig . In 1642 he was appointed princely archivist in Schwerin . In 1648 he became secretary to the Duchess Magdalena Sibylla von Holstein-Gottorp . After their wedding to Gustav Adolf von Mecklenburg-Güstrow , he was appointed office secretary and archivist in Güstrow . In 1667 he was appointed protonotary and secretary at the regional and court court in Parchim.
He left an extensive Mecklenburg “Chronicon Megapolense”, which includes a genealogy of the Mecklenburg Princely House.
literature
- Ludwig Fromm: Chemnitz, Johann Friedrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 116.
Web links
- Literature about Johann Friedrich Chemnitz in the state bibliography MV
- Chemnitz, Johann Friedrich von in the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania State Library . Retrieved December 8, 2009.
Individual evidence
- ↑ In 1648 his brother, Bogislaw Philipp Chemnitz († 1664), royal Swedish councilor and historiographer of Queen Christine, was raised to the Swedish nobility . - Cf. Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : New general German nobility lexicon . Vol. 2. Leipzig, 1860. p. 260.
- ↑ See the entries of the matriculations of Johann Friedrich Chemnitz in the Rostock matriculation portal
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SURNAME | Chemnitz, Johann Friedrich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer, historian and archivist |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 17, 1611 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Szczecin |
DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 1686 |
Place of death | Parchim |