Johann Friedrich Schweser

Johann Friedrich Schweser (born April 30, 1606 in Thün ; † July 24, 1681 in Bayreuth ) was a lawyer and councilor in the Brandenburg-Bayreuth government.

life and work

Johann Friedrich Schweser was born on April 30, 1606. The father was Hadrian Schweser, the mother Elisabeth Schweser geb. Hummold. The turmoil of the Counter Reformation fell in his youth . The parents died when he was 21 years old. He had to earn the means for his living as a musician (lute playing) and private tutor for the sons of nobles himself. At the same time he studied and graduated with a doctorate in law in Jena . He was initially a freelance lawyer in Hof . He turned down an offer for a professorship in Jena. In 1672 he was appointed to a Brandenburg-Bayreuth court councilor to the government in Bayreuth.

Johann Friedrich Schweser was married twice. Five sons and four daughters came from the marriage with Margaretha Pertsch, daughter of a Wunsiedler pastor. Most important was Catharina Margaretha Schweser, married Dobecker. Johann Friedrich Schweser died on July 24, 1681 in Bayreuth. The funeral sermon was given by Johann Leonhard Schöpf, a funeral speech was given by Joachim Heinrich Hagen.

In addition to a number of occasional publications, three larger works were published under his name or under a pseudonym. Already during his studies Johann Friedrich Schweser published a translation in 1638 under the title From the fickle lovers at this time by François de Rosset . In 1649, a multi-volume Latin historical work by Justinus ( Marcus Iunianus Iustinus in five editions) was translated , probably a commissioned work. The most important mercantilist-oriented work appeared in 1664 under the pseudonym Gottlieb Warmund: Lack of money in Teutschlande and the same thorough causes…. .

Works

• Francois de Rosset (translator: Johann Friedrich Schweser): Histoires des Amans volages de ce temps. Story of the fickle lovers at that time ... Hamburg 1638.
• Marcus Iunianus Iustinus (translator: Johann Friedrich Schweser): The Germanized Justinus or fourty four books. Their historical descriptions of Justin apart from Pompeius Trogus. Transferred to German several years ago / but now ... promoted to print. By Johan Friederich Schwesern both rights Doctorn. Bayreuth 1649.
• Johann Friedrich Schweser (pseudonym: Gottlieb Warmund): lack of money in Teutschlande and the same basic causes / following the guidance of the warlike course of / in our fatherland / from many years ago / seduced nature and change / given on day; Also with old and new charming stories / usable political rules and types of teaching / also all sorts of edifying secondary discourses / legal and other questions adorned / by Gottlieb Warmund. Bayreuth 1664.

literature

• Johann Leonhard scoop: . Frölich- and seeliger farewell from this world / By Instructions Ps LXXIII, 23, 24. However, I always stay in you / ... corpse-Begängnis of the late high-Noble / Vest and Hochgelahrten / Mr John Frederick Schwesers .... Bayreuth 1681 .
• Joachim Heinrich Hagen: Schweserisches Ehr- und Dank-Mahl / after a mourning sermon has been put down / at a respectable meeting / in the GOttes-Acker-Kirche / upright and presented / by Joachim Heinrich Hagen / Eloqv. Poes. & Mathes. Prof. Publ. Bayreuth 1681.
• Klaus Knothe: Johann Friedrich Schweser (1606 - 1681). In: Klaus Knothe, Ralf Schuster (Hrsg.): Selected résumés from obituary writings in the Margraviate of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (17th century). Passau 2010.

Web links

• Publications by and about Johann Friedrich Schweser in VD 17 .