Johann Friedrich von Braun
Johann Friedrich Braun , von Braun since 1770 , (born January 10, 1722 in Jena , † 1799 in Langensalza ) was a German soldier, non-fiction author and manor owner .
Life
He was the son of the lawyer Matthias Nicolaus Braun and the grandson of the Protestant pastor Johann Sebastian Braun from Henschleben and Vehra . According to the family legend, it comes from the von Braun aristocratic family , who lived in Gispersleben near Erfurt and who had fallen into the peasant class through impoverishment.
His mother, Catharina Magdalena nee Fronfeist, was a merchant's daughter from Langensalza . This Thuringian city would later become the center of life of Johann Friedrich Braun.
After attending school in Eisleben , Johann Friedrich Braun went to the University of Jena in 1739 , where, like his older brother, he studied law, philosophy and mathematics. After four years at the university, he began to think not to pursue an administrative career, but to do military service in order to get to know foreign countries. In 1746 he entered the service of the emperor and took part in several campaigns in Italy. Thereupon he entered the Dutch military service for several years, where he made it up to captain. When he was no longer promoted, he returned to the Electorate of Saxony in 1762 . Here he became director of the Thuringian district directorate and took up residence in Langensalza. Due to irregularities in financial transactions, a lengthy process resulted in which he was forced to resign from the director's post.
In order to earn money, he began to write non-fiction books in Langensalza, including primarily historical treatises, and to have them published by a local publisher. A part of his writings remained unfinished, however, because the sales were partly limited, although he was financially supported by several scientists. His best-known sequel was entitled: Monthly excerpt from the history of the high Chur and Princely Houses of Saxony Thuringian-Meissnian tribe, designed to please those who are not very familiar with patriotic history .
In the last years of his life he was forced to cash in and sell his share of his paternal manor in Obertopfstedt .
Elevation to the nobility
After his eldest brother Carl Adolph Braun was raised to the status of imperial baron by Emperor Franz I in 1764 , he too carried the title of nobility from 1770 .
literature
- Interesting life paintings of the most memorable people of the eighteenth century , 1806, p. 454 ff.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ In the literature, January 9, 1722 is also given as the birthday. January 10th is noted on a contemporary certificate for the Lehnhof Dresden.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Braun, Johann Friedrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Braun, Johann Friedrich; Braun, Friedrich; Braun, Friedrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German soldier, non-fiction author and manor owner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 10, 1722 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jena |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1799 |
| Place of death | Langensalza |