Johann Gottfried Rösner
Johann Gottfried Rösner (born November 21, 1658 in Züllichau , Neumark , Electorate of Brandenburg ; † December 7, 1724 in Thorn , Polish Prussia , Kingdom of Poland ) was mayor of Thorn from 1703 to 1724. He was executed for riots in the city.
Life
His father was a Protestant councilor and businessman in Fraustadt and lived temporarily in Züllichau. Johann Gottfried Rösner attended high school in Thorn . From 1679 he studied law in Leipzig , then in Frankfurt an der Oder , until 1693.
In 1687 Rösner became city secretary in Thorn. After marrying Anna Katharina Kisling, the daughter of a mayor in 1694, he was appointed councilor for the first time in 1698 . In 1703 Johann Gottfried Rösner became one of the city's four mayors. He was temporarily president (presiding mayor) or burgrave (official representative of the Polish king), from 1706 also curator of the grammar school. During his tenure, the Northern War and a plague epidemic fell, which seriously affected the city. Rösner was a merchant and ran a private brandy distillery, which was in competition with the city, which is why there were violent disputes between some of the councilors and himself.
In 1724 there was the Thorner blood court between Protestant and Catholic high school students in the city, as a result of which the Jesuit monastery was badly devastated. Rösner did not intervene with sufficient resolution and was thereupon indicted by the Jesuits and sentenced to death by the court in Warsaw. Petitions and protests from the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm could not prevent the execution with nine other citizens.
literature
- Franz Jacobi: Rösner, Johann Gottfried . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 53, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1907, pp. 501-504.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rösner, Johann Gottfried |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | royal Prussian official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 21, 1658 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Züllichau |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 7, 1724 |
| Place of death | Thorn |