Johann Grüwel

Johann Grüwel , also Johann Greuvel (born December 3, 1638 in Kremmen ; died October 6, 1710 there ) was a German scholar and chronicler of the early modern period. Grüwel, the son of the mayor of Kremmen, was himself mayor of the city and wrote several papers. This includes a treatise on silk cultivation, probably the first in the Margraviate of Brandenburg, a treatise on beekeeping and the "Cremmische Schaubühne", a historical chronicle of Kremmen and the surrounding area.

Life

Grüwel was born as the son of Andreas Grüwel and his wife Judith. Mahnkopf born. Johann was the only one of Andreas' ten children to reach adulthood. Grüwel first attended the school in Kremmen, from 1651 the one in Spandau and finally from 1654 to 1657 he obtained the university entrance qualification at the Cöllnisches Gymnasium . From 1658 to 1660 he studied law at the University of Wittenberg .

From 1660 he was the judge of the Bredow estates in his hometown of Kremmen. However, the von Bredow family had owned the town of Kremmen and the surrounding area from the early 15th century, but had to part with their estates due to the Thirty Years' War, which had just ended. At that time, most of Kremmen's jurisdiction was owned by Markus von der Lütke - an imperial officer in the Thirty Years' War, who was elevated to the rank of imperial count for his services and then acquired lands northwest of Berlin and Spandau.

From 1676 Grüwel held the office of mayor in Kremmen in addition to the judge's office and held this position until his death in 1710. In addition, he was also a court clerk in Löwenberg ,

Grüwel was married twice. First with Anna Margherita, a daughter of the mayor of Spandau until her death in 1692 and from 1694 with Louise Gertrud. Grüwel had a total of 10 children. His son Nathaniel Gottfried later succeeded him in the office of mayor of Kremmen.

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The earliest known work by Grüwel is a treatise on the cultivation of silk. Probably the first work on this topic in Brandenburg. A larger work was the treatise on the "Brandenburg bee art". On the one hand, he combines his translation of Virgil's work Georgica with his own experience in beekeeping and the knowledge he had from beekeeper Peter Hüfener from Lietzow, who could look back on 30 years of experience in art. In the Cremmische Schaubühne published by Grüwel, he transmitted, partly from his own experience, partly through research, historical information about the city of Kremmen and the surrounding area. There he also pays tribute to the city's contemporary struggles with the von Bredow family, the introduction of the Reformation in Kremmen and how the Bredow property fell to Markus von der Lüdtke.

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Jürgen Splett: Grüwel, Johann . In: Lothar Noack, Jürgen Splett (Eds.): Bio-Bibliographien. Brandenburg scholars of the early modern period . Mark Brandenburg 1640-1713. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-05-003570-6 , pp. 236-238 .