Johann Grothusen

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Johann Grothusen , also Johannes Grothusen (born January 26, 1586 in Hildesheim , † November 15, 1648 in Braunschweig ) was a German lawyer . He was Syndic of the city of Braunschweig, Privy Councilor and Chancellor .

life and work

Grothusen studied law at the University of Helmstedt , where he was awarded a Dr. jur. received his doctorate. In 1615 he became the syndic of the city of Braunschweig, where he succeeded Johann Roerhant . Roerhant was placed under house arrest in August 1614 after attempting to negotiate an alliance between the city and the United Netherlands against the Guelph sovereign Duke Friedrich Ulrich . On December 21, 1615, Grothusen signed the Steterburg Peace Treaty on behalf of the city of Braunschweig, ending the military conflict with the sovereign. The city committed itself to hereditary homage. In return, the duke recognized the city's privileges. From 1623 Grothusen was the “Princely Privy Councilor by default”. In 1625 he ended his activity as a Brunswick lawyer and went to Magdeburg as an assessor in the Schöppenstuhl . As early as 1631 he entered the service of the Dukes of Braunschweig-Lüneburg of the Dannenberg line in Hitzacker as court counselor and chancellery director . After completing this activity, he moved to Lüneburg in 1633 , but remained “advice from home”. After Duke Friedrich Ulrich's death in 1634, Grothusen was active as Dannenberg marshal in the negotiations on the division of the Brunswick region. He returned to Dannenberg as Chancellor in 1635. Unbridgeable conflicts with the local landscape caused him to resign in 1637. In 1644 Grothusen became Countess Tattenbach 's privy councilor and director of the County of Regenstein am Harz.

Grothusen died in Braunschweig in 1648 and was buried in the Martinikirche there. The funeral speech was held by the superintendent Andreas Heinrich Bucholtz .

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personal data
SURNAME Grothusen, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Grothusen, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1586
PLACE OF BIRTH Hildesheim
DATE OF DEATH November 15, 1648
Place of death Braunschweig