Johann Heinrich Castendyk
Johann Heinrich Castendyk (born December 29, 1795 in Bremen ; † December 31, 1833 in Baden-Baden ) was a German lawyer and first Bremerhaven bailiff.
Life
Castendyk was the son of a Bremen councilor who died in 1801. The mother was the sister of the Mayor of Bremen, Johann Smidt . Castendyk studied law from 1816 to 1821 at the Georg August University of Göttingen , the Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg and the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen . With a doctoral thesis with Eduard Schrader , he was awarded a Dr. jur. PhD. He was friends with the poet Wilhelm Hauff , who wrote his fantasy stories from the Bremen Ratskeller during one of his visits .
Castendyk became a lawyer in Bremen in 1821. After Bremerhaven was founded, the Bremen Senate appointed him bailiff of the Hanseatic City of Bremen in 1827 . The newly founded city built the first ports and flourished quickly. Probably suffering from tuberculosis since 1830/31 , Castendyk was represented by Johann Daniel Thulesius . At the age of 38 Castendyk succumbed to his lung disease. Thulesius became his successor.
literature
- Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
- Albrecht Willer: The correspondence of the bailiff Castendyk with the Bremen authorities 1827-1830 . Bremerhaven 2011.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dissertation: Quaestionis, quaenam sit causa differentiae in jure Romano celebratae inter res mancipi et nec mancipi, disceptationem .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Castendyk, Johann Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer, Bremerhaven bailiff |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1795 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 31, 1833 |
| Place of death | Baden-Baden |