Johann Hieronymus von Humbracht

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Johann Hieronymus von Humbracht (born March 19, 1652 in Frankfurt am Main ; † November 6, 1713 ibid) was a Frankfurt politician.

Life

origin

Johann Hieronymus von Humbracht was born as the son of the Frankfurt patrician, councilor, mayor and city ​​schoolmaster Adolf Ernst von Humbracht (1625 to 1693) and his wife Anna Margarethe Stralenberger (1628–1692). Like his father, he was a member of the noble inheritance of the House of Alten Limpurg, which was only accessible to patricians .

Studies and employment

As was customary at the time in circles of the Frankfurt patriciate, Johann Hieronymus studied law in Tübingen , Strasbourg and Helmstedt , but also mathematics. On his return to Frankfurt, he dealt with the measurement of the Frankfurt city ​​limits on the basis of his mathematical knowledge . As a patrician he was due, he turned to urban politics and in 1701 became councilor of his hometown. He was especially interested in caring for the city's poor and promoting the city hospital . In 1708 he was elected junior mayor , in 1712 he became one of the city's aldermen.

family

In 1686 Johann Hieronymus von Humbracht married Elisabeth von Hünefeld (1663–1703), the daughter of the Imperial Councilor and Imperial Court Councilor Nikolaus Christoph von Hünefeld (1617–1685). From this marriage there were 5 sons and 2 daughters.

An important source for his biography is the funeral sermon given by Pastor Ludwig Heinrich Schlosser and printed in 1713 (p. 31 to 39).

literature

  • Ludwig Heinrich Schlosser: “Eliae Desire to die: from IB Kön. XIX, when the well-bored gentleman, Mr. Johann Hieronymus von Humbracht, high-ranking aldermen and the council in Franckfurt am Mayn, after he gently confused the 6th November 1713 in his Heyland and Redeemer Jesus Christ and confused this temporal with eternal life, the 9th November afterwards Christ-Adelichem used to be buried it was publicly presented in the main church to barefoot ”. Nicolaus Weimmann, Frankfurt am Main 1713.
  • Hans Körner: “Frankfurt patricians. Historical-genealogical manual of the noble inheritance of the House of Alten-Limpurg in Frankfurt am Main ”. Ernst Vögel Verlag, Munich 1971.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Körner: Frankfurt patricians . Ernst Vögel Verlag, Munich 1971. pp. 69 and 71.
  2. ↑ Hans Körner: Frankfurt patricians . Ernst Vögel Verlag, Munich 1971. P. 71f.
  3. ↑ Full title in the bibliography
personal data
SURNAME Humbracht, Johann Hieronymus von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Frankfurt politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 19, 1652
PLACE OF BIRTH Frankfurt am Main
DATE OF DEATH November 6, 1713
Place of death Frankfurt am Main