Johann Joachim Rolssen
Johann Joachim Rolssen (born September 29, 1751 in Riga ; † March 14, 1841 ibid) was mayor of the city of Riga.
Life
Johann Joachim Rolssen was the son of the Lüneburg- born master painter and senior man of the St. Johannis Guild in Riga. After attending the cathedral school in Riga, he studied theology, law and camera studies at the Georg-August University in Göttingen from 1774 to 1780 . During this time he was employed as a sub- senior (1777) and in 1778 as the successor to Gustav Johann von Buddenbrock until January 1779 as a senior member of the Kurland Landsmannschaft and in 1779 also became a member of the influential student order " ZN ". His silhouette from this period is in the Schubert silhouette collection in the Göttingen SUB .
Back in Riga, he initially worked as a lawyer for various authorities. 1797 Rolssen councilor in Riga., 1803 Governor, 1807 Church President of the Administrative and Finance Department General Court and Upper betting Lord . From 1810 he was one of the mayors of the city of Riga and held the function of chief orphan. In 1811 the city was a representative in the protective leaf vaccination committee for the Rigian district. Rolssen was elected mayor of Riga and president of the city consistory in 1826. He retired in 1834.
literature
- Otto Deneke : Old Göttingen Landsmannschaften, Göttingen 1937
- Götz von Selle : The register of the Georg-August-Universität zu Göttingen 1734-1837 . Hildesheim, Leipzig 1937
- Walter Richter: The Esperance and ZN Order , in: Once and Now . 1974 yearbook of the Association for Corporate Student History Research, pp. 30–54
Web links
- Baltic Historical Commission (Ed.): Entry on Johann Joachim Rolssen. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Individual evidence
- ↑ Otto Deneke: Alte Göttinger Landsmannschaften, p. 27
- ↑ Otto Deneke: Alte Göttinger Landsmannschaften, p. 47
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rolssen, Johann Joachim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mayor of the City of Riga |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1751 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riga |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 1841 |
| Place of death | Riga |