Johann Konrad Kreidenmann

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Johann Konrad Kreidenmann, copper engraving by Sebastian Furck

Johann Konrad Kreidenmann (also: Kreidemann or Pfister ; born October 10, 1577 in Lindau (Lake Constance) ; † March 6, 1655 in Esslingen am Neckar ) was a German lawyer .

Life

Johann Konrad Kreidenmann was a son of the Lindau councilor and merchant Ludwig Pfister, called Kreidenmann (1542–1596), and Barbara Schenckh, called Swiss. In 1574 the father received a letter of arms from Emperor Maximilian II . After attending the Latin school in Lindau and the grammar school in Ulm , Kreidenmann began studying philosophy and the Principia iuris at the University of Strasbourg in 1585 . In Strasbourg he stayed with his cousin Philipp Marbach . At the University of Marburg he continued his studies under Hermann Vultejus and Johannes Goddaeus , among others . In 1601 he graduated as Doctor of Laws at the University of Tuebingen and married Regina Fleiner, daughter of Johann Lienhart Fleiner, the city counsel in Esslingen and legal advice free imperial knights in Swabia was. In 1602 he became the city of Esslingen's second lawyer. With the death of Johann Lienhart Fleiner, Johann Konrad Kreidenmann followed him to the office of town synid and the council of knights. His work took him through Germany and Switzerland , including as an imperial commissioner. Kreidenmann owned several houses in Esslingen. Johann Konrad Kreidenmann died on March 6, 1655 at the age of 77 in Esslingen from the effects of a flux. His son-in-law, Philipp Knipschild, succeeded him as City Synidus and Council of Knights.

After the death of his first wife Regina in 1636, Keidenmann married the widow Margaretha Zweiffel, née Gilg. She died in 1648. The legal historian Johann Philipp Datt was a great-grandson of Kreidenmann.

Honors

  • 1651: Gold medal from the City of Esslingen
  • 1652: Honorary title of Father Patriae

Fonts (selection)

Kreidenmann also wrote numerous legal, political, economic, historical and moral writings. A selection is listed below:

  • 1620: From the constitution of the imperial city of Esslingen
  • 1626: Inheritance status
  • 1636: Confidential Bedenckhen approaching the local city (Tractatus de juribus et privilegiis civitatis imperialis Esslingensis)
  • 1640: From noble donors, waivers, Ritter-Rath, Correspondentz between the three Ritter-Creissen, item of the German nobility

literature

  • Karl Heinz Burmeister: The Lindau lawyer and historian Johann Konrad Kreidenmann (1577 to 1655) . In: Andreas Kurz, Landkreis Lindau (ed.): Yearbook of the Landkreis Lindau 2005 . Publishing house and offset printing Eppe GmbH, Aulendorf / Bergatreute 2005. ISBN 3-89089-080-6 . Pp. 121-126.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stammblatt Family Foundation Merkel and Zeller; Ferdinand Friedrich Faber: The Württemberg Family Foundations , Stuttgart 1853, p. 22.
  2. ↑ Acts on the award of the imperial coat of arms in the Austrian State Archives
personal data
SURNAME Kreidenmann, Johann Konrad
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kreidenmann, Johann Konrad; Pfister, Johann Konrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1577
PLACE OF BIRTH Lindau (Lake Constance)
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 1655
Place of death Esslingen am Neckar