Johann Lucas Thering

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Johann Lucas Thering (* 1691 in Berlin ; † August 12, 1751 in Frankfurt an der Oder ) was a German lawyer at the Royal Court of Appeal and Supreme Court in Berlin and later the Royal Prussian Court and Building Councilor and Lord Mayor of Frankfurt an der Oder.

family

Thering was the youngest son of the Protestant theologian, archdeacon of St. Petri and city ​​superintendent in Berlin Lucas Heinrich Thering (1648–1722) and his wife Regina Agatha Schönebeck (1648–1713), the daughter of the mayor of Stendal Benedikt Schönebeck .

He was married to Anna Maria Westerfeld, the daughter of Anna Margarethe Wertpfuhl, "previously married Westerfeldin". After the death of her husband Westerfeld, her mother had married the mayor of Frankfurt an der Oder, head of the St. Jacob Hospital and pharmacist Gottlieb Christoph Dieterich. She died on September 21, 1732. The marriage was concluded on January 16, 1720 in Frankfurt an der Oder. The marriage resulted in four sons and four daughters, of whom only the daughter Maria Louise Margarethe Thering, nee. Lived on April 28, 1723. She was married to the future mayor of the city of Frankfurt an der Oder and building and court advisor Johann Samuel Ungnad (1710–1779), who took over the post of mayor after Thering's death.

Career

Thering studied law and already as a student ( LLstud ) published the following congratulations on the birthday of King Friedrich I.

Activity in Berlin

When his father Lucas Heinrich Thering died in 1722, Thering published the following funeral pamphlet as his son:

At that time he was an advocate at the Royal Higher Appeal Court and Chamber Court, as well as an advocate for the soldiers. Apparently he was appointed Royal Prussian Court and Building Councilor while he was still in Berlin. Nothing more is known about this.

Activity in Frankfurt / Oder

S. Maria Kirch zu Franck - ford on the Oder. Pen drawing by Johann Stridbeck the Younger , 1690
Römerberg and Nikolaikirche shortly after the restoration, 1728
( copper engraving by Georg Daniel Heumann after a drawing by Salomon Kleiner )

Michaelmas (September 29) in 1727, he was appointed the first mayor for life, and by the Prussian soldier king Friedrich Wilhelm I. confirmed.

On August 18, 1728, the king ordered that not only the houses in the city of Frankfurt an der Oder should be cleaned in yellow and white, but that the church yards at St. Marien and St. Nikolai in the city should also be paved and new ones should be laid outside the same. Despite the reverent ideas of the council, the king prevailed. The second mayor, Genge, set a good example for the citizenship and made horses available for this measure, while the first mayor, Hofrat Thering, who had no horses, paid for the carts.

In 1732, on the orders of the Kurmärkischen War and Domain Chamber, the suburbs were enclosed with moats and palisades to improve excise income based on the model of the Berlin customs wall .

In 1734 Thering provided the city with oil laterals and drafted a plan for the reception of the Salzburg emigrants who had to leave their homeland as Protestant religious refugees from the Prince Archbishopric of Salzburg due to an expulsion decree of 1731 and of whom 20,000 were admitted to Prussia.

Around 1749, the Lord Mayor Thering founded three companies to improve the income of the Lutheran orphanage he founded. Little is known of the leather factory and the silk factory, which will soon be closed again, and for the operation of which mulberry trees were planted all over the city, even on the ramparts and in the city moat. These companies also include the wax bleaching / wax goods and artificial honeycomb factory von Harttung & Sons. This was the oldest industrial company in Frankfurt, founded in 1749 by the then Lord Mayor Thering.

Hints

The following sources are still in the library of the city archive of the city of Frankfurt an der Oder, which have only been partially evaluated:

  • Johann Lukas Thering, King. Prussia. Court and building councilor, Lord Mayor of the City of Frankfurt ad O., † Aug. 12, 1751, in memory. 1712-51. IV: 0233
  • Mrs. Maria Luisa Margarete Ungnad b. Thering, † April 7, 1744, in memory. 1744. IV: 0234

literature

  • Ralf-Rüdiger Targiel (Hrsg.): The Lord Mayors of the City of Frankfurt (Oder) from the beginning of the 18th century until the regaining of local self-government in 1990. (= Issue 3 of the historical series of the Frankfurt (Oder) City Archives) . Frankfurt (Oder) 2000, DNB 967103525 , p. 7.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Joachim Christoph Ungnad: The joy of believers in death, Wolte Bey the Solennen Corpse Begängniß Der Weyland Hoch-Wohlgebohrnen and Highly Praised Women Annen Marien Theringin, née. Westerfeldin… Sigismund Gabriel Alex, Frankfurt an der Oder 1732, title page (abdication speech for Anna Maria Westerfeld, wife of Johann Lucas Thering)
  2. ↑ Martin Dieterich: The life of the believers in time and in eternity, Ward with respectable public corpses burial of the high-noble bored women, women praised for high honor and virtue, women Anna Maria Westerfeldin ... Sigismund Gabriel Alex, Frankfurt an der Oder 1732 , Dedication (funeral and consolation speech for Anna Maria Westerfeld)
  3. ↑ Christian Deutsch: The riches of the glorious inheritance, which believers gain in their blessed death, became at the highly prestigious funeral of the corpses of ... Anna Maria Theringin ... Schwartze, Franckfurt an der Oder 1732, p. 69 ff.
  4. ↑ Christian Wilhelm Spieker: Description and history of the Marien- or Oberkirche in Frankfurt on the Oder. Tempel, Frankfurt an der Oder 1835, p. 353.
  5. ↑ Ralf-Rüdiger Ragiel: Frankfurt (Oder) - as it was. P. 22, digitized version at the Frankfurt (Oder) city archive
  6. ↑ Homepage of the city of Frankfurt (0der), insights into Frankfurt's industrial history, descendant of the industrial company Harttung & Söhne visits the mayor, August 8, 2017, accessed on February 14, 2020, digital
  7. ↑ Library catalog of the Frankfurt (Oder) city archive, keyword: Thering, accessed online on November 15, 2014 Archive link ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / viadru.euv-frankfurt-o.de
personal data
SURNAME Thering, Johann Lucas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, court and building counselor as well as mayor of Frankfurt an der Oder
DATE OF BIRTH 1691
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH August 12, 1751
Place of death Frankfurt Oder