Johann Matthias Gesterding
Johann Matthias Gesterding (born July 7, 1691 in Stralsund ; † June 13, 1763 in Greifswald ) was a German lawyer and mayor of Greifswald.
Life
Johann Matthias Gesterding was a son of the court attorney and notary Johann Gesterding († 1693), who had come to Stralsund from the area around Braunschweig . He attended high school in Stralsund for five years , then because of his poor health he was given to his maternal uncle, Pastor Wendt, in Kemnitz , who taught him from then on. In 1712 he was enrolled at the University of Greifswald . When teaching at the university came to a standstill due to the Great Northern War , Gesterding returned to Kemnitz. Pastor Wendt taught him philosophy and theology. However, Gesterding followed the advice of his paternal uncle, the Stralsund lawyer Heinrich Gesterding, and went back to the university to study law with Philipp Balthasar Gerdes . He supported him when Pastor Wendt died a short time later.
On December 20, 1718 Johann Matthias knitted Erding in Greifswald became a Doctor of Laws PhD . In 1719 he was a lawyer, in 1720 a councilor and council secretary. In 1738 he became mayor of Greifswald. In 1744 he was appointed royal Swedish district administrator and in 1745 he was appointed curator of the university.
His son Christoph Gottfried Nicolaus Gesterding (1740–1802) was a practicing lawyer and historian.
literature
- Diedrich Hermann Biederstedt : News of the life and writings of neo-Pomeranian-Rügen scholars from the beginning of the eighteenth century to 1822. Vol. 1, Friedrich Wilhelm Kunike, Greifswald 1824, p. 71.
Individual evidence
- ↑ According to other sources: June 7, 1691.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gesterding, Johann Matthias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and mayor of Greifswald |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1691 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stralsund |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1763 |
| Place of death | Greifswald |