Johann Maximilian von Günderrode
Johann Maximilian von Günderrode (born February 4, 1713 in Frankfurt am Main , † November 29, 1784 in Höchst an der Nidder ) was a Hessian lawyer, privy councilor, writer and book collector.
Life
Johann Maximilian von Günderrode was the son of the Frankfurt lawyer and councilor Friedrich Maximilian von Günderrode (1684–1761) and Susanna Maria von Günderrode, nee. Ruland (1691-1758). From 1730 he studied law in Halle an der Saale . Between 1736 and 1748 he held various offices in the Hessen-Darmstadt services. In 1737 he became a councilor in Giessen .
In 1739 he married Susanna Maria von Kellner (1721–1757). She brought a fortune into the marriage, the total amount of which was estimated at 115,000 guilders . The Kettenhof in Frankfurt am Main belonged to her property . Her fortune enabled von Günderrode to purchase the rule Höchst an der Nidder with Günderrode Castle in 1756. The marriage resulted in 5 sons and two daughters, including Philipp Maximilian (1745–1814) and Friedrich Justinian (1747–1785), August Christian (1749–1782) and the writer Hector Wilhelm von Günderrode (1755–1786). The latter is the father of the writer Karoline von Günderrode (1780–1806).
From 1750 Johann Maximilian von Günderrode worked in Hessen-Kasselian services. In 1754 von Günderrode was accepted into the imperial knighthood on the Middle Rhine. In 1758 he was held hostage in Strasbourg , Paris and Nantes . In 1761 he was appointed a secret chamber councilor. In 1766 he was appointed senior bailiff of Windecken and Ortenberg . During his rule in Höchst, von Günderrode set up charitable foundations and began collecting books. With the aim of creating a universal library that could be used by the public and that would encompass all areas of knowledge of his time, he brought together around 20,000 volumes. His library focuses on publications under public and private law and on Hessiaca. The collection was loaned to the Darmstadt State Library in 1922, which it acquired in 1958 with funds from the State of Hesse. Today it is in the Department of Historical Collections of the University and State Library in Darmstadt .
Works
- Thorough investigation of the origin, progress and current state of the German Creyß essence: wobey of which Creyß-Tägen u. the main materials that usually appear on them are dealt with in detail. Giessen and Franckfurt, 1738
- Treatise on German state law. Giessen, 1743
- Thorough evidence that the Holy Roman Empire is bound to take part in the present war and help restore the equilibrium of Europe. OO 1748
- Thorough treatise on the nature of the Roman king's election itself according to the prescriptions of imperial history and laws, o. O. around 1751
- Thorough treatise on the nature of the Roman king's election in itself, according to the prescriptions of imperial history and laws. OO, around 1765
literature
- Rudolf Jung : On the history of the von Günderrode family . In: Alt-Frankfurt: Quarterly for its history and art. 1919, pp. [65] -77
- Thomas Parschik: The cataloging of the Günderrode collection - a project to record old prints in the University and State Library Darmstadt . In: Library Service, Volume 53, 2019, no. 2, pp. 120–124
Web links
- WBIS biographies
- Günderrode, Johann Maximilian von. Hessian biography (as of February 12, 2014). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS). Hessian State Office for Historical Cultural Studies (HLGL), accessed on May 29, 2020 .
- Günderrode, Johann Maximilian von in the German biography
- Works by Johann Maximilian von Günderrode in the Karlsruhe Virtual Catalog
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Günderrode, Johann Maximilian von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hessian lawyer, privy councilor, writer and book collector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1713 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 29, 1784 |
| Place of death | At the top of the Nidder |