Johann Nicolaus Willebrandt
Johann Nicolaus Willebrandt , also Willebrand (* 1730 in Rostock , † October 4, 1803 in Bergedorf ) was a German lawyer, diplomat and bailiff.
Life
According to contemporary literature, Johann Nicolaus Willebrandt is said to have been the son of the lawyer and writer Johann Peter Willebrand . From 1746 he studied law at the University of Rostock and finished his studies with a licentiate in both rights. In 1762 he became an agent, that is, the envoy of the Hanseatic City of Hamburg at the imperial court in Saint Petersburg, and also gradually took over the diplomatic representation of the Hanseatic cities of Bremen , Lübeck and Danzig in Petersburg. In 1773 he was appointed royal Polish legation councilor. Until 1786 he was the diplomatic representative of the Hanseatic cities in Petersburg and then, at the suggestion of Lübeck, he was appointed bailiff in the Bergedorf district of both cities . He died in office. His successor as diplomatic representative in Petersburg was the Kiel university professor Johann Georg Wiggers in 1786 .
literature
- Johann Martin Lappenberg : Journal of the Association for Hamburg History , Volume 3, Association for Hamburg History , Hamburg 1851, p. 523.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Last name added to Lappenberg and Rostock matriculation
- ^ Willebrand, Johann Nikolaus and Willebrand, Johann Peter in: Georg Christoph Hamberger , Johann Georg Meusel : The learned Teutschland: or, Lexicon of the German writers now living , Meyersche Buchhandlung, 1776, p. 1331 ( digitized version ); the father's ADB names another "only son".
- ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Willebrandt, Johann Nicolaus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer, diplomat and official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1730 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rostock |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 4, 1803 |
| Place of death | Bergedorf |