Johann Pagenstecher

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Johann Pagenstecher (born May 22, 1575 in Warendorf , † December 27, 1650 in Bentheim ) was a German lawyer and teacher.

Life

origin

Johann Pagenstecher was born on Whitsun 1575 in the Westphalian city ​​of Warendorf in the eastern Münsterland . His father, Werner Pagenstecher (1546–1636), was a councilor and mayor in Warendorf. His mother, Catharina Pagenstecher, née Hesseling (1528–1619) was the daughter of the mayor of Ahaus , Heinrich Hesseling. The couple had six children in total.

education

Johann Pagenstecher studied at several German universities. On March 15, 1598 matriculated he at school Illustre to Zerbst (later Francisceum Zerbst ); In 1599 he continued his studies at the University of Leipzig . On February 19, 1601 he began his studies at the University of Marburg , where he received his doctorate on September 3 of that year . From November 9th 1601 he still attended the University of Heidelberg .

Teaching activity in Steinfurt

After he turned down the call of the Rhine Count Friedrich, he followed the call of Count Arnold IV. Bentheim-Tecklenburg-Steinfurt to the Illustre Arnoldinum grammar school in Steinfurt in 1602 , where he worked as a professor of law until 1610, and in 1604 and 1609 also as prorector . Also until 1610 he was assessor at the Steinfurt court .

Bentheim

In 1610 Pagenstecher went to Bentheim, where he was a councilor, on the call of Count Arnold Jobst von Bentheim, son of Arnold IV. He later took on other offices there, such as that of chancellor, court judge and, from 1633, the president of the church council . He also acted as an arbitrator in disputes between the estates of Geldern and Kleves .

During the Thirty Years' War , as a holder of high public office, he was repeatedly the victim of enemy attacks; so his house was looted three times in 1647, on April 23, 1648 he was attacked by supporters of Swedish companies and kidnapped, his house was looted.

Johann Pagenstecher died on December 27, 1650 in Bentheim and was buried there on January 13, 1651. He left his wife Anna Lölevinck (1582–1655), daughter of the lay judge and mayor of Steinfurt Georg Andreas Lölevinck, and eight children, who had been paralyzed since the attack. The son Werner Pagenstecher (1609–1668) became a lawyer and professor in Steinfurt, the son Arnold Gisbert Pagenstecher (1615–1688) became a lawyer and councilor and court judge of the Count of Bentheim, whose son was the lawyer Alexander Arnold Pagenstecher (1659–1716) .

Publications

  • De crimine majestatis et adulterii. Steinfurt 1604.
  • Oratio funebris, continens historiam vitae et mortis Dn. Arnoldi Comitis in Bentheim, Tekleburg, Steinfurt et Limburg. Steinfurt 1606.
  • Discussiones testamentariae , ed. by Alexander Arnold Pagenstecher. Groningen 1703 ( digitized ).

literature

  • Biographical news from Johannes Pagenstecher, Count Bentheim Chancellor, court judges and President of the Church Council . In: Westfalen und Rheinland 3, 1824, April, May, June, 17th piece, p. 141 ( digitized ).
  • Ingeborg Höting: The professors of the Steinfurter high school. City of Steinfurt, 1991 ( extract from it on Pagenstecher ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Ingeborg Höting: Professors of the high school: Johann Pagenstecher. ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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. stenvorde.de. Retrieved May 14, 2016. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stenvorde.de
  2. ↑ Hans Jürgen Warnecke: canvas, wool, tree silk. Production and trade in and after the Thirty Years War in the Münsterland . In: Rheinisch-Westfälische Zeitschrift für Volkskunde , Volume 42, 1997, p. 103 Note 2 with reference to the inventory of the Princely Archives in Burgsteinfurt . Münster 1976, files No. 122 with an exact list of losses.
  3. ↑ This work cannot be found in any German library.
  4. ↑ This work cannot be found in any German library, one copy each in the British Library in London and one in the Biblioteca Angelica in Rome.
personal data
SURNAME Pagenstecher, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pagenstecher, Johannes; Pagenstecherus, Joannes (Latinized form of name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH May 22, 1575
PLACE OF BIRTH Warendorf
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 1650
Place of death Bentheim