Johann Philipp von Reiffenberg

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Tomb of Johann Philipp von Reiffenberg and his wife Margaretha in Sayn Abbey

Johann Philipp von Reiffenberg (* 1645 in Sayn ; † February 4, 1722 ) was an ancient scholar and senior magistrate from the Electorate of Trier .

Johann Philipp von Reiffenberg was the son of Johann Anton von Reiffenberg († 1652) and his wife Anna Elisabeth born von Staffel († 1684). He came from the Westerwälder (Weller) line of the Reifenberg family . Johann Philipp von Reiffenberg received a careful education which aroused his interest in classical antiquity. After his youth he lived at the court of the Elector of Trier. He married Maria Margaretha, born in Worms in 1680, from Hoheneck († 1722). Due to his rich legacy, he was able to retire to his Castle Sayn in 1680 as a privateer and private scholar . In 1684 he wrote his main work, the "Antiquitates Saynenses". The Antiquitates Saynenses appeared in print a century and a half later, edited by E. Münch, Aachen-Leipzig 1830.

Elector Johann Hugo appointed him to the civil service. He became senior officer for the offices of Montabaur (1686), Vallendar (1690), Sayn (1690) and Ehrenbreitstein (1690), electoral privy councilor , knight council of the knight canton of Middle Rhine .

In addition to his official duties, he was the author of other publications:

  • Notae et additiones in Broweri et Masenii annales
  • De monetis Trevirensibus
  • De distributione archidiaconatus s. Lubentii in Dietkirchen super Lahnam
  • Fragmenta prophetiae s. Hildegardis abbatissae in Rupertsberg prope Bingium
  • De origine et antiquitate gentis Reiffenbergicae.

After the death of the last Reifenberger knight from the Wetterau line, Philipp Ludwig von Reiffenberg in 1686, Johann Philipp von Reiffenberg raised a claim to the castle and rule of Reifenberg on August 31, 1687 . However, his claims were not taken into account and rule fell over the heir to the Waldbott von Bassenheim family .

His son Anselm Friedrich Anton (* February 10, 1685, † December 21, 1739), known for his history of the Rhenish Province of the Jesuit Order, Cologne 1765, was his successor as senior bailiff. Since he died childless, the line went out with him. The other three children died in childhood

  • Johann Hugo Philipp von Reiffenberg * 1681, † 1690
  • Maria Barbara von Reiffenberg * 1682, † 1690
  • Karl Anselm Desiderius von Reiffenberg * 1687, † 1689

Johann Philipp von Reiffenberg is buried together with his wife and three children in the church of the former Sayn Premonstratensian Abbey in Bendorf-Sayn. The grave monument has been preserved.

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SURNAME Reiffenberg, Johann Philipp von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Classical scholar, chief magistrate
DATE OF BIRTH 1645
PLACE OF BIRTH Sayn
DATE OF DEATH February 4, 1722