Johann Schimmelpfennig
Johann Schimmelpfennig (* 1604 in Kneiphof ; † 1669 there ) was a German councilor in the Duchy of Prussia.
Life
Schimmelpfennig, eldest son of the councilor of the same name in Kneiphof, studied law at the Albertus University in Königsberg from 1623 . In Brandenburg-Prussia he became the electoral real councilor, tribunal councilor and vice mayor of Kneiphof. He was pledgee of the offices of Georgenburg and Saalau and heir to several estates . He was one of Königsberg's greatest benefactors. Four times a year he let all the poor in the city dine and every week all inmates of the Kneiphof pauper's house were entertained. In 1635 he donated 15,000 Florentines to the construction of the Haberberg Trinitatis Church . His house was so big that in 1635 he was able to entertain the Polish King Władysław IV Wasa and his entourage in it. He belonged to the circle of poets around Simon Dach . In 1650 he and his two brothers, the landlord Christoph and the royal stable master Balthasar, were taken over by Emperor Ferdinand III. ennobled ; but they did not carry the title of nobility . In his will, Johann Schimmelpfennig donated 10,000 thalers , the interest of which was to support four scholarship holders.
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Albinus: Königsberg Lexicon . Würzburg 2002, p. 274 f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schimmelpfennig, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Prussian councilor and large landowner, benefactor in Königsberg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1604 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kneiphof |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1669 |
| Place of death | Kneiphof |