Johann Wilhelm Loeper

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Johann Wilhelm Loeper , also Johann Wilhelm Löper (* 1701 ; † May 3, 1776 in Halle (Saale) ), was a Prussian court counselor, councilor in Halle and manor owner.

Life

Loeper came from Pomerania, where he worked as a lawyer in Stargard for some time , before settling in the Prussian saltworks town of Halle, where he was soon elected councilor.

On September 26, 1739, he took part in the auction of the indebted Tragarth manor in the Merseburg monastery , where he made the highest bid with 10,748 thalers, which made him the owner of this manor near Halle in the Electorate of Saxony . A short time later he asked the Polish king and Saxon elector August III. about the conversion of this Mannlehngut's inheritance, as he had transferred his assets from the Brandenburg and Saxon lands through this purchase and had to have a lot of new buildings built due to the poor and flood-prone condition of the manor. This request was granted to him on June 7, 1742 with the condition that he would pay another 500 thalers.

Loeper did not manage the Tragarth manor himself, but leased the manor to Christoph Schubarth for six years on May 1, 1740.

On April 24, 1745 Loeper sold his manor Tragarth to the Prussian Commissioner George Friedrich Packbusch. The purchase price was 12,000 thalers. Just one year later, on October 26th 1746, the sale was reversed and Loeper received the manor back for 19,000 thalers.

family

Johann Wilhelm Loeper had a son named Gustav Friedrich Loeper, who was 15 years old in 1741. However, he must have died before him, because in his will on April 3, 1775, he determined his cousin Wilhelm Gottlieb Vangerow , who was then a Prussian-Magdeburg government councilor, as the sole heir. With this Loeper laid the financial foundation for Vangerow's rapid career, which rose to the position of Prussian regional president in Magdeburg .

Loeper died on May 3, 1776 in Halle and was buried in the cemetery of our dear women, since he was the first church father of this church.

He left a sizable private library, parts of which have been preserved to this day.

literature

  • Antje Thümmler: Private libraries in the 18th century - the collection of the Halle councilor Johann Wilhelm Loeper (master's thesis).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Antje Thümmler: Private libraries in the 18th century - The collection of the Halle councilor Johann Wilhelm Loeper (master's thesis).
personal data
SURNAME Loeper, Johann Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Prussian court counselor, councilor in Halle and manor owner
DATE OF BIRTH 1701
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 1776
Place of death Halle (Saale)