Johann von Spreckelsen (councilor)

Johann von Spreckelsen (born May 20, 1607 in Hamburg ; † June 6, 1684 there ) was a German merchant and a Hamburg councilor .

Origin and family

Spreckelsen was a son of the senior elder in the parish of Sankt Katharinen Peter von Spreckelsen († 1630) and his wife Anna Beckmann (1582-1648), daughter of the senior elder in the parish of Sankt Petri Lucas Beckmann (1546-1614) .

On October 9, 1637, he married Catharina Schele (1611–1666), daughter of councilor Wolder Schele (1579–1649). Of his sons, Wolder († 1695), Hartwig († 1708) and Peter (1642–1724) became lawyers in Hamburg. Hartwig also worked as a judge at the lower court .

Live and act

Spreckelsen was a merchant in Hamburg when he was elected councilor in 1660. When the Hamburg citizenship demanded in 1666 that witnesses have to swear their testimony in court, Spreckelsen, who had been praetor since 1665, refused to "dance to the whistle of unsolicited minstrels". The citizens thereupon demanded his removal as councilor. The council refused the citizenship this request. The mediation attempts of the imperial commissioner Johann Gabriel Freiherr von Selb were also unsuccessful, and so on April 24, 1667 the council agreed to the dismissal of Spreckelsen. Spreckelsen went to the Reich Chamber of Commerce in Speyer and sued the Hamburg Council, whereupon Spreckelsen was sued in Hamburg courts. His published writings refer to this process. He died in 1684 before the trial was completed. However, his heirs did not continue the process.

In 1676, Emperor Leopold I raised Spreckelsen to the nobility.

Fonts (selection)

• "Submissive memorial and request to your Excellentz the imperial Mr. Reichs Hof Raht and Commissarium Mr. Lützaun" . December 17, 1666.
• "Most submissive counter-report on the ad adverso submitted report. In the matter of Johann von Spreckelsen ” . February 5, 1667.
• "To your Chur-Furstl. Passage to Brandenburg and Fürstl. Passed by Rudolph Augusto zu Braunschweig Wolffenbuttel Highly respectable sub-delegates. Most humble report and explanation. In matters of Johan von Spreckelsen, Rahtsverrelatives and judges in Hamburg. Contra The 52ger Lt. Jacob Morsen and Dr. Johan Waltern ” . Hamburg January 20, 1670 ( digitized version on the website of the Hamburg State and University Library [accessed on November 28, 2014]).
• "Most humble request to your Chur-Princely Highness of Brandenburg and Princely Highness Rudolph Augusto of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel" . April 22, 1670.
• “To the Roman emperors, also to Hungarn and Boheimb royal majesty. Most insubstantial supplication pro revisione actorum et mutatione sententiae in excelso Consil. Imp. Aulico latae in melius ” . April 9, 1676.
• “To a Woledlen Hochweise Raht of the city of Hamburg. Official supplication ” . November 28, 1676.
• "To a Woledlen Hochweise Raht the city of Hamburg sub-official report and repeated request" . December 12, 1676.

literature

• Arnold Christian Beuthner : von Spreckelsen, Iohann, Raths-Herr . In: “Hamburgisches Staats- und Schehrten-Lexicon, which lists the names, lives and merits of those men of spiritual and worldly class who, from the wholesome Reformation up to the present day, in this world-famous city and the same areas, are honored -Office, or a high dignity clothed made famous by writings, born there and received in the foreign promotion, but have already blessed the temporal " . Christian Wilhelm Brandt, Hamburg 1739, OCLC 46285036 , p. 364 ( digitized version on the website of the Hamburg State and University Library [accessed on November 26, 2014]).
• Johann Moller : Johannes a Spreckelsen . In: Johannis Molleri Flensburgensis Cimbria Literata, Sive Scriptorum Ducatus Utriusqve Slesvicensis Et Holsatici, Qvibus Et Alii Vicini Qvidam Accensentur, Historia Literaria Tripartita… Tomus Primus Scriptores universos Indigenas, hisqve immistos complures, qvorum Patria comprehendum exploruitari n . Orphanotrophium Regium, Copenhagen 1744, OCLC 257596308 , p. 651 ( digitized from Google Books [accessed November 26, 2014]).
• Spreckelsen, (Joh. Von). In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 39, Leipzig 1744, column 480.
• Hans Schröder : from Spreckelsen (Johann) . In: Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present . tape 7 , no. 3829 . Association for Hamburg History, Hamburg 1879, OCLC 165098723 ( facsimile on the website of the State and University Library Hamburg [accessed on November 26, 2014]).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Friedrich Georg Buek: Lucas Beckmann . In: The Hamburg Oberalts, their civil effectiveness and their families . Perthes-Besser & Mauke, Hamburg 1857, OCLC 844917815 , p. 43–44 ( digitized from Google Books [accessed November 26, 2014]).
2. ↑ Hans Schröder: von Spreckelsen (Wolder, JUL) . In: Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present . tape 7 , no. 3839 . Association for Hamburg History, Hamburg 1879, OCLC 165098723 ( facsimile on the website of the State and University Library Hamburg [accessed on November 26, 2014]). Facsimile ( memento of the original dated December 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ^ Hans Schröder: von Spreckelsen (Hartwig, JU Dr.) II. In: Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present . tape 7 , no. 3827 . Association for Hamburg History, Hamburg 1879, OCLC 165098723 ( facsimile on the website of the State and University Library Hamburg [accessed on November 26, 2014]). Facsimile ( memento of the original dated December 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Hans Schröder: von Spreckelsen (Peter, JUL) . In: Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present . tape 7 , no. 3836 . Association for Hamburg History, Hamburg 1879, OCLC 165098723 ( facsimile on the website of the State and University Library Hamburg [accessed on November 26, 2014]). Facsimile ( memento of the original dated December 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ cf. also the section on the disputes between citizenship and council at:
   • Friedrich Georg Buek: Lucas von Spreckelsen, JUD In: Genealogical and biographical notes on the mayors of Hamburg who have died since the Reformation . Johann August Meißner, Hamburg 1840, OCLC 166067441 , p. 222–230 ( digitized from Google Books [accessed November 26, 2014]).
   • Friedrich Georg Buek: Johann Garmers . In: The Hamburg Oberalts, their civil effectiveness and their families . Perthes-Besser & Mauke, Hamburg 1857, OCLC 844917815 , p. 75–78 ( digitized from Google Books [accessed November 26, 2014]).