Johannes Fischer (lawyer)

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The DNB says that there was a person named Johann Fischer (1590-1659) who was the Electoral Brandenburg Council and secret chamber secretary. The rest of the article is probably backed up by the funeral sermon, see LD . But this should be checked. - Minderbinder 13:33, Jul 23, 2010 (CEST)

Johannes Fischer (born January 3, 1590 in Berlin ; † September 10, 1659 there ) was a German educator and lawyer.

Life

Fischer was the son of Andreas Fischer and his wife Margaretha Moritz. Fischer's father was the bandmaster of Margrave Christian von Brandenburg-Bayreuth .

Between 1606 and 1610, Fischer attended grammar school in Amberg . He then enrolled at the University of Altdorf . In 1611 Fischer broke off his studies and accompanied the sons of the barons Georg Erasmus von Tschernembl and Hildebrand Jörger as court master on their grand tour . Until 1613 the group toured Germany , France , Switzerland and Austria .

The following year, Fischer accepted a position as court master at the court of Baron Erasmus II von Starhemberg in Austria . In 1624 Fischer set out with the sons of his employer on a cavalier tour lasting several years. The first long stay was Strasbourg , where Fischer enrolled on July 14, 1624 for the subject of law. After the universities of Basel and Geneva , they came to France in 1626 and Italy in 1627. There, Fischer enrolled at the University of Siena on November 24, 1627 . The return journey took Fischer through Austria and on June 16, 1629 to Linz .

From here he sent the sons of his employer Starhemberg home and accompanied Baroness Margarethe Ungnad from Linz to the Netherlands . After 25 years, Fischer reached Berlin again via Emden on September 23, 1631.

The Brandenburg Chancellor Siegmund von Görtzen proposed Fischer for civil service and with effect from October 1, 1632, Elector Georg Wilhelm von Brandenburg appointed him to be his envoy at Axel Oxenstierna . After the battle of Nördlingen on September 6, 1634, the Heilbronner Bund dissolved. When the Swedish Chancellor went to the court in Paris , Fischer accompanied him.

At the French court, Fischer heard of the possibility of a job for him at the court of Elector Friedrich Wilhelm von Brandenburg . He immediately traveled to see him in the Netherlands. But when this prospect was dashed, Fischer traveled back to Berlin. Until 1636 he worked as a lawyer at the electoral court. He then worked until 1637 as secretary to Margrave Siegmund of Brandenburg .

On June 15, 1640 Fischer married Catharina Matthias. After the fall of Count Adam von Schwarzenberg, Fischer's patron and patron Siegmund von Görtzen found him a job at the court of the Great Elector . From March 1, 1641 he worked as a secret chamber secretary. As such, he belonged to the Elector's Secret Bureau and was entrusted there with the Klevian expedition, among other things .

In 1647, Prince Ludwig I of Anhalt-Köthen accepted Fischer into the Fruit Bringing Society . The prince gave Fischer the company name of the rich and as a motto in three seeds . The red fiery lilac (probably Lilium bulbiferum L. ssp. Bulbiferum Schinz et Keller ) was assigned to him as an emblem. Fischer's entry can be found in the Koethen Society Register under no. 480. There is also the rhyme law that he wrote on the occasion of his recording:

The Rote Feuerlilg 'is rich in seeds,
I only mean: the one is led in
its onion way, on
the stalk close to the leaf, the purpose is felt in root,
and that the third number of the cream is right,
so seeks the tolden house, drüm has also been due to me
The rich man's acceptance: whoever is rich in fear of God
is with dreierley, loyal, upright, from scaffolding.

On August 14, 1651, Fischer was promoted to the electoral council. Fischer's wife Catharina Matthias died on November 30th of the same year.

From 1655 until the end of his life, Fischer was entrusted with the office of censor. As such, he was responsible for the newspapers. Johannes Fischer died on September 10, 1659 in Berlin at the age of 69.

literature

• Bartholomäus Stoschium, Johannes Kunschium (preacher in the Thumkirche in Cölln on the Spree): Two Christian funeral sermons by two married couples; As the weyland noble WolEhrenvesten Grochachtbaren and highly educated Mr. Johann Fischer's Churfürstl. Brandenb. Raths and Secret Cammer Secretarii ... Christoff Runge, Berlin 1659. In: Lothar Noack, Jürgen Splett: Bio-Bibliographien. Brandenburg scholars of the early modern period. Berlin-Cölln 1640-1688. Volume 1. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-05-002840-8 , p. 222.