Johannes Koch from Gailenbach

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Johannes Koch von Gailenbach , also Johann Koch von Gailenbach (born January 5, 1614 in Augsburg ; † November 1, 1693 ibid) was a German patrician from Augsburg , senior church clerk and privy councilor .

Life

Johannes Koch was the only child from the second marriage of Matthias Koch (1581–1633), a merchant from Memmingen who had acquired Gailenbach Castle in Edenbergen in 1622 . His mother was Philippina Steininger (1585-1659). In 1628 Johannes went to Lucca for two years and then probably attended the university there in Leipzig . After traveling to the Spanish Netherlands , England and France , he returned to Augsburg in 1635 - in the so-called "famine year" of the Thirty Years' War . On July 28, 1642, he married Sabina Lotter (1620–1676), with whom he had six children. In 1669 he took over Gailenbach Castle.

In addition to his work as a businessman , Johannes worked intensively on mathematics and learned from Johann Wiesel (1583–1662), the first commercial telescope maker in Germany. He used his skills several times to make gifts such as a compass or an ornate clock for Emperor Ferdinand III. whereby he rose in his favor. In addition, during the last years of the Thirty Years' War he made a contribution to the Protestant church system in Augsburg, where he managed the finances as head church clerk. As a result, Johannes and his half-brother Matthias the Younger Koch von Gailenbach (1610–1680) were ennobled in 1654 ("Koch von Gailenbach") and accepted into the Augsburg patriciate. In 1675 he was admitted to the Privy Council.

progeny

⚭ July 28, 1642 Sabina Lotter (1620–1676)

  1. Johann Matthias Koch von Gailenbach (1646–1713)
  2. Anna Philippina Koch von Gailenbach (1648–1705)
  3. Maria Sabina Koch von Gailenbach (1650–1712), ⚭ 1675 in Augsburg Eberhard Heider, of Lübeck, † 1714, son of the Lindau patrician Valentin Heider
  4. Anna Barbara Koch von Gailenbach (1652–1744)
  5. Johann Christoph Koch von Gailenbach (1653 / 1654–1717)
  6. Regina Koch von Gailenbach (1655–1678)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Inge Keil: Augustanus Opticus: Johann Wiesel (1583–1662) and 200 years of optical craft in Augsburg. (Colloquia Augustana, Volume 12); Berlin, 2000. ISSN  0946-9044 .
  2. ^ Association for Computer Genealogy: Philippina Steininger - Retrieved July 22, 2013.
  3. ^ A b Association for Computer Genealogy: Johannes Koch von Gailenbach - Retrieved on July 20, 2013.
  4. ↑ a b Augsburger Stadtlexikon : Koch ( Memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Retrieved July 20, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stadtlexikon-augsburg.de
  5. ^ A b Paul von Stetten : History of the noble families in the free imperial city of Augsburg. Augsburg, 1762; Pp. 323-324.
  6. ^ Karl Kiefer: The Lindau branch of the Haider family, von Heider and von Haider zu Gitzenweiler. A genealogical sketch , in: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings, 36th year 1907, pp. 154-164.
personal data
SURNAME Koch from Gailenbach, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cook from Gailenbach, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German patrician from Augsburg, parish clerk and privy councilor
DATE OF BIRTH January 5, 1614
PLACE OF BIRTH augsburg
DATE OF DEATH November 1, 1693
Place of death augsburg