Johannes Lutsch

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Johannes Lutsch (also Johann Lutsch ; born April 28, 1607 in Sibiu ; † November 17, 1661 in Constantinople ) was a Transylvanian politician . He was Count of the Saxon Estates in Transylvania.

Life

Education and political career

Lutsch came from a patrician and entrepreneurial family. His father was the city councilor Michael Lutsch (1565-1632). At the age of eleven he attended the Jesuit college in Weißenburg . After attending the Unitarian College in Cluj from 1620 to 1622 , he completed the Hermannstädter Gymnasium by 1625 . Then he went on a longer trip through the German states. He came to Tübingen via Vienna , Linz , Augsburg and Ulm . In 1625 he was enrolled at the university there . At the end of the year he moved on. He went to the University of Strasbourg , where he was able to study for two years , also with the support of Johann Schmidt . He then went to the University of Marburg for half a year before returning to Transylvania via Nuremberg , Regensburg , Linz and Vienna. On June 3, 1628 he returned to Sibiu.

Lutsch became city councilor in Sibiu in 1632, in 1643 as Stadthann one of the two highest officials of the city, in 1648 mayor and finally in 1650 royal judge and count of the Saxon nation and thus the highest representative of the Saxon University of Nations in Transylvania .

Hostage and death

Lutsch's tenure fell during the tenure of George II. Rákóczi . The latter misjudged his own possibilities and became increasingly entangled in foreign policy conflicts. In January 1656, Lutsch therefore conducted negotiations with the hetman Bohdan Khmelnyzkyj , which shortly afterwards led to the Transylvanian-Cossack alliance . He also had to accompany the prince in the winter of 1656/1657 in the Second Northern War on the campaign against Poland, in which the Transylvanian army mostly went down on the Schwenden side.

As a result, Transylvania was invaded and devastated by the Tatars and the Ottomans . There was destruction and human trafficking. The Ottomans imposed a fine of 500,000 thalers on Transylvania. In order to trade down the fine, a delegation of three representatives was sent to Constantinople on August 18, 1658 by the estates. There, the representatives, including Lutsch, were unable to raise their concerns, but were held hostage until the fine was paid. Negotiations led to the hostages being released, but Lutsch had already died of the plague in Constantinople in 1661 .

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  • Diary of the NVWW Mr. Johannes Lutsch, who was formerly loyal royal judge of our capital Sibiu, who was resting in the Lord, so edited from his own manuscripts from words to words 1607–1661. In: German treasure trove for the history of Transylvania. Cluj-Napoca, 1839, Volume I, pp. 281-336.

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personal data
SURNAME Lutsch, Johannes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lutsch, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Transylvanian politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1607
PLACE OF BIRTH Sibiu
DATE OF DEATH November 17, 1661
Place of death Constantinople