Johann Nopp

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Johann Nopp , also Latinized as Johannes Noppius , (* unknown; † June 2, 1642 in Aachen ) was a German lawyer and chronicler of the history of the city of Aachen .

Life

Johann Nopp was a member of the “Zum Bock” society, which was the third gaff in Aachen. Most of them were scholars and officials. In 1629 he was appointed to the board of directors (count) of the company. In 1634 he was elected secretary of the broadcasting court , where he later also held the position of a syndic at the local lay judge's court. Nopp was married to Kunigunde Heusch , a daughter of the Aachen builder Johann Heusch , with whom he had five children, three sons and two daughters.

plant

Based on Peter von Beeck's Chronicle Aquisgranum , Nopp published a history of the city of Aachen in 1632 under the title: Aacher Chronick, that is a short, historical description of all antiques and stories worth remembering, as well as the privileges and statutes added. Auctore Joanne Noppio SS. LL. Doctore et Advocato etc. The work was printed in Cologne by Hartger Woringen. Nopp's chronicle goes far beyond that of Beecks through a strong expansion and the division into three books. The first book gives a presentation of Aachen's topography and constitutional history, the second is dedicated to the historical events from 814 to 1630 and the third documents numerous documents . The outstanding importance of the Aacher Chronick was also favored by the use of the German language.

literature

  • Friedrich Haagen : History of Achens from its beginnings to the most recent times. Volume 2: From the years 1400-1865. Aachen 1874. pp. 65, 144, 188, 268.
  • Friedrich Haagen, Richard Pick :  Nopp, Johann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 4 f.
  • Hugo Loersch : Aachen legal monuments from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries. Bonn 1871. p. 3.
  • Christian Quix : Contributions to the history of the city of Aachen and its surroundings. With 14 certificates, third volume, Jacob Anton Mayer , 1838.
  • Max Wohlhage: Aachen in the Thirty Years' War. Aachen 1911.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christian Quix: Contributions to the history of the city of Aachen and its surroundings. 1838: p. 105
  2. ^ Max Wohlhage: Aachen in the Thirty Years' War. Aachen 1911: p. 20
personal data
SURNAME Nopp, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Noppius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German legal historian and chronicler
DATE OF BIRTH 16th century or 17th century
DATE OF DEATH June 2, 1642
Place of death Aachen