Lucas Corthum

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Lucas Corthum (born April 29, 1688 in Sülfeld , † January 9, 1765 in Hamburg ) was a German lawyer , councilor and mayor of Hamburg.

Origin and family

Corthum was born as the son of the archdeacon at the main church Sankt Nikolai in Hamburg, Justus Corthum (1653–1724), in Sülfeld in Holstein, where his father was a preacher at the time. His mother Anna Elisabeth Lütkens (1661–1700) was the daughter of the Hamburg merchant Lucas Lütkens.

The preacher at Sankt Nicolai in Altengamme , Justus Corthum (1684–1731), was his older brother.

On May 24, 1728, Corthum married in the main church of St. Nikolai with the merchant's daughter Johanna Catharina Greve (1704–1766). The marriage remained childless.

Live and act

Born in Sülfeld, Corthum came to Hamburg with his parents in 1695, as his father had become a preacher at the main church of Sankt Nikolai. Here he attended the Johanneum School of Academics and, from 1702, the Academic Gymnasium . In 1709 he went to study law at the University of Leipzig . The brothers Gottfried and Johann Friedrich Olearius were among his teachers here. From 1712 he attended the University of Leiden and studied with Philipp Reinhard Vitriarius and Gerhard Noodt, among others . Finally he went to the University of Wittenberg , where he completed his studies on October 4, 1715 with a doctorate under Johannes Balthasar Wernher as a licentiate in law.

After completing his studies, Corthum returned to Hamburg and settled here as a lawyer . In 1721 he became a judge at the lower court and the following year also chairman of the lower court. On July 2, 1729 he was elected councilor. As such, he administered several offices. So he was Düpeherr , praetor , building yard lord when the Academic Gymnasium was rebuilt in 1744, Zehnpfennigherr, Weddeherr , forest lord , mill lord , land lord and visitor of the Bergedorf office . In addition, as councilor, he supervised the city ​​fortifications , admiralty , treasury and stock exchange .

On August 3, 1751 he was elected mayor for the late Lucas von Spreckelsen (1691–1751). He administered this office until his death in 1765. His successor was Vincent Rumpff (1701–1781).

A mayor's penny was minted on Corthum's death in 1765 .

Works (selection)

  • De libera facultate, in eligendo vitae genere, liberis permittenda . Christian Gerdes widow, Wittenberg 1715 ( digitized from Google Books).
  • Exercitatio auspicalis de exheredatione quatenus iure civili rite facta dicitur . Wittenberg 1716 ( digitized from Google Books).

literature

  • Gottfried Schütze : Memoriam viri illustris atque magnifici, Lucae Corthum, Jurisconsulti excellentissimi, et inclutae reipublicae Hamburgensis Consulis meritorum amplitudine splendidissimi, magno familiae perturbatae luctui, majori reipublicae afflictae detrimento desiderio maximo boni c. VIIII. January. ARC MDCCLXV. rebus humanis erepti, ex amplissimi Senatus decreto gratae prudentique posteritati sacram esse iubet luctus communis . Piscator, Hamburg 1765.
  • Gottfried Schütze : “The after-glory of Sr. Magnificenz, the noble, highly learned and highly wise Mr. Lucas Corthum, a very famous legal scholar, and the Republic of Hamburg most deserved mayor, who was blessed on the 9th of July of this year 1765, was founded on great and widespread merits Dying, not only the respectable Corthum family, but also our republic in general, and every patriot in it in particular complained of the saddest loss, sought on the orders of a Hochedl. and Hochw. Senate through an eulogy first written in Latin, and subsequently through a free German translation of the same, to recommend Gottfried Schütze, the Heil. Font Doctor “ . Piscator, Hamburg 1765.
  • Johann Dietrich Winckler : “Lucas Corthum, Beyder Rechten Licentiate, and Mayor of the Kayserl. Freyen Imperial City of Hamburg ” . In: News from Lower Saxony famous people and families . First volume. The first piece. Nicolaus Conrad Wörmer, Hamburg 1768, p. 1–8 ( digitized from Google Books).
  • Friedrich Georg Buek : Lucas Corthum, JUL In: Genealogical and biographical notes on the mayors of Hamburg who have died since the Reformation . Johann August Meißner, Hamburg 1840, p. 233–235 ( digitized from Google Books).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Johanna Catharina Greve in the local family books of the Lower Saxony State Association for Family Studies
  2. ^ Friedrich Georg Buek : Vincent Rumpff, JUD In: Genealogical and biographical notes on the mayors of Hamburg who have died since the Reformation . Johann August Meißner, Hamburg 1840, p. 240–246 ( digitized from Google Books).
personal data
SURNAME Corthum, Lucas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Corthum, Luke
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, councilor and mayor of Hamburg
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1688
PLACE OF BIRTH Sülfeld
DATE OF DEATH January 9, 1765
Place of death Hamburg