Martin of Rango

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Martin von Rango (born October 18, 1634 in Kolberg ; † August 9, 1688 ibid; actually Martin Range ) was a lawyer at the Brandenburg court, councilor of Kolberg and historian.

Life

The son of the Kolberger council chamberlain Joachim Range and his wife Sophia Heyse attended the grammar school in Halle from 1652 together with his brothers Lorenz and Konrad Tiburtius . From December 1653 to 1655 he studied at the University of Jena . In 1657 he went on an educational trip through southern Germany with his brothers and was then matriculated with his brothers at the University of Giessen , where he completed his studies in the same year.

After another trip that took him through Holland, Brabant and Northern Germany, he returned to Kolberg with his brothers in 1658. In 1659 he got a job as court lawyer in Kolberg. A few months later he married Barbara Hahn (* 1636) there. The marriage had four children.

Fonts

Martin von Rango was mainly concerned with the history of his hometown Kolberg. He wrote numerous writings:

  • Colberga tocata, he Nomenclator theologorum, jureconsultorum, medicorum, philosphorum. Kolberg 1668, (Kolberg name register)
  • Chronicon Colbergense. (Description by Kolberg in the 17th century)
  • Colberg's fire alphabet. 1675
  • Origines Pomeraniae. Colberg 1684, second edition as Pomerania diplomatica , Frankfurt / Oder 1707

literature

personal data
SURNAME Rango, Martin of
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Range, Martin (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Attorney at the court court of the Elector of Brandenburg, councilor of Kolberg and historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 18, 1634
PLACE OF BIRTH Kolberg
DATE OF DEATH August 9, 1688
Place of death Kolberg