Melchior Dörrien

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Melchior Karl Dörrien (born May 2, 1721 in Hildesheim , † July 8, 1746 in Braunschweig ) was a lawyer and advocate . He was also court master and teacher of law at the Collegium Carolinum in Braunschweig.

Life

Dörrien was the son of pastor Johann Jonas Dörrien (1684-1738) and his wife Lucia Katharina nee Schrader († 1733). From 1739 he studied law at the University of Göttingen . After completing his studies, he became a lawyer in Hildesheim around 1741 and one of the first public teachers and court master at the newly founded Collegium Carolinum in Braunschweig in 1745. During his short tenure there he fell ill with chest fever , which he succumbed to on the night of July 8, 1746. After his death, a first commemorative manuscript was printed for him in Latin.

In 1747, according to eyewitness reports, he was seen several times as a ghost in the building of the Collegium Carolinum. In particular, he appeared to Professors Johann Gottfried Höfer and Johann Ludwig Oeder . This ghost story spread beyond the borders of Braunschweig and, in addition to protocols, there were other writings on ghost lore about the incident. For example, Johann Joachim Eschenburg described the events in detail in 1812 in his draft of a history for the Collegii Carolini in Braunschweig (pp. 133–144). In the memos relating to the investigation into the incident, which Duke Karl had ordered, it was stated that it was very likely nothing more than a prank that some students had played on the professors and roommates.

Dörrien had three older siblings: Maria Agnesa (* 1715; † before 1733), Catharina Helena (1717–1795) and Martin Sylvester (* 1719).

literature

  • Memoria viri praenobilissimi…. (Funeral inscription for Melchior Karl Dörrien, Magister at the Collegium Carolinum). Meyer, Braunschweig 1746, OCLC 257781549 .
  • Collection of some news from the ghosts of a court master who died there many times on the Carolino in Braunschweig towards the end of 1746. Bauchischen Buchdruck, Leipzig, OCLC 718460357 .
  • Johann Christoph Harenberg : True story of the appearance of a deceased in Braunschweig: together with the news collected from this ghost. Braunschweig 1748, OCLC 258360159 .
  • Johann Joachim Eschenburg : Draft of a history of the Collegii Carolini in Braunschweig. Verlag Friederich Nikolai, Berlin / Stettin 1812, OCLC 45222906 .
  • Heinrich Zehfuss: The Lords of Rodenstein, along with the legend of the wandering spirits on Schnellerts and Rodenstein. Darmstadt 1825, OCLC 18719266 , p. 91.
  • Ferdinand Spehr :  Dörrien, Melchior . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 361.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Dörrien Melchior Carl on rainer-doerry.de, accessed on September 20, 2013.
  2. ↑ Memoria viri praenobilissimi…. (Funeral inscription for Melchior Karl Dörrien, Magister at the Collegium Carolinum). Meyer, Braunschweig 1746, OCLC 257781549 .
  3. ^ Ferdinand Spehr:  Dörrien, Melchior . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 5, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, p. 361.
personal data
SURNAME Dörrien, Melchior
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dörrien, Melchior Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pedagogue and councilor
DATE OF BIRTH May 2, 1721
PLACE OF BIRTH Hildesheim
DATE OF DEATH July 8, 1746
Place of death Braunschweig