Nicolaus Wilckens (archivist)

Nicolaus Wilckens (born July 13, 1676 in Hamburg ; † October 2, 1724 there ) was a German lawyer and archivist .

Origin and family

Wilckens parents were the Hamburg merchant Arnold Wilckens and Margaretha Langermann. The Hamburg councilor of the same name Nicolaus Wilckens (1649–1725) was his uncle.

Wilckens married on August 13, 1703 Susanna Maria geb. Trainer († 1740), widow of the lawyer Marcus Ester (1666–1697). The poet Matthäus Arnold Wilckens († 1759) was his son.

Live and act

After his education in Hamburg studied Wilckens from 1697 jurisprudence at the University of Halle . He later moved to the University of Strasbourg and finally completed his studies on January 10, 1702 as a doctor of law at the University of Basel .

After completing his studies, Wilckens traveled to Switzerland, France, Holland and Germany, then returned to Hamburg and settled here as a lawyer. On May 2, 1721, he was elected archivist of the city of Hamburg as the successor to Nicolaus Stampeel (1673–1749), who was elected councilor in 1721 and later mayor . As an archivist, he published various biographies. Wilckens died just 3 years after taking office at the age of 48. The manuscripts he left behind were auctioned off after his death. The Hamburg theologian and historian Christian Ziegra published some of these writings.

Works

• Dissertatio inauguralis de fine et scopo imperii Romano Germanici . Johann Brandmüller, Basel 1702 ( digitized from Google Books).
• "Life of D. Adami Thracigeri, together with various accompanying documents" . Johann Nicolaus Gennagel's widow, Hamburg 1722 ( digitized from Google Books).
• “Life of the famous D. Alberti Crantzii, to which is attached His Defensorium Ecclesiae, from an MSCto of Ao. 1514. A saint calendar, from the Missal of the same Crantzii, printed at Strasbourg Ao. 1509 " . Theodor Christoph Felginer, Hamburg 1722 ( digitized on the pages of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek ).
• Life of the learned Lucae Holstenii, protonotarii apostolici, S. Petri Basilicae Canonici, and Bibliothecae Vaticanae custodis . Theodor Christoph Felginer, Hamburg 1723 ( digitized from Google Books).
• “The life of the famous Joh. Friderici Gronovii, together with some of his letters, most of which have not yet been printed, as well as a short message from two of his good friends, Bernh. Damcken, And Joh. Christenio ” . Theodor Christoph Felginer, Hamburg 1723 ( digitized from Google Books).
• Life of the famous Lindenbrogiorum, along with a message from the life of Geverharti Elmenhorstii, Joachimi Moersii, Heliae Putschii and Cornelii Dalii . Theodor Christoph Felginer, Hamburg 1723 ( digitized from Google Books).
• Life of the learned Petri Lambecii, Sacrae Caesareae Maiestatis consiliarii, historiographi and bibliothecarii . Theodor Christoph Felginer, Hamburg 1724 ( digitized on the pages of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek ).

After Wilcken's death Christian Ziegra published:

• “Nicolaus Wilckens, former JUD and archivist of the city of Hamburg, Hamburg Temple of Honor, in which a lot of credible and as much as possible complete descriptions of lives of learned and deserving men, some of whom were born outside Hamburg, and there in the spiritual and secular class of the city have served, or have stayed in a private life, or have been promoted abroad, are set up ” . Ed .: Christian Ziegra. Christian Simon Schröder, Hamburg 1770 ( digitized from Google Books).
• "Nicolaus Wilkens, former JUD and archivist of the City of Hamburg, comments on the two foremost titles in the first part of the Hamburg City Book, as well as on the receipt of 1603, together with historical and documented news of some of the events concerning the Hamburg constitution" . Ed .: Christian Ziegra. Christian Simon Schröder, Hamburg 1773 ( digitized on the website of the Berlin State Library ).
• "Nicolaus Wilkens news of the delegation of the Hanseatic cities delegated to the King of Spain in 1606 and 1607, together with a comparison of the Hanseatic privileges in Castile, Portugal and Andalusia, also the complete diary of the Lübeck councilor and Hanseatic delegate Heinrich Brokes, as well as his and of his colleagues' résumés ” . Ed .: Christian Ziegra. Christian Simon Schröder, Hamburg 1774 ( online at Google Books).
• "Addendum to the attempt to provide reliable information on the ecclesiastical and political condition of the city of Hamburg in the Middle Ages, from the collection of the former Hamburg archivist D. Nicolai Wilkens" . Ed .: Christian Ziegra. Schröder's widow, Hamburg 1775.

literature

• Arnold Christian Beuthner : Wilckens, Nicolaus, IVD and Archivarius . In: “Hamburgisches Staats- und Schehrten-Lexicon, which lists the names, lives and merits of those men of spiritual and worldly class who, from the wholesome Reformation up to the present day, in this world-famous city and the same areas, are honored -Office, or a high dignity clothed made famous by writings, born there and received in the foreign promotion, but have already blessed the temporal " . Christian Wilhelm Brandt, Hamburg 1739, p. 411–412 ( digitized on the website of the Hamburg State and University Library ).
• Johann Otto Thiess : Nikolaus Wilkens . In: An attempt at a scholarly history of Hamburg in alphabetical order with critical and pragmatic comments . Other part. Heroldsche Buchhandlung, Hamburg 1783, p. 275–276 ( digitized from Google Books).
• Friedrich Georg Buek : Nikolaus Wilckens, JUD In: Genealogical and biographical notes on the mayors of Hamburg who have died since the Reformation . Johann August Meißner, Hamburg 1840, p. ix – x ( digitized from Google Books).
• Anton Heinrich Kellinghusen: Wilckens (Nicolaus) . In: Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present . tape 8 , no. 4377 . Association for Hamburg History, Hamburg 1883 ( facsimile on the pages of the Hamburg State and University Library ).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hans Schröder : Ester (Marcus) . In: Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present . tape 2 , no. 952 . Perthes-Besser & Mauke, Hamburg 1854 ( facsimile on the pages of the Hamburg State and University Library ). Facsimile] on the website of the [[Hamburg State and University Library] ( memento of the original from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Anton Heinrich Kellinghusen: Wilckens (Matthäus Arnold) . In: Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present . tape 8 , no. 4376 . Association for Hamburg History, Hamburg 1883 ( facsimile on the pages of the Hamburg State and University Library ). Facsimile] on the website of the [[Hamburg State and University Library] ( memento of the original from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Wilckens, Matthäus Arnold . In: Walther Killy (Ed.): Killy Literature Lexicon . 2nd Edition. tape 12 , Vo - Z. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2011, ISBN 978-3-11-022038-4 , p. 412 ( digitized from Google Books).
4. ↑ Review in: Third Section . In: Friedrich Nicolai (Ed.): “Appendix to the fifth and twentieth to sixth and thirtieth volumes of the general German library. In six volumes ” . Berlin / Stettin 1780, p. 1550–1551 ( digitized from Google Books).