Ortolph Fomann the Elder
Ortolph Fomann the Elder also: Ortholphus Fomannus (born January 23, 1560 in Schleusingen , † May 19, 1634 in Jena ) was a German philosopher and legal scholar.
Life
Ortholph was the son of the pastor, dean and chief inspector of the Princely Hennebergisches Gymnasium in Schleusingen Jacob Fomann (* 1533 in Erfurt; † September 27, 1589 in Schleusingen) and Margaretha Steude (* November 9, 1539 in Erfurt; † October 9, 1615 in Schleusingen), the daughter of the former Magdeburg pastor and later Erfurt pastor Sebastian Steude. After receiving his first training at home, he attended high school in Schleusingen. In 1580 he moved to the University of Jena, where on January 23, 1582 he acquired the degree of master's degree. After giving lectures in Jena, he became adjunct of the philosophical faculty in 1588 and professor of philosophy in 1589, which was connected with the inspection of the electoral scholarship holders in Jena.
Fomann received his doctorate in law on October 20, 1595 in Jena and was admitted to the Faculty of Law on May 21, 1599. In connection with this he received a position as assessor at the Saxon court and in 1619 at the Schöppenstuhl in Jena. Fomann was 1607 senior of the law faculty and on August 25, 1619 first professor of the law faculty. He was also an assessor at the ecclesiastical consistory, as well as the Count of Schwarzburg and Russian councilors. He also participated in the organizational tasks of the Jena Salana. He was dean of the law faculty three times and in the summer semesters 1595, 1606, 1616 and 1626 rector of the alma mater . He died as a result of a broken rib, and his body was buried on May 23, 1634 in the Jena Collegiate Church , where an epitaph was also erected.
His writings deal with donations, intestate inheritance, marriage, feudal law, servitute, the rights of the count palatine, etc. His handbook of feudal law was leading for decades.
family
Fomann was married twice. He concluded his first marriage on August 28, 1587 with Christina Schober (* February 18, 1568 in Jena; † April 27, 1593 ibid.), The daughter of the magistrate in Jena Nicolaus Schober (born February 21, 1591 in Jena) and his wife Christina Brembach (* 1544 in Gundhausen, born July 6, 1608). You have two daughters from your marriage. His second marriage was on October 20, 1595 in Jena with Barbara Mylius (* July 1, 1578 in Augsburg, † May 15, 1637 in Jena), the daughter of Professor Georg Mylius . There are also children from the marriage. We know of these:
- Christina Fomann (born February 7, 1589 in Jena; † September 3, 1625 there) married. April 24, 1609 with Professor of Law in Jena Johann Suevus (1564–1634)
- Margaretha Fomann (born May 8, 1591 in Jena) married. April 4, 1608 with Stephan Grünbeck (* Graz / Styria, lived in Göschwitz)
- Barbara Fomann (born August 8, 1596 in Jena, † August 25, 1633 in Coburg) married. with the Princely Saxon Councilor and Senior of the Schöppenstuhl in Coburg Peter Leupold
- Ortolph Fomann the younger professor of history and law in Jena
- Georg Fomann († April 6, 1624) Dr. jur.
- Jacob Fomann († February 17, 1637 in Jena) Dr. jur. Lawyer at the Jena Court Court, married. March 3, 1628 Regina Schenck (born March 17, 1608 in Zwickau, † May 8, 1655 in Jena), the daughter of Jena professor Eusebius Schenck
Works (selection)
- Synopsis jur Justinianei. Jena 1610
- Collegia Disputationes super Institutiones Imperatorias, Digesta et Consuetudines feudales.
- Disp. de Jure et Privilegiis Scholarium. Jena 1614
- Diss. De comitiis. Casting 1615
- Diss. De comitibus palatinis eorumque juribus. Jena 1625, 1635
- Diss. De jure pignorum et hypothecarum. Jena 1631
- Diss. De pacto retrouenditionis. Jena 1623
- Disp. de Jure Emphyteutico. 1624
literature
- Fomannus (Ortholphus). In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 9, Leipzig 1735, column 1438.
- Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General scholarly lexicon. Verlag Johann Friedrich Gleditsch , Leipzig, 1750, Volume 2, Sp. 660
- Johann Caspar Zeumer, Christoph Weissenborn: Vitae Professorum Theologiae, Jurisprudentiae, Medicinae et Philosophiae qui in illustri Academia Jenensi, ab ipsius fundatione ad nostra usque tempora vixerunt et adhuc vivunt una cum scriptis a quolibet editis quatuor classibus. Johann Felici Bieleck, Jena, 1711, p. 77 (lawyers)
- Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons and personal documents for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes. Self-published, Boppard am Rhein, 1967, Volume 5, p. 48, R 4072 and 1970, Volume 6, p. 324, R 5557
- Professor Ortholph Fomann on the 300th anniversary of his death on May 19, 1934 ( online )
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fomann, Ortolph the Elder |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fomannus, Ortholphus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German philosopher and legal scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1560 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schleusingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 19, 1634 |
| Place of death | Jena |