Peter Lütkens the Younger

Peter Lütkens (copper engraving by Johann Christian Gottfried Fritzsch )

Peter Lütkens (* July 2, 1636 in Hamburg ; † August 28, 1717 there ) was a Hamburg lawyer , diplomat , councilor and mayor .

Origin and family

Lütkens was a son of the mayor of the same name Peter Lütkens from his first marriage to Cäcilie von Spreckelsen († 1651), daughter of the senior citizen and councilor Peter von Spreckelsen († 1630).

His sister Anna Maria Lütkens († 1712) was married to the councilor Vincent Rumpff (1637–1682).

Lütkens married in 1662 Sophia Dorothea Langermann († 1664), daughter of Gerhard Langermann (1603-1646) and sister of his stepmother Anna Elisabeth Langermann, the second wife of his father Peter Lütkens the elder. His wife Sophia Dorothea died two years after the wedding without leaving any children, but Lütkens did not enter into a second marriage.

Live and act

After finishing school, Lütkens studied at the University of Leipzig and the University of Heidelberg . In Heidelberg in 1659 he defended his dissertation with Heinrich David Chuno (1604–1665) and completed his studies as a licentiate in law. After his studies he traveled to France, Germany and Italy and returned to Hamburg in 1662.

On August 16, 1678, he was elected councilor for Heinrich Meurer , who was elected mayor in Hamburg . As such, Lütkens was sent to Celle with councilor Caspar Westermann (1622–1688) in the same year , where he negotiated with Duke Georg Wilhelm von Braunschweig-Lüneburg about the billeting of the Braunschweig-Lüneburg troops in the Vierlanden . On June 3, 1679, he traveled with the council syndicate Wolder Schele (1649–1700) to visit King Louis XIV in Paris . On July 20, 1680, Lütkens traveled again as envoy to Celle. In May 1681 he was sent to the royal court of King Christian V of Denmark in Copenhagen with envoys from the Hanseatic cities of Bremen and Lübeck . Originally, Denmark was supposed to protect Hamburg from the threats of the Brunswick-Lüneburg troops, instead Denmark attacked Hamburg in August 1686. This attack could be repulsed on August 26, 1686 with the help of the Braunschweig-Lüneburg troops. On October 20, 1687, Lütkens traveled to Celle again to finally settle the dispute with Duke Georg Wilhelm von Braunschweig-Lüneburg.

On November 3, 1687, he was elected mayor for the late Diedrich Moller . After the death of Joachim Lemmermann (1622–1704), Lütkens also became the oldest mayor. After Lütkens was mayor for almost 30 years and the oldest mayor for 13 years, he died at the age of 81 on August 28, 1717 and was buried on September 6, 1717. A mayor's penny was minted on his death .

Works (selection)

• Disputatio Iuridica De Permutatione . Aegidius Walter, Heidelberg 1658, OCLC 245917540 .
• Disputatio de libello . Aegidius Walter, Heidelberg 1659, OCLC 311952227 ( digitized from the pages of the Saxon State Library - Dresden State and University Library [accessed on November 25, 2014]).

literature

• Balthasar Mentzer : Officium supremum in memoriam et honorem sanctissimi senis, viri magnifici, nobilissimi, amplissimi atque consultissimi, domini Dn. Petri Lütkens . Conrad Neumann, Hamburg 1717 ( copy (PDF) from the State Archives of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg on Hamburg personalities).
• Arnold Christian Beuthner : Lütkens, Petrus, IVL and oldest mayor . 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, OCLC 46285036 , p. 218–219 ( digitized version on the website of the Hamburg State and University Library [accessed on November 25, 2014]).
• Johann Moller : Petrus Lütkens Junior . In: Johannis Molleri Flensburgensis Cimbria Literata, Sive Scriptorum Ducatus Utriusqve Slesvicensis Et Holsatici, Qvibus Et Alii Vicini Qvidam Accensentur, Historia Literaria Tripartita… Tomus Primus Scriptores universos Indigenas, hisqve immistos complures, qvorum Patria comprehendum exploruitari n . Orphanotrophium Regium, Copenhagen 1744, OCLC 257596308 , p. 373 ( digitized from Google Books [accessed November 25, 2014]).
• Friedrich Georg Buek : Peter Lütkens, JUL, the younger . In: Genealogical and biographical notes on the mayors of Hamburg who have died since the Reformation . Johann August Meißner, Hamburg 1840, OCLC 166067441 , p. 134–138 ( digitized from Google Books [accessed November 25, 2014]).
• Hans Schröder : Lütkens (Peter II.) . In: Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present . tape 4 , no. 2377 . W. Mauke's Sons, Hamburg 1866, OCLC 165098717 ( facsimile on the pages of the State and University Library Hamburg [accessed on November 25, 2014]).

Web links

• Publications by and about Peter Lütkens in VD 17 .
• Peter Lütkens on Hamburg personalities

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hans Schröder: Rump or Rumpff (Vincent I.) . In: Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present . tape 6 , no. 3326 . W. Mauke's Sons, Hamburg 1873, OCLC 165098721 ( facsimile on the pages of the State and University Library Hamburg [accessed on November 25, 2014]). Facsimile ( memento of the original dated December 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Hans Schröder: Langermann (Gerhard I.) . In: Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present . tape 4 , no. 2167 . W. Mauke's Sons, Hamburg 1866, OCLC 165098717 ( facsimile on the pages of the State and University Library Hamburg [accessed on November 25, 2014]). Facsimile ( memento of the original dated December 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ^ Heinrich David Chuno in the catalog of the German National Library (accessed November 25, 2014)
4. ^ Hans Schröder: Westermann (Caspar, JUL) . In: Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present . tape 7 , no. 4301 . Association for Hamburg History, Hamburg 1879, OCLC 165098723 ( facsimile on the website of the State and University Library Hamburg [accessed on November 26, 2014]). Facsimile ( memento of the original dated December 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Hans Schröder: Schele (Wolder I.) . In: Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present . tape 6 , no. 3408 . W. Mauke's Sons, Hamburg 1873, OCLC 165098721 ( facsimile on the pages of the Hamburg State and University Library [accessed on November 26, 2014]). Facsimile ( memento of the original dated December 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ^ Friedrich Georg Buek: Joachim Lemmermann . In: Genealogical and biographical notes on the mayors of Hamburg who have died since the Reformation . Johann August Meißner, Hamburg 1840, OCLC 166067441 , p. 132-134 ( digitized from Google Books [accessed November 25, 2014]).