Philipp Meurer
Philipp Meurer (* around 1554 in Leipzig ; † 1607 ) was a German legal scholar . He was a Danish councilor and a Holstein vice-chancellor.
Life
He was the son of the physician and educator Wolfgang Meurer from Altenberg in the Ore Mountains and was born in the trade fair city of Leipzig. He left the Electorate of Saxony early on and settled in the free Hanseatic city of Hamburg , where, after successfully studying law, he became a Dr. iur. doctorate and in 1588 Counsel was appointed and exercised this office until the 1596th
On March 12, 1596, he was appointed Vice Chancellor of Holstein by Duke Johann Adolf of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottdorf. Just one year later, he moved to Husum as President . He was also temporarily active as a council in the service of the King of Denmark.
His work in Husum is mainly characterized by long-standing conflicts with the pastor Johann Neocorus (* 1566). In 1603 he was deposed because of poor administration in Husum. After that his track is lost.
family
Philipp Meurer married Catharina, the daughter of the syndic Wilhelm Moller. Numerous children were born from their marriage, including
- Johann Christoph Meurer (1598–1652), Dr. jur., princely.-holsteinischer and gräfl. Schauenburg Council and Syndic of the City of Hamburg
- Wolfgang Meurer (* 1599), the right lic. And secretary of the city of Hamburg
- Wilhelm Meurer, stable master of the city of Hamburg
- Hieronymus Meurer, citizen and merchant in Hamburg
- Nicolaus Meurer, both rights Lic. In Vienna
literature
- Uwe Iben: Philipp Meurer - Husum's last president in a troubled time at the end of the 16th century in: Between Eider and Wiedau , North Friesland 2009 ( digitized version )
- Hans Schröder : Meurer (Joh. Christoph) . In: Lexicon of Hamburg writers up to the present . tape 5 , no. 2552 . Perthes-Besser & Mauke, Hamburg 1870 ( facsimile on the pages of the Hamburg State and University Library ).
- Entry in the vd17
Individual evidence
- ^ Continued collection of old and new theological matters , 1723.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meurer, Philipp |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer, Privy Councilor and Vice Chancellor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1554 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1607 |