Samuel Lenz
Samuel Lenz (born March 8, 1686 in Stendal , † May 14, 1776 in Halle ) was a German historian , lawyer and university professor .
Life
Lenz first attended the Martineum in Braunschweig from 1702 before he went to the University of Helmstedt in 1705 , then to the University of Jena in 1707 . In 1708 he became a teacher of mathematics in Liegnitz in Silesia . From there he went to Breslau . In Breslau he was able to use the libraries and became court master of Count zu Stolberg , in 1712 his cabinet, government and chamber secretary. In 1713 he was in Berlin . There he became court master of two aristocrats and went to Halle with them. From 1719 he finally worked in Petersberg in the Saalkreis .
From 1722 Lenz taught geography at the State University of Zerbst . From 1723 he also worked as a lawyer . In 1730 the widowed Princess Gisela Agnes von Anhalt-Köthen appointed him to her court , government and Wittumsrat . Despite taking up these offices, he was able to continue working in Zerbst .
After he inherited the manor in 1739 Riede at Petersberg, he settled in 1740 in the retirement move and moved to Halle. In the following years began his most fruitful writing activity.
Publications (selection)
- Instructions for a chronicle of the Alt-Märckische Haupt-Stadt Stendal, as much of it has been found in printed and unprinted writings. Johann Andreas Bauer, Halle 1747.
- S. Lentzens diplomatic history of monasteries and states of Halberstadt and neighboring Oertern .... Johann Andreas Bauer, Halle 1749.
- Marg-Gräflich-Brandenburgische and other watch customers who had previously unprinted in the Märckische Historie, from Albrecht the Bear to the Hohenzollern times with historical, genealogical, chronological and topographical explanations. , 2 volumes, hall 1753 and 1754.
- Samuelis Lentzii Becmannvs Envcleatvs, Svppletvs Et Continvatvs, Or: Historisch-Genealogische Fürstellung des Hochfürstliches Haus Anhalt and the descendants of the Margraves of Brandenburg, Dukes of Saxony, and Saxony-Lauenburg: With many coppers. Cöthen and Dessau 1757.
literature
- Theodor Stenzel: Lenz, Samuel . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 279 f.
- Ernst Ludwig Daniel Huch: The court and government also Witthums-Raths, Samuel Lenzens life and writings. In the Coernerische Buchhandlung, Coethen and Dessau, 1758.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ernst Ludwig Daniel Huch: Des court and government also Witthums-Raths, Samuel Lenzens life and writings. In the Coernerische Buchhandlung, Coethen and Dessau, 1758, p. 21.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lenz, Samuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian, lawyer and university lecturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 8, 1686 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stendal |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 14, 1776 |
| Place of death | Hall |