Veit Heymann

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Veit Heymann (also Vitus Heymann ; * 1592 in Bärenstein ; † January 12, 1651 in Dresden ) was a Dresden councilor and mayor .

Life

Heymann came from the mountain town of Bernstein (Bärenstein, today a district of Altenberg) in the Eastern Ore Mountains . After completing school, he studied and received his doctorate. Then he came to Dresden and worked here as the electoral stable clerk for the elector Johann Georg I. From 1636 he was a councilor on the city council and at the same time was granted citizenship of the city.

In 1643 Heymann became the ruling mayor of Dresden for the first time and held this office every three years until his death. At the same time, he was responsible for the administration of the Leubnitzer office that came into being after the Reformation . Several praise and commemorative publications have been preserved from his tenure, including a. on the occasion of archery and target shooting by the citizens of Dresden. Following this festival in July 1545, the Saxon Elector Johann Georg I dined with Heymann and his wife and had his apartment shown.

Veit Heymann died on January 12, 1651 in Dresden and was buried on January 19. A funeral poem by Augustin Licht and an obituary by Johannes Bohemus were published on the occasion of his death.

family

Heymann was married and had three sons: Carl Friedrich Heymann, Gottfried Heymann and Christian Heymann. Like his father, Carl Friedrich Heymann had been a member of the council since May 1, 1645 and died in November 1660.

literature

  • Sieglinde Richter-Nickel: The venerable council of Dresden , in: Dresdner Geschichtsbuch No. 5, Dresden City Museum (ed.); DZA Verlag for Culture and Science, Altenburg 1999, ISBN 3-9806602-1-4 .
  • Otto Richter: Constitutional and administrative history of the city of Dresden , Volume 1, Verlag W. Baensch, Dresden 1885.
  • Fritz Roth: Complete evaluations of funeral sermons and personal documents for genealogical purposes, Volume 3, 1964, p. 339.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Not Political messages in the courier on the Danube , no. 209 of 4 September 1833 Passau. ( Online edition of the Bavarian State Library )

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predecessor Office successor
Elias Jentzsch (1642, 1645, 1648) Mayor of Dresden
1643, 1646, 1649 		Johann Werner (1644, 1647, 1650)
personal data
SURNAME Heymann, Veit
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Heymann, Vitus; Heymannus, Vitus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dresden councilor and mayor
DATE OF BIRTH 1592
PLACE OF BIRTH Bärenstein (Altenberg)
DATE OF DEATH January 12, 1651
Place of death Dresden