Veit Winsheim the Younger

Veit Winsheim the Younger (* 1521 in Ofen ; † November 13, 1608 in Hamburg ) was a German legal scholar.

Life

The son of Veit Winsheim enrolled at the University of Wittenberg in the summer semester of 1540 . There he acquired the Baccalaureus in July 1545 and on August 10, 1551 the degree of Magister of Artes liberales . After his admission to the Senate Philosophy Faculty on October 18, 1554, he pursued a law degree. To this end, he moved to the University of Padua on August 1, 1555 and received his doctorate there on July 27, 1556 as a doctor of both rights . On March 28, 1557, Winsheim committed to stay in Padua for two years, after which he was given the professorship over Bartholus . Since he regretted his decision in retrospect, he tried to free himself from his obligation.

However, one insisted on his obligation. Even a secret trip to Bologna on May 6, 1557 to enforce his request was unsuccessful. In 1559 he returned to Wittenberg, gave lectures at the law faculty on topics of the institutions and in 1561 took over the professorship of the Pandects . In addition to the professorship, he was also a councilor to the Saxon Elector August von Sachsen . After he had signed the concord formula in 1581 , however, he got into displeasure with his Saxon elector. This had withdrawn his council salary of 200 guilders.

After Winsheim was rector of the Wittenberg Academy in the winter semester of 1574 and 1580 and vice-rector of the Wittenberg University in the winter semester of 1563 and summer semester of 1575, he switched to Danish services. On December 9th, 1587 he became royal Danish councilor of Frederick II of Denmark and in 1590 dean of the cathedral church in Hamburg .

Winsheim did not appear particularly literary. Various programs related to his teaching activities in Wittenberg, including an Oratio de Alberto, Duce Saxoniae, originate from his pen . He gave Thucydidis Atheniensis historiae de Bello Peloponnesio libri VIII. E. Graeco sermone in latinam linguam conversi a Vito Winshemio patre, artis med. doctore (Wittenberg 1580) from his father.

family

Veit Winsheim the Younger was married twice. His first marriage was in 1559 with Euphrosyna (* January 1536 in Wittenberg; † March 13, 1563 ibid), the daughter of Gregor Brück . After the death of his first wife, he had his second marriage to Anna († February 13, 1588 in Wittenberg), the widow of Hieronymus Gareis and daughter of the custodian in Marienberg Georg Stümpfel and his wife Catharina (née Hühnerkopf) on August 23, 1563 . From the children we know:

• Veit * June 21, 1564 in Wittenberg, October 1574 immat. UWB, East Frisian councilor and land rent master
• Christian * October 1, 1568 in Wittenberg, October 1574 immat. UWB
• Georg * May 21, 1566 in Wittenberg, October 1574 immat. UWB
• Johannes * October 1574 immat. UWB, Count of Oldenburg Council and official in Jever
• Kaspar * May 1, 1570 in Wittenberg, October 1574 immat. UWB, † March 22, 1595 in Wittenberg
• Katharina Ortelius * January 15, 1577 in Wittenberg, † March 30, 1577 ibid

literature

• Gustav C. Knod: German students in Bologna (1289–1562). Biographical index to the acta nationis Germanicae Universitatis Bononiensis. R. v. Decker's Verlag, G. Schenck, Berlin 1899
• Walter Friedensburg : History of the University of Wittenberg. Max Niemeyer, Halle (Saale) 1917
• Theodor Wotschke: From Wittenberg church registers. In: Archive for the history of the Reformation. (ARG) No. 115/116, XXIX. Volume 3–4
• Julius Köstlin : The Baccaulaurei and Magistri. Hall 1890
• Karl Eduard Förstemann: Album Academiae Vitebergensis. Leipzig 1841
• Winshem, Veit, a son of the previous one. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 57, Leipzig 1748, columns 861-864.
• Peter P. Rohrlach: The Reformation Chancellor Gregor Brück. In: Yearbook for Regional History. Hermann Böhlaus Verlag, Weimar 1983, Volume 10, p. 70 f.