Vincent Rumpff (politician, 1701)

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Vincent Rumpff (born March 24, 1701 in Hamburg ; † March 20, 1781 ibid) was a German lawyer and mayor.

Life

family

Vincent Rumpff was a son of the councilor Johann Rumpff (born November 1, 1665; † May 28, 1718) and his second wife Anna Katharina (1681–1743), daughter of the Hamburg lawyer Peter von Spreckelsen (1642–1724) and sister of the councilor Dr. jur. Johann Heinrich von Spreckelsen . The father's first marriage to Agneta von Kampe had remained childless. From the second marriage he had a daughter and three sons. Besides Vincent, the following are known by name:

  • Peter (born February 9, 1700; † October 1, 1749), building yard citizen and chamberlain deputy, married to Anna Maria, daughter of Octavio Beltgen;
  • Nicolaus (February 9, 1700; † 1736), licentiate .

Vincent was since February 17, 1733 with Anna Margaretha (* January 5, 1715, † September 22, 1781), daughter of Senator Michael Wilckens (1658-1722), merchant and banker, married. Together they had six daughters and three sons. Of these are known by name:

  • Agneta, died at the age of thirteen;
  • Vincent (* February 18, 1737; † April 2, 1805), Council Secretary, married to Anna Luise, daughter of Senator Caspar Voght (1707–1781) and brother of the businessman Caspar Voght , their son was the later diplomat Vincent Rumpff ;
  • Nicolaus (February 17, 1740 - February 17, 1740);
  • Katharina Elisabeth (* December 28, 1745; † December 24, 1803), married to Senator Hermann Maneke (1733–1795), Senator in Hamburg;
  • Nicolaus (born February 3, 1751 - † January 2, 1799), registrar in Bergedorf.

His brother-in-law was the mayor Cornelius Poppe (1691–1768).

Career

He was taught by the former rector of the Stade grammar school, Michael Richey , and from 1718 on his recommendation he attended the Johanneum under rector Johann Huebner in Hamburg. He finished school with a dissertation on the topic of the people of our world who are not different in appearance and origin , which he defended against the previous rector Johann Albert Fabricius ; The main pastor of the Katharinenkirche, Johann Christoph Wolf , also attended this scientific discussion . For information on jurisprudence, he turned to Johann Julius Anckelmann , a particularly experienced scholar.

From 1722 to 1725 he studied law at the University of Groningen and at the University of Halle ; There he heard lectures on Roman and German civil and criminal law and on public law from Justus Henning Böhmer , Christian Thomasius and Nicolaus Hieronymus Gundling . On November 29, 1725, he received his doctorate in Groningen with a dissertation on the crime of robbery in the natural law of peoples, in civil law , in canon law and other, in particular, the Hamburg penal provisions, for Dr. jur. both rights and then toured Germany, France and Austria for several years, where he stayed for a long time at the Emperor's court in Vienna.

After returning to Hamburg, he was elected Senator on January 18, 1732 . He had long been a member of the committee that was responsible for the management of the Elbe, its dams and embankments near the city and at the mouth, and he was the auditor of the Bergedorf office .

During this time there were profound differences with Denmark and Holstein because of the sovereign rights and the immediate nature (subject only to the Kaiser and the Reich) of Hamburg, and the Hamburg coin rack was challenged; this subsequently led to a Danish trade ban against Hamburg. Vincent Rumpff was seconded to Copenhagen together with the Syndikus Johann Klefeker , and after sixteen months of negotiations, both succeeded on April 23, 1736 with ministers Iver Rosenkrantz (1674–1745) and Johann Sigismund Schulin to reach a favorable settlement for Hamburg. This comparison also served to prepare the Gottorp Treaty of 1768, which guaranteed Hamburg recognition of independence and an area enlargement on the opposite bank of the Elbe.

In 1745 Vincent Rumpff took over, together with the Syndikus Johann Julius Surland (1724-1758), a mission to Vienna to the imperial court as representative of Hamburg for the accession to the throne of Franz I. On departure they received gold chains of honor, which were studded with diamonds, from the emperor Gift.

For several years he administered the rulership of Hamburger Berg and organized its circumstances and took care of individual residents. In 1754 he achieved that foreigners who settled there were subject to certain laws and had to take an oath on the city's constitution. For a year he was governor of the forest villages and during this time he had many groves and forests planted. At an early stage he was also given responsibility for the Johanneum as a scholarch .

When the Seven Years' War broke out in 1756 , Vincent Rumpff became a member of a secret commission formed by the Senate and Citizenship Commissioners. The commission was empowered to adopt the policy and measures required by the war.

After the death of Senator Georg Jencquel (1678–1758) he became the oldest senator and, as chairman of the Scholarchen assembly, proto-solar; beforehand he had already achieved a salary increase from 1,000 to 1,500 marks for the professors of the grammar school on March 6, 1754.

Since 1750 he had already been drawn four times for mayoral elections until he was elected mayor on January 17, 1765 to succeed the late Lucas Corthum . During his reign as mayor of one of the largest cities in Germany, the Danish recognition of imperial immediacy and independence from the Danish Duchy of Holstein fell in 1769 .

Honors

  • A mayor 's penny was issued in honor of Vincent Rumpff after his death .

Fonts (selection)

Literature (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The newer Hamburg coins and medals: a continuation of the Hamburg coin and medal fun . P. 56. Printed by Johann August Meissner, 1843 ( google.de [accessed on June 2, 2019]).
personal data
SURNAME Rumpff, Vincent
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hull, Vincent; Rumpff, Vincent; Hull, Vincent; Rumpff, Vincentius; Rumpf, Vincentius; Rumpf, Vincenz; Rump, Vincent; Rumpffius, Vincentius; Rumpfius, Vincentius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer, councilor and mayor of Hamburg
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1701
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 1781
Place of death Hamburg