Virgil Pingitzer

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Virgilius Pingitzer

Virgil Pingitzer (born November 9, 1541 in Hallein , † July 20, 1619 in Jena ) was a German-Austrian legal scholar.

Life

Pingitzer was the son of the mayor of the same name and his wife Anna Gremsich. He grew up in Catholic conditions in the Prince Archbishopric of Salzburg , but became a follower of Lutheran teachings at an early age. In 1558 he moved to Jena, where he attended the opening of the newly founded University of Jena and became a student there. In 1562 he continued his studies at the University of Ingolstadt . With Matthias Wesenbeck he moved to the Netherlands in 1564, stayed at the University of Leuven , traveled to France and earned his doctorate in law at the University of Orléans in 1567 . Then he returned to Jena, where he worked as a lawyer at the court. In 1570 he was appointed professor of law at the University of Jena. During that time he experienced the theological disputes between Philippists and Gnesiolutherans , which led to certain quarrels.

When the founding of the University of Helmstedt was considered in 1574, Pingitzer was appointed to the previous institution of the grammar school in Gandersheim . However, in 1577, a few months after the Helmstedt university was founded, he moved back to Thuringia to the Weimar court, where he became tutor of the future Duke Johann von Sachsen-Weimar . In 1587 he was again professor in Jena and assessor at the Jena court. He rose to the first professorship in law, was President of the Consistory, became a senior in the Faculty of Law and worked there until the end of his life. Pingitzer also participated in the organizational tasks of the university. He was dean of the Salana Faculty of Law and was rector of the Alma Mater in the summer semester of 1594, 1604 and 1614 .

family

Pingitzer was married twice. His first marriage was in 1568 with Katharina Druckscherf († October 29, 1605 in Jena), the daughter of the Jena mayor Wolfgang Druckscherf (* 1503 in Jena; † February 22, 1554 in Jena) and his wife Katharina Zierold († 1578). The marriage had thirteen children, of whom two sons and four daughters survived their father. His second marriage was on April 27, 1607 with Euphrosine Neander (* March 12, 1576 in Jena; † January 26, 1628), the daughter of the Jena medical professor Michael Neander (* April 5, 1529 in Joachimsthal; † October 23, 1581 in Jena). This marriage remained childless. His widow married the lawyer Heinrich Schlutter in 1621. From the children we know:

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Pingitzer († young)
  • Friedrich Pingitzer († young)
  • Wolfgang Pingitzer († young)
  • Elisabeth Maria Pingitzer († young)
  • Justina Pingitzer († young)
  • Dorothea Susanna Pingitzer (born March 8, 1581 in Jena; † 1637) married. February 8, 1602 with Anton Varus
  • Catharina Pingitzer († March 28, 1635 in Naumburg) married. May 4, 1591 with the council treasurer and later mayor of Naumburg Tobias Harnisch (* 1556 - † March 20, 1634 in Naumburg)
  • Maria Sophia Pingitzer married I Johann Harnisch, married. II Georg Starck
  • Virgel Pingitzer married 1619 Maria Lindener
  • Anna Pingitzer (* 1575 in Jena; † August 24, 1638 ibid.) Married. March 31, 1600 in Jena with Dominicus Arumaeus
  • Carl Günther Pingitzer (* December 12, 1593 in Jena; † August 2, 1665 ibid.) Jena University Librarian, m. July 20, 1619 in Jena (Naumburg) with Christina Barth († 1666)

Works (selection)

  • Disp. de glande legenda. 1596
  • Responsorum s. consiliorum decas una. Frankfurt 1580, Stuttgart 1684, Frankfurt 1694
  • Disputatio De Fideiussoribus. Jena 1605
  • Illustrium quaestionum Saconicarum decades sex.Gera 1607
  • de pace reigionis. Jena 1615

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personal data
SURNAME Pingitzer, Virgil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Austrian legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH November 9, 1541
PLACE OF BIRTH Hallein
DATE OF DEATH July 20, 1619
Place of death Jena