Werner Theodor Martini

Werner Theodor Martini (born June 14, 1626 in Salzwedel , † March 10, 1685 in Wittenberg ) was a German legal scholar.

Live and act

Werner Theodor Martini was born in 1626 as the son of the future councilor and mayor Johann Mertens in the Neustadt of Salzwedel . He attended school in Salzwedel, Brandenburg and Lüneburg. He studied law from 1647 at the Universities of Rostock , 1651 at the University of Frankfurt (Oder) , and later in Leipzig and Jena .

Martini made long study trips with the gentlemen von Eltz through Germany and Holland and established first relationships with important scholars. Then he came to Heidelberg as court master of the Baron von Schulenburg via Kassel and Marburg . There he gave private tuition in the "rights" (legal studies) until 1658 until he finally acquired his doctorate in Jena in 1659 .

His skills in law and politics , which he had acquired at various universities at home and abroad , his knowledge of foreign languages and the experience he gained at royal courts, brought him high-level recommendations. Margrave Christian Ernst von Baireuth used Martini for example . This earned him the professorship for law at the University of Leucorea in Wittenberg in 1662 and initially an observer position at the court .

Later he got a position as an appellate councilor in Dresden and the assessor at the Lower Lusatian regional court. In the summer semesters of 1662, 1669, 1677 and 1683 he was rector of the University of Wittenberg .

family

Martini married Magdalena Sibylla in Dresden in 1662, the daughter of the Saxon court preacher Jakob Weller von Molsdorf. From this marriage eleven children were born, including a son of the same name, who also distinguished himself as a lawyer, but died in 1698. The children are known:

Johann Jacob Martini (born January 1, 1667 in Wittenberg)
Werner Theodor Martini (born November 9, 1668 in Wittenberg)
Christina Sibylla Martini (born October 12, 1670 in Wittenberg)
Paul Friedrich Martini (born August 7, 1672 in Wittenberg) becomes a buyer and merchant in Freiberg
Magdalena Elisabeth Martini (born June 23, 1674 in Wittenberg) marries the Freiberg jeweler Tobias Richter
Gottfried August (born April 20, 1676 in Wittenberg)
Christian Gotthelf Martini (born June 24, 1677 in Wittenberg)
Christian Gottlieb Martini (born July 28, 1680 in Wittenberg) becomes a royal Polish and electoral Saxon sergeant
Abraham (born September 22, 1684 in Wittenberg)
Anna Christina Martini (died young)
Maria Dorothea Martini (died young)

Works (selection)

Martini's publications include “Jurisprudentia criminalis” and “Constitutiones Electorales Saxonicae”. The “Jurisprudentia criminalis” published as a book in 1669 consists of ten dissertations, which deal with the individual main materials of criminal law. Martini also presented the feudal law of that time in a similar form. Other disputations, however, deal with parts of civil law and constitutional law, including Saxon law. Martini dedicated a series of dissertations to the latter, which was published in 1684 under the above-mentioned title “Constitutiones Electorales Saxonicae divi Augusti, notis theoreticis et praticis illustratae”.

Jurisprudentia criminalis. Wittenberg 1669
Constitutiones Electorales Saxonicae. 1684
De transmissionibus actorum. Wittenberg 1670
De sequestro. Wittenberg 1670
De injuriis
De restitutione alieni injuste ablati. Wittenberg 1673
De jure civili rom. Ante justiniani tempora. Wittenberg 1674
De excusationibus tutorum & curatorum. Wittenberg 1676
De usu & abusu monomarchiae. Wittenberg 1666
De imperio romano germ. Wittenberg 1664
De inquisitione criminali. Wittenberg 1671
De carceribus. Wittenberg 1671
De nobilitate, que liberis acquiritur
De jure venandi
De auxilio restitutionis in integrum, sexui toemininio competente. Wittenberg 1671
De consuetudine. Wittenberg 1675
De testamento paterno minus solenni
De gradibus culpae & poenae in delictis
De fumtibus pietatis causa factis. Wittenberg 1683
De apanagio
De mercibus illicitis seu caontrabandis. Wittenberg 1684
De agricolis. Wittenberg 1683
De commissariis. Wittenberg 1668
De sanctitate & justitia legum Romanorum. Wittenberg 1663
De Procuratoribus. Wittenberg 1674
De quaestionibus & rorturis. Wittenberg 1668
De Jure Saxonum veteri & moderno in genre. Wittenberg 1663
De ortu & progressu Juris justinianei. Wittenberg 1670
De incendio, vi publica & privata, & crimine falsi. Wittenberg 1666

literature

Martini, Werner Theodor. In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 19, Leipzig 1739, column 1842 f.
Albert Teichmann : Martini, Werner Theodor . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1884, p. 515.
Walter Friedensburg : History of the University of Wittenberg. Max Niemeyer, Halle (Saale) 1917, pp. 452–453
Christian Gottlieb Jöcher : General lexicon of scholars. Volume p. 234
Johann Friedrich Jugler : Contributions to the legal biography or more precise literary and critical news of the life and writings of deceased legal scholars and statesmen who have made themselves famous in Europe. Paul Gotthelf Kummer , Leipzig 1779 ( online )

Individual evidence

^ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal , SS 1647, No. 66
↑ see: Funeral Sermon Maria Hahn in Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons and personal documents for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes. Volume 8, p. 482, R 7962

personal data
SURNAME	Martini, Werner Theodor
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German legal scholar
DATE OF BIRTH	June 14, 1626
PLACE OF BIRTH	Salzwedel
DATE OF DEATH	March 10, 1685
Place of death	Wittenberg

[1] Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal , SS 1647, No. 66

[2] see: Funeral Sermon Maria Hahn in Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons and personal documents for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes. Volume 8, p. 482, R 7962