Wilhelm Friedrich Hombergk zu Vach

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Wilhelm Friedrich von Hombergk zu Vach (born May 15, 1713 in Marburg ; † August 14, 1784 in Hanau ; confirmation of the nobility in 1780) was a German lawyer and chancellor of the County of Hanau-Münzenberg .

Life

Hombergk zu Vach was a son of the Marburg University Chancellor and legal scholar Johann Friedrich Hombergk zu Vach and comes from the Hessian family of the same name . He began his studies at the University of Marburg in 1727 and was 1734 there with the dissertation De concursu praesumtionum for Doctor of Laws PhD . In the same year he became government advocate in Marburg, then in 1739 in Kassel . He was appointed government councilor, court judge and consistorial councilor in Hanau in 1744. In 1756 he moved to Bremen . There, he succeeded Everard Otto as first in-house counsel and law firm director .

After the death of Vice Chancellor Johann Ludwig Wiederhold in 1761, Hombergk zu Vach was appointed Vice Chancellor of the Hesse-Kassel Principality and Privy Councilor of Hanau by the Landgrave's widow . Under the Landgrave Wilhelm IX. In 1772 he became Chancellor and Real Privy Councilor in Hanau. His retirement took place in 1782 because of physical weakness and dementia .

In 1780 the imperial nobility was confirmed for him and his brother Aemilius Ludwig .

Act

Hombergk zu Vach appears as the author of the new church ordinances in Hanau and Bremen. In addition, he is the creator of the Hessen-Cassel'schen Proceßgesetze as well as the principle of the new Hessian-Hanau court order and the Princely Hessian-Hanau sub-court order . The Renewed Cantzlei Order of the Imperial City of Bremen can also be traced back to him.

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SURNAME Hombergk zu Vach, Wilhelm Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hombergk zu Vach, Wilhelm Friedrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German jurist and Chancellor of Hessen-Hanau
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1713
PLACE OF BIRTH Marburg
DATE OF DEATH August 14, 1784
Place of death Hanau