Johann Christian von Hellbach 15 July 1757 – 18 October 1828) was a German lawyer and writer. He wrote extensively but not exclusively on history.
Life
Johann Christian Hellbach was born in Arnstadt, a small but locally important town in central Germany, which earlier in the century had been the home town of
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his orchestral music such as the '' Brandenburg Concertos''; instrumental compositions such as the Cello Suites; keyboard w ...
. Hellbach's father was Ludwig Gottfried Hellbach. At the local school Hellbach's teacher was the historian
Johann Gottlieb Lindner. (In 1812 Hellbach would edit and publish Lindner's autobiography.
) On leaving school, between 1777 and 1780 Hellbach studied
Jurisprudence
Jurisprudence, or legal theory, is the theoretical study of the propriety of law. Scholars of jurisprudence seek to explain the nature of law in its most general form and they also seek to achieve a deeper understanding of legal reasoning a ...
, after which he lived in Arnstadt.
From 1788 he lived on his estate at
Berga
Berga () is the capital of the ''comarca'' (county) of Berguedà, in the province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is bordered by the municipalities of Cercs, Olvan, Avià, Capolat and Castellar del Riu.
History
Berga derives its name from ...
, roughly 100 km (60 miles) to the north. During this period he was also employed closer to Arnstadt, at
Wechmar, working as Commission Secretary for the
Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen
Saxe-Meiningen (; german: Sachsen-Meiningen ) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin dynasty, located in the southwest of the present-day German state of Thuringia.
Established in 1681, by partition of the Ernestin ...
. In the end he returned to living full-time in Arnstadt, promoted to the post of
Advocate
An advocate is a professional in the field of law. Different countries' legal systems use the term with somewhat differing meanings. The broad equivalent in many English law–based jurisdictions could be a barrister or a solicitor. However, ...
and
Legal Counsel for the Principality of
Saxe-Meiningen.
Personal
Hellbach married Charlotte Friedericka Wilhelmina Ernestina von Berga at his Berga estate on 17 May 1789.
Ennoblement
On 3 December 1819 confirmed and renewed the ancient nobility of Hellbach's family within
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.
[ Ernst Heinrich Kneschke: '' Neues allgemeines deutsches Adels-Lexicon'', Volume 4 (1863), Page 291]
Digitalisat
In terms of the sources, it was at this point that the name "Hellbach" became "von Hellbach".
References
Published output (not a complete list)
Hellbach wrote various legal books and others covering the history of
Thuringia
Thuringia (; german: Thüringen ), officially the Free State of Thuringia ( ), is a state of central Germany, covering , the sixth smallest of the sixteen German states. It has a population of about 2.1 million.
Erfurt is the capital and larg ...
and, in particular, of
Schwarzburg-Sondershausen.
* ''Handbuch des Rangrechts'', Ansbach 1804
Digitalisat* ''Archiv für die Geographie, Geschichte und Statistik der Grafschaft Gleichen und ihrer Besitzer'', 2 Bände, Altenburg 1805, Band 1
Band 2* ''Adels-Lexikon'', 2 Bände, Ilmenau 1825/26 Band 1
Band 2* ''Archiv von und für Schwarzburg'', 1787, Digitalisat Nachtrag von 1789
* ''Historische Nachrichten von den thüringischen Bergschlössern Gleichen, Wachsenburg und Mühlberg'', 1802
Digitalisat* ''Grundriß der zuverlässigeren Genealogie des fürstlichen Hauses Schwarzburg'', 1820
* ''Handbuch des Schwarzburg-sondershausener, besonders neueren Privatrechts'', 1820
* ''Nachricht von der sehr alten Lieben Frauen-Kirche und von dem dabei gestandenen Jungfrauen–Kloster zu Arnstadt'', 1821
Nachtrag von 1828* ''Niklas Christoph Reichsfreiherr von Lynker: ein biographischer Versuch'', Digitalisat
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19th-century German historians
Jurists from Thuringia
German male non-fiction writers
1757 births
1828 deaths
People from Arnstadt