Profile Author:
Mikkel Munthe Jensen
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2026-04-29
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Elend, Gottfried Heinrich (* 1706.02.01 † 1771.03.17)
Biographical and Intellectual Profile
Biography
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Biographical Data
Education
1725 - 1728, Jurisprudence, University of Helmstedt
1728.09.30 - 1729, Jurisprudence, University of Halle
Degrees
1734, Doctor of law, University of Kiel
Travels
1729 - ../1733, The Netherlands, England
Teaching
1739-1744, Summer semesters, "Natural law and Institutiones", public lecture courses, Faculty of Law, University of Kiel (On his lecture courses on natural law, Elend refers to Nikolaus Hieronymus Gundling and on Institutiones to Johann Gottlieb Heineccius)
Career
1734 - 1738, Docentus, University of Kiel
1734 - 1738, Lawyer (in Kiel)
1738 - 1745, Extraordinary professor of law, University of Kiel, Faculty of Law
1745 - 1746, Syndikus (legal advisor), Cathedral Chapter (in Lübeck)
1746 - 1748, Chief prosecutor to Schleswig and Holstein
1748 - 1764, Geheim-Legationsrat
1764 - 1768, Konferenzrat, College of Finance (in Kiel)
1768 - 1769, Geheimrat in Kiel
1769 - 1771, Amtmann (District magistrate), Kronshagen
Titles, Memberships and Other Relevant Roles
1743, Kanzleirat, Ducal Court of Schleswig-Holstein
1744, Justitzrat, Ducal Court of Schleswig-Holstein
1749, Ennobled ‘von Ellendsheim’
1764, Konferenzrat, Ducal Court of Schleswig-Holstein
1768, Geheimrat, Ducal Court of Schleswig-Holstein
Bibliographical Data
Printed Sources
Books
Patriotische Gedancken von der Nothwendigkeit eines über die Adeliche Güther in den Fürstenthümern Schleßwig und Holstein anzuordnenden und aufzurichtenden Schuld- und Pfand-Protocols (Treuburg: 1735): Digital version
Dissertations
Dissertatio iuris publico-privati inauguralis de privilegio de non appellando exceptionem litis in supremis imperii tribunalibus pendentis impediente (Kiel: Bartsch, 1734) [Praeses: Zacharias Hartmannus, Respondent: Gottfried Heinrich Elend].
Specimen meditationum ad pandectas de iure aquatic (Helmstedt: Schnorrius, 1727) [Praeses: Augustin von Leyser, Respondent: Gottfried Heinrich Elend]: Digital version
Observata diplomatico-historica de iure legitimae (Helmstedt: Schnorrius, 1727) [Praeses: Polykarp Leyser, Respondent: Gottfried Heinrich Elend): Digital version
De prudentia iudicis circa ferendas sententias (Helmstedt: Schnorrius, 1728) [Praeses: Augustin von Leyser, Respondent: Gottfried Heinrich Elend): Digital version
Meditationes ad quaestionem, utrum methodus demonstrativa sive mathematica in iurisprudentia civili adhiberi possit? Praemissae collegiis proxime aperiendis ad quae cives huius Academiae florentissimos (Kiel: Bartsch, 1735): Digital version
- Edition 1739 (Kiel: Bartsch)
Manuscript Sources
Natural Law Network
Personal Connections
1738, Friedrich Gottlieb Struve, Kiel [Colleague at Kiel University]
1738, Johann Zacherias Hartmann, Kiel [Colleague at Kiel University]
1738, Amandus Christian Dorn, Kiel [Colleague at Kiel University]
1738, Johann Matthias Kaeuffelin, Kiel [Colleague at Kiel University]
1738, Friedrich Gentzke, Kiel [Colleague at Kiel University]
1738, Philipp Friedrich Hane, Kiel [Colleague at Kiel University]
1738, Sebastian Kortholt, Kiel [Colleague at Kiel University]
1743, Johann Jacob Quistorp, Kiel [Colleague at Kiel University]
1745, Johann Carl Heinrich Dreyer, Kiel [Colleague at Kiel University]
References and Acknowledgement
Profile References
Literature
Johann Christoph Adelung: "Elend, Gottfried Heinrich" in Fortsetzung und Ergänzungen zu Christian Gottlieb Jöchers allgemeinem Gelehrten-Lexico, vol. 2 (Leipzig: J. F. Gleditschens, 1787), p. 863.
Volbehr, Friedrich & Richard Weyl: Professoren und Dozenten der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel 1665-1915 (Kiel: Schmidt & Klaunig, 1916) p. 45.
Sources
Matriculation (Halle): Matrikel der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Vol I, 1690-1730, ed. Fritz Juntke (Halle: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, 1960), p. 133.
Matriculation (Helmstedt): Die Matrikel der Universität, vol. 3: 1685-1810 ed. Herbert Mundhenke (Hildesheim: Lax, 1981), p. 136: URL: http://diglib.hab.de/wdb.php?dir=drucke/f4f-211-3b&pointer=157
Portrait: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek; Bilddatei: onB9073452, URL: http://www.portraitindex.de/documents/obj/oai:baa.onb.at:9073452
Online Resources
“Elend, Gottfried Heinrich” in Kieler Gelehrtenverzeichnis [Online] ed. Oliver Auge, URL: https://gelehrtenverzeichnis.de/person/7b3281de-a149-446d-bed8-897c937df9d9
Acknowledgement
Profile Author:
Mikkel Munthe Jensen
Profile Contributor
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How to Cite This Profile
Jensen, Mikkel Munthe, "Gottfried Heinrich Elend" in Natural Law 1625-1850: Database, ed. Mikkel Munthe Jensen (Erfurt, Gotha, Jena: ThULB, 2019-), Canonical URL: https://naturallawdatabase.thulb.uni-jena.de/item/natlaw_16