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- I had my friend Wilbur Kalb take a look at the Georg baptismal record. He was appalled at the handwriting, the Latin, the German and the bad abbreviations. This is what he came up with:
The Old German transcription :
November 29
Hr Supernt. Buchenröder ein sohnlein nahemans Georg Achatig.
Gat : der wohlgdt : gestz : Ehrntz. hohlihlb. & hohgelahrte Hr George
Achatig Heer J8 Rath. & Ambtmann der 4 Embter Held : Eisfeld, Konigs
berg & Veilsdorff, Comes palating.
The Modern German original
November 29
Herr Superintendent Buchenröder ein Sohnlein namens Georg Achatius.
Pate : der wohlgeboren, geschätzt, ehrenwert, hochlöblich & hochgelahrte Herr Georg
Achatius Heher JD Raths & Amtmann der 4 Ämter Heldburg, Eisfeld, Königs
berg & Veilsdorf, Comes Palatinus.
The English translation :
November 29
Mr Superintendent Buchenröder a little son named Georg Achatius.
Godparent : the well-born, esteemed, honorable, most praiseworthy & most learned Mr Georg
Achatius Heher JD Council and District Officer of the 4 Districts, Heldburg, Eisfeld, Königs
berg [ in Franken before 1920, in Bayern after 1920 ] & Veilsdorf [ in the District of Hildburghausen ], Count Palatine [ Pfalzgraf ].
Additional Wilbur provided this information on Georg Achatius Heher:
He was baptized as Georg Achatig Buchenröder but his middle name was switched to Achatius because it was the Latinized surname of his only godparent, Georg Achatz Heher, JD ( 1601 – 1667 ), the German jurist, diplomat and administrator from Nuremberg. When Michael’s son was born, Herr Heher had been living and working in Heldburg as the Oberamtmann [ senior bailiff ] of four districts, including Heldburg and Eisfeld, since 1648, when he was appointed by Ernst I, the Duke of Saxe-Gotha. Herr Heher is famous enough to have his biography in the German Wikipedia ( https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Achatz_Heher ) but, since it is not available in English, here is my English translation :
Georg Achatz Heher ( also Achatius ; born 30 December 1601 in Nuremberg; † 22 May 1667 in Rudolstadt ) was a German lawyer, diplomat and chancellor.
Heher was a son of the lawyer and diplomat Georg Heher. He first grew up with his grandfather [ Hülsin ] in Altdorf near Nuremberg. From 1616 to 1620 he attended the University of Altdorf, then followed his father to Vienna, who represented the Evangelical cities of the Swabian Circle there. There he came into contact with diplomacy. After returning to the University of Jena, he returned to Altdorf in 1623. In Altdorf he finally received his doctorate in law.
Heher settled in Nuremberg in 1624 as a lawyer. In 1625 he was sent to Vienna. There he received an audience with Emperor Ferdinand II on 25 August 1635. Other embassies followed. In 1629 he came to [ the Free Imperial City of ] Speyer and then toured Switzerland, France and Italy. At the same time, he completed a career as a courtier. In 1628 he became an assessor at the Lower Court in Nuremberg and a consultant in Altmühl, then in 1630 a Municipal Court consultant in Nuremberg.
In 1632, Heher accepted an appointment as Hofrat [ Court Councilor ] in [ the Prince-Bishopric of ] Würzburg, but in 1633 he went to Regensburg as Vice Chancellor and Director of the War Chancellery. After the Swedish defeat, he was able to return to Nuremberg in 1636, where he again hired himself out as a consultant, with the German Order as one of his clients.
Heher was appointed government councilor of the Duchy of Saxe-Gotha in 1640, but was initially able to remain in Nuremberg despite this obligation. Like his father, he became an imperial Pfalzgraf [ Count Palatine ]. The honor was given in 1644 by Emperor Ferdinand III. As early as the next year he was sent to Münster and Osnabrück to negotiate the Peace of Westphalia. He represented the Duchies of Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Weimar as well as the Principality of Anhalt-Bernburg. For his services, Duke Ernst of Saxe-Gotha appointed him Oberamtmann [ senior bailiff ] of the towns of Königsberg, Heldburg, Eisfeld and also of Veilsdorf in 1648. Thereupon Heher left Nuremberg and moved to Heldburg. In 1652, Duke Wilhelm von Saxe-Weimar accepted him into the Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft [ Fruit-bearing Society ] as “Der Mitteilende [ The Communicator ]”.
Heher continued to take over embassies. From 1649 to 1650 he represented the duchies at the Friedensexekutionskongress [ Peace of Westphalia Congress ] in Nuremberg, later he was envoy at the negotiations of the Reichstag in Regensburg for the Jüngste Reichsabschied [ Last Closing Ceremony of the Reichstag ]. From 1659 until his death he was finally Chancellor of [ the County of ] Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. For this he moved to Rudolstadt.
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