Christian Pfahler (1603 - abt. 1665)

Born 15 Aug 1603 in Waldrode, East Prussia, Germany [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died about 9 Nov 1665 at about age 62 in Brieg, Silesia, Germany

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Biography

On August 15, 1603, he was born in Walgrode (probabaly Waldrode, East Prussia; now in Kaliningrad, Russia). On November 11, 1665, he was buried at the city cathedral in Brieg (now Brzeg, Poland).

[Beginning] in 1616, he worked at the mints in Brandenburg, in Westphalia (one year), Mühlhausen [Thuringia] (a year), Altenburg [Thuringia] (half a year), Höxter [North Rhine - Westphalia] (a year), and Saalfeld [Thuringia] (one year). From 1624-30 he was in Dresden, and 1630-34 in Breslau [now Wrocław, Poland]; and beginning in 1650, he served in Brieg as the master of minting for Liegnitz [Legnica, Poland], Brieg, and Wohlau.

(The genealogist's reference material came from the funeral sermons in the Stolberg Collection, which - as of 1989 - could be found in the Duke August Library in Wolfenbüttel (printed catalog), published in four volumes between 1927 and 1934.)

"geb. Walgrode [sic] 15.8.1603 † 11.11.1665 begr. Brieg (Stadtk.) 16.11.1665, 1616 auf der Münze in Brandenburgischen, ein Jahr Westfalen, ein Jahr Mühlhausen, ein halbes Jahr Altenburg, ein Jahr Höxter, ein Jahr Saalfeld, 1624-1630 Dresden, 1630-1634 Breslau, seit 1650 Liegnitz-Brieg-Wohlauischer Münzmeister in Brieg. StLP. [StLP = Leichenpredigt der Stolberger Sammlung, die sich jetzt in der Herzog-August-Bibliothek in Wolfenbüttel befindet. Gedruckter Katalog. 4 Bde 1927-1934.]

Sources

• von Schroeder, Felix: Die Familie Schröder - v. Schroeder aus Königsberg i. Pr., Band 2: Die Geschwister Felix, Heinrich, Irene v. Schroeder: Ahnenlisten, Stammlisten, Nachfahrenlisten (Krailing, Bavaria, Germany, 1989), p.
• Translation and notes by Michael Meurer
• East Prussian Picture Archive photographs from Waldrode