The Berlich family connects with the Struve family on the marriage of Susanna Berlich to Georg Adam Struve.
We begin the Berlich family with the Three Loeck Sisters’ direct ancestor Nicolaus / Nicklaus / Nikolaus (1555 – 1594) and Maria (Kodritzsch / Kodritsch / Kodtitsch / Koedritz) Berlich. They were the parents of the Three Sisters’ ancestor Georg Peter Berlich and his brother Matthias. Nicolaus Berlich was Mayor of Schkölen, slightly north of Jena. Maria (Kodritzsch) Berlich was the daughter of a country judge, Egidius Kodritzsch / Koedritz [Aegidius Kodritsch] of Seidewitztal and his wife Catherine Vogt.
Below, the title page of the funeral book praising Marie (Koedritz) Berlich, the wife of Nicolaus Berlich, upon her death in October 1633: Exequiae Berlichianae, Das ist: Christliche Leichen-Predigt … Roughly translated into English as: ‘This is the funeral sermon of Maria, the wife of Mr. Nicolai Berlich mayor of Schkölen, who was left a widower on the 28th of October, after Midday 3 o’clock Anno Christi 1633, and on the following 31st, having been put into her bed [buried], she is now with the Lord blissfully slumbering.’
The second page (below left) shows contributions by Matthew [Matthias], Peter, and Burchard Berlich. The following page (right) shows verses by: Christian, Matthias (junior), and Friedrich Berlich.
GEORG PETER BERLICH, the son of Nicolaus and Maria, the father of Burchard Berlich and the Three Loeck Sisters Nth grandfather, was born in 1575 at Schkölen bei Naumburg and died in 1635 at Bürgel.
He married three times, but as far as we can tell, he only had children by his first two wives: The first wife was Christine Cilingius / Cilling / Zilling (the ancestor of the Three Loeck Sisters) and the second was Sybilla Meyer. His third wife was a widow – Maria Heinicke – whose maiden name may have been Mencke. For Maria, the marriage on 11 November 1617 brought several of Peter’s young children to take care of. In most cases Georg Peter appears as just Peter.
Peter and Christine (Cilling) Berlich were married on 5th July 1596. She was the daughter of Tilemann Cilling (1550 – 1618) and sister of Georg Friedrich Cilling (1582 – ?). Christine died in 1613 having borne three surviving children: Georg, Burchard, and Sophia.
After her death, Peter Berlich married Sybilla Meyer on 25th May 1613, and they had one son: Christian who was born on 8th February 1614 and who died on 19th September 1666. More on Christian Berlich can be found below.
The Berlich and Cilling families lived most of their lives in and around the town of Burgel, a municipality in the northeast of the Saale-Holzland-Kreis region of Thuringia and located about 86 Km Southwest of Leipzig. (Georg) Peter Berlich started out as an office holder of the Saxon court in Tautenburg and then became a tax collector and land judge [Land Richter] in Bürgel.
As stated above, Christina Cilingus / Cilingius was the first wife of (Georg) Peter Berlich and was the Three Loeck Sisters ancestor. Her father Tillman / Tilemann Cilling / Zilling (1542 – 1618) was a pastor of Frauenprießnitz and a magistrate of some standing. For more on the Cilling family click here [not yet! still under construction].
Peter had a brother Matthias Belich for whom a separate page has been created that can be found HERE. Peter and Christina had a son:
BURKHARD / BURKARD / BURCHARD BERLICH (1603-1670) Burkhard Berlich [Three Loeck Sisters direct ancestor], was born on 23rd April 1603 at Frauen-Prießnitz. He was married three times. His third wife, Barbara Hilliger, was the direct ancestor of the Three Loeck sisters.
His first wife was Marie Anshelm (* 18.11.1605 in Lauchstedt + 27.06.1639 in Dresden) and they were married on the 9th February 1629. Marie was the daughter of Johann Anshelm (24.12.1586 – 17.09.1630). Burchard and Marie had one son Gottfried Ehrenreich Berlich (1629 – 1659). To mark the occasion of their marriage a wedding book was published: Gluckwundschung auf den hochzeitlichen Ehrentag Des Ehrenvesten Achtbarn und Wolgelahrten Herrn Burchard Berlichd izes bieder Rechte Kandidaten Und Der Ehren und Tugendsamen Jungfrauen Marien Des Ehrenvesten und Wolgeachten Herrn Johan Anshelmens …
Burchard’s second wife was Sophia Nehl whom he married on 24th November 1640 on which occasion a wedding book was published titled: Sacrum nuptiale Burchard Berlichii sponsi, virginis Sophiae …
Sophia died in 1644 having borne Burchard two sons: Paul Gottlieb and Friedrich Severin.
Upon Sophia’s death, a funeral book was published: Trost-Schrifft Uber den sehr frühzeitigen jedoch seligen Hintritt Der … Frawen Sophien Herrn Burchardi Berlichii, etc. Burchard’s brother Georg being a licenced theologian took the service:
It may be that Sophia Nehl had a sister – Anna Magdalena Nehl (ca. 1618 – 1659) – who married Theodor Möstel (1622 – 16??). They had a “little son”, Theodor Severin, who on 1st January 1659 died young and who was laid in “his nesting bed” on 9th January and for whom a funeral sermon book was published with the title: Frommer Christen Creutz- Angst- und Errettungs-Hauß Das ist: Kürtzliche Erklärung des 19. Vers im 94. Ps. Angestellet Bey dem … Leichen-Begängnüs Theodori Severini Möstels Des … Herrn Theodori Möstels … The connection to the Berlich family comes from two contributions made to the book by Paul Gottlieb Berlich and Friedrich Severin Berlich.
Theodor Möstel (* 2. January 1564 in Dresden; † 19. May 1626 or 22. March 1628 in Leipzig) was the mayor of Leipzig whose grandson (Theodor the Yonger) by the same name married Anna Magdalena Nehl whose sister Sophia married Burchard Berlich. This connection is nowhere else to be found but here.
Theodor (the younger) Mostel studied and received his doctorate. iur. In 1598 he became a council member of the city of Leipzig. He was mayor here in 1604, 1607, 1610, 1613, 1616, 1619, 1622 and 1625. Möstel also acted as the elector’s councilor of appeal.
Möstel bought the Pötzschker Mark in 1612 and owned the village of Großmiltitz. In 1622 he also bought the Schönau manor from the city of Leipzig for 2,000 guilders. There he donated a school and in 1624 the picture of the Last Supper for the church, on which he and other Leipzig councilors and members of his family are depicted as apostles. He was also 1623-1624 owner of the Elephant Pharmacy in Freiberg.
Today’s Garskestrasse in Schönau bore his name, Möstelstrasse, until 1950. He was buried at the Leipzig University Church.
Burchard’s third and last wife was Barbara Hilliger (* 12.04.1618 in Jena + 09.01.1663 in Dresden; oo 19.10.1645) with whom he had five daughters, one of whom, Susanna (1647 – 1699), married Georg Adam Struve, (1619 – 1692).
Barbara Hilliger was the daughter of a lawyer, Oswald Hilliger and his wife Anna Schönlebe, and the widow of Nicolaus Helfrich. Burchard and Barbara’s five daughters each married men who were academics (see below).
Burchard and Barbara (Hilliger) Berlich had three sons: Adam Gottlob; Gottfried Sigismund; and Gottfried Ehrenreich.
Before marrying Burchard Berlich, the Nth great grandmother of the Three Loeck sisters, Barbara Hilliger, married Nicolaus Helffreich / Helffrich / Helfferich. He was born in 1594 and was baptized on 15th June in Leipzig, the son of Georg and Anna ( ) Helffreich. He married Barbara Hilliger, in 1630, at age 36 in Freiberg. Nicolaus died on 19th October 1645, at the age of 51. There appear to have been no children. Before marrying Barbara Hilliger, Nicolaus Helffrich had married Anna Maria (Böckel) Helffrich.
Upon Barbara (Hilliger) (Helffreich) Berlich’s death on 9th January 1663 a number of funeral books were published as shown below:
Another funeral sermon book for Barbara – Gläubiger Christen Demant-Art in der Creutz-Härte Aus den Worten … – tells us that she was once the beloved spouse of Burchard Berlich, the feudal lord of Wegefarth & Waltersdorff, and that she has “dismounted the horse” and that her funeral was solemnly instituted on the Eighteenth day of January 1663.
funeral books
Burchard Berlich studied jurisprudence at Jena and held law lectures there beginning in 1624. He later trained, under the direction of his uncle Matthias Berlich, in Leipzig to become a counselor and city judge. In 1637 he set off for Dresden and entered the service of Elector Johann Georg I of Saxony. In 1651 he was promoted to Hofrath, and in 1652 to Pfalzgraf. When the elector died in 1656 and was succeeded by Georg II of Saxony, Burchard fell out of favor and was dismissed from the court. Burchard died on 1st August 1670.
The portrait below (left) from 1633 was made on his appointment as a ‘city judge’. It is by an unknown artist and is described as follows: “Oil on canvas 73 x 60.5 cm. On the back: Burchardus Berlichi [us] P. gml. Bonnard 15 Inv No .: magistrates no. 2. Burchard has parted shoulder-length curls, whiskers, and a goatee that is turned grey, a black, buttoned shirt with a white underdress and cuffs. On his chest a heavy double chain with a pendant depicting the colored picture of Elector Johann Georg I, which his left hand covers slightly, the right is not visible. The background is reddish with a hinted curtain.”
Below some legal works by Burchard Berlich:
[1624]
In 1622 Burchard contributed a poem to the wedding book: Taedae in amore & honores Nuptiales …
When Burchard died in 1670, a number of funeral sermons were published in his honor. Below are pages from: Daß Rechtschaffener Christgläubiger Christen Leben Christus … (1670) funeral orations in memory of Burchard Berlich. The full text of which can be found here. He is described as a respected lawyer, Councilor, and chamber secretary, and a councilor to the Count Palatine – the Elector Johann Georg I. Further pages from the funeral book: Daß Rechtschaffener Christgläubiger (shown below) listed his sons: Friedrich Severin, Paul Gottlieb, and Adam Gottlieb, as well as his married daughters: Susanna who married Georg Adam Struve, Christine who married Romanus Teller, Anna Magdalena who married Johann Georg Butzschky, and Eva Marie who married Benjamin Olikschens.
A book in praise of Burchard was written by Johann Frentzeln titled: Gedicht bei der Abreise aus Dresden für Burchardus Berlichius, vielm. Berlich, Hofrat, März 1652. [Not Digitized]. Below, two more funeral books for Burchard:
In the vestibule of the church of the village of Wegefahrt (6,8 km west of Freiberg) is the following executed on two sandstone grave plates for Bernhard [?] Berlich of Kleinwaltersdorf and of Mrs. Barbara, Mr. D. Osswald: Hilligeri Professoris Publ. To daughter. He went to Jena and was the Churf. Hof- and Justitienrath Bernh. Berlich married, † 1653. The last three works show the deceased in full figure and are worthy of note. Below, the grave plates of Burchard and his wife Barbara (Hilliger) Berlich.
Among Burchard and Barbara’s children was Susannah who married Georg Adam Struve and from whom the Three Loeck Sisters are descended.
Burchard had a sister, Sibilla Sophia, who married Nicolaus Eschenbach. A separate web page for this family can be found on this website here.
The five daughters of Burchard and Barbara (Hilliger) Berlich were:
- Anna Salome (1640 – 1682) married Adam Samuel Freystein / Freyenstein, and a separate page for the Freystein family can be found here.
- Susanna (1647 – 1699) married Georg Adam Struve and a separate page for that family can be found here.
- Christiane Barbara (1650 – 1674) married Romanus Teller and a separate page for the Teller family can be found here.
- Anna Margarethe (1651 – 1729) married Johann Georg Butzschky.
- Magdalena Sybilla (1656 – 1703) married Otto Mencke and a separate page for the Mencke family can be found here.
The three sons of Burchard and Barbara (Hilliger) Berlich were:
- Adam Gottlob (1662 – );
- Gottfried Sigismund (1663 – );
- Gottfried Erich
ADAM GOTTLOB BERLICH (1662 – ?)
Burchard and Barbara (Hilliger) Berlich’s son Adam Gottlob Berlich (1662- ?) was the brother of The Three Loeck Sister’s Nth great grandmother Susanna Berlich. He appears to have never married and his date of death is obscure. He also seems to have been the only son that left an impression, whereas Gottfried Sigismund and Gottfried Ehrich appear to have left nothing of themselves behind.
Adam Gottlob was a medical doctor and an author of various works including one that he co-wrote with Georg Adam Struve titled: Decisionum Canonicarum & Practicarum De Conventionibus Et Contractibus, …. [1676].
Some of Adam Gottlob Berlich’s medical publications are shown below, including:
Adam Gottlob was the author of: Kurtze Betrachtung von der geistlichen und natürlichen Cabala, dem hochverständigen Urtheil des fürtrefflichen …. von A. Gottlob B. – Cod.mag.52. The first two pages of this handwritten manuscript are shown below:
Adam Gottlob used the rather cryptic A Gottlob B to indicate that he was the author: Spagyrische Grundregeln aus … Joh. de Monte-Snyders tract. de medicina universali … first published in 1699 as well as other works, including: Joh. De Monte-Snyders Tractatus De Medicina Universali. Das ist Von der Universal Medicin … (below left and middle). His dissertation was: Dissertatio Inauguralis, De Medicina Universali … 1679 (right).
Below, a recipe by the English chemist, Robert Boyle that refers to Adam Gottlob Berlich.
….lures Glysters for the stone
Take Comfry roote & Marshmallow
root of each about an ounce Leaves of Mullet, of Mallows & Althea of each an handfull or halfe, flowers of Camomill a pugil, Linseeds two drams. Boyle them in a quart of water to a pint. Straine it & add fine sugar two ounces, the Yolke of an Egge.
A Powder to burn under water.
Take Gunpowder six parts Charcoale two parts, Sulphur one part, Nitre one part & an halfe; beat them & sift them very fine mix them well together.
Recipe Syrup de Jujub
Farfar
papau errant an {ounce} iAq: Scabios {ounce} iii
in Dos unum Cochlear mane & vesperi.
A Monsieur
Monsieur Adam Gottlob Berlich
Docteur en la Medicine
a Leipezig
bey Hernn L. Menoken auff den Neumarckte ab Zugeben.
Left, Tafel Der Natürlichen Spagyrischen Weisheit dadurch Des vortrefflichen Johan. de Monte-Snyders Schrifften erkläret werden … [1678]. Center, an illustration from a contemporary medical work and right: Tabulae Metallurgico-Docimasticae Caput Sextum Dissertationis D. Adami Gottlob. Berlichii …
Gottfried Erich / Ehrenreich Berlich [GEB] (1629-1659)
Gottfried was the son Burchard Berlich by his first wife Maria Anslem and is thus the half-brother of the Three Loeck Sisters Nth grandmother Susannah Berlich and the half-brother of the above Adam Gottlob Berlich.
On October 30th, 1655 he married Catharine the daughter of Johann Heintze / Heinse and a wedding book was published: Schau-Gericht Bey dem Feyerlichen Hochzeit-Mahl Des … Hn. Gottfried Ehrenreich Berlichs Beyder Rechte Candidaten … [not digitized]
Catharine Heintze (born September 20, 1640 in Leipzig, † March 12, 1661 in Leipzig); her father was Johann Heintze († September 18, 1643 in Leipzig), citizen and wine merchant. Her mother was Maria Elisabeth Otten († September 24, 1643 in Leipzig); and her grandfather was Sebastian Otten, citizen, trader and junker at Leipzig. After Gottfried Berlich died, she married on February 26, 1661 Michael Heyland Dr. phil & med., assessor med. University. Leipzig.
Although short lived, Gottfried Erich / Ehrenreich’s career included being a ‘respondent’ at the University of Wittenberg, a counselor in Leipzig, and a jurist. These were typical careers followed by members of the Berlich family. His publications included:
Below, De Qvæstione Politica, Utrum expediat malum habere Principem, & bonos Consiliarios; an bonum Principem & malos Consilarios? Oratio… [1649].
Gottfried Erich / Ehrenreich contributed a verse to Burchard Berlich’s: Nomini Pariter Ac Famae Splendidissimae Viri .Burchardi Berlichii in Wegefarth &c. … [1648].
A number of funeral sermon books were published on his death aged 30 in 1659 such as University of Leipzig’s guide to the senator’s funeral Gottfried … … Eric Berlichii inviting citizens academics (below) and Ehrengedächtnis Des weiland Wohl Ehrenvesten … [1659].
PAUL GOTTLIEB BERLICH (1640 – 1670)
Paul Gottlieb was the son of the Three Loeck Sister’s Nth grandfather Burchard by his second wife Sophia Nehl(s) and thus the half-brother of the Three Loeck Sister’s Nth great grandmother Susanna (Berlich) Struve. He also fits the profile of a typical Berlich family member of the 17th century. He was a pastor who published a number of religious tracts. On 3rd December 1671 he married Sophia Leuber whose father was the diplomat and statesman Johann Leuber (17.01.1588 in Gorsleben died 30.07.1652 in Dresden).
Johann Leuber’s wife was Catharina Maria Schönes / Schoner († 1639) whom he married in July 1619. She was the great granddaughter of the Three Loeck Sisters Nth great grandfather Volkmar Happe (see chart above).
When Paul Gottliib Berlich married Sophia Leuber, a wedding book was published to celebrate the occasion: Wohlmeinende Gedancken bey Dem Hochzeitlichen Ehren-Feste Des … Herrn Paul-Gottlieb Berrlichs Erb- und Lehnsherrn uff Wegefahrt [et]c. Mit der … Jungfer Sophien Des … Herrn Johann Leubers … [Well-meaning thoughts at the wedding honors-feasts of Mr. Paul-Gottlieb Berrlich hereditary and feudal lord of Wegefahrt —].
On 26th April 1665 Christoph Philipp Richter examined Burchard Henrich Tilemann as part of the process of his becoming a lawyer. The examination was accompanied by verses written by Christoph Zilling and Paul Gottlieb Berlich of the University of Jena, and the examination along with verses were published as: Disputationem Collegii Iuridici De Significatione Adverbiorum Tertiam … [Shown below]. All four men involved were connected with one another by a series of marriages.
Other academic works that included Paul Gottlieb were: Monumentum virtuti ac honori viri … Martini Geieri … 1665 (right). And, Sectio Prior Disputationis Metaphysicae De Distinctione Continens Doctrinam Distinctionis in genere … [1655] (center and right) which also included a contribution by Georg Adam Struve (who married PGB’s half-sister Susanna).
In 1664, Paul Gottlieb was publicly examined on his dissertation titled: Exercitatio Philosophica De Medio Demonstrationis Sive Affectionis Causa In Syllogismo Demonstrativo …. This work included a number of family members who lent their support and congratulations. These have been identified under each page:
FRIEDRICH SEVERIN BERLICH (1624 – 1656)
He was the son of Burchard and Sophia (Nehl) Berlich and brother of the above Paul Gottlieb and the half-brother of the Three Loeck Sister’s Nth great grandmother Susanna (Berlich) Struve. On 24th November 1670 Friedrich married Magdalena Sybilla Tarrach and their marriage was marked by a wedding book with the title: Als Der Edl Wohl-Ehrenveste Hochachtbare und Wohlgelahrte Hr. Friedrich Severin Berrlich ... Magdalena Sibylla was the widow of man named von Bunau.
Friedrich appears to have authored two books of which only one, so far, has been digitized and is titled: In Scriptorem Excellentium Imperatorum (1663). The other is: Trauer-Worte auf Dem Begräbnüß Hn. D. Theodori Möstels … (1656) which has not yet been digitized:
He was also responsible for editing and publishing the Berlich family bible known as: Biblischer Perlen-Schatz Biblischer Perlen-Schatz oder Gedenk-Reime … 1667, which roughly, in English, translates as – Biblical treasure of pearls or commemorative rhymes published by Paul Gottlieb Berlich at Jena in 1667. This family bible includes a list of all the Berlichs:
GEORG BERLICH – Burchard had a brother Georg (1600 – 1671) who was a protestant theologian. He married twice. First, Margaretha Lutzer and then second Maria Stephan ( – 1674) the daughter of the Merseburg cathedral preacher Vitus Stephan (around 1580 in Lauchstedt; † August 14, 1611 in Merseburg) and his wife Elisabeth, daughter of the superintendent of Freiburg Johannes Bavius (Babius).
Georg studied in Leipzig (1618) and Jena where he received his Masters (1622). He became a pastor in Sandersdorf (1618-1626), Benndorf / Geisel (1626-1641), and then rector in Laucha (1641-1644).
When Georg Berlich passed his exams that qualified him as a Doctor of Theology in 1644 a book of verses titled: Privilegiorum Doctoralium Promulsis, Hoc Est, Licentiatura Sacra … was published to mark the occasion and among the authors were: Gottfried Moebius who married his daughter Christina, his brother Burchard Berlich, his half-brother Christian Berlich (1614 – 1666), and his son Johann George Berlich.
Georg rose to become superintendent, canon, and dean of St. Sistine in Merseburg (1644-1671). He obtained a doctorate in theology from Jena in 1652 and ended up as a consistory (1666) in Merseburg. Georg was, from 1644, Superintendent in Merseburg, canon and Dean of the Monastery of St. Sixti. He is supposed to have died following a stroke that he suffered while he was in the pulpit. Because of his various appointments, Georg’s name appeared on many publications such as wedding and funeral books where he made various contributions.
Upon the death of Georg Berlich in 1671, a funeral book was published titled: Ultimi Honoris Statua, Qam … Dn. Georgio Berlichio, SS. Th. Doctori Praeclarissimo, Praesulatus Martisburgensis …
Among Georg’s bibliographic record can be found such works as: Martisburgensium Agricultura Seculo-Lutherana Quam excolendam Dominus Messis [left] Privilegiorum Doctoralium Promulsis, Hoc Est, Licentiatura Sacra Ephoriae maritata … [Center] and Certissimum Apoplexiae Remedium oder Gewisser Schlag-Balsam … [right].
In 1641, Georg’s second wife Maria Stephan died along with their “little daughter”, and a funeral book was published in their honor under the title: Hominis de muliere nati skiagraphia Aus den ersten zween versiculn des 14. Cap. Hiobs Bey Christlicher und Volckreicher Sepultur Jungfräwleins Marien Des … H. M. Georgii Berlichii, … The book includes contributions by Burchard, Christian, and Johann-Georg Berlich.
Georg Berlich was the heir to Geiselröhlitz, where he owned the manor there, which also included interest income from Schortau, to which the Counts of Brühl were later also entitled. Below the epitaph for Georg Berlich:
CHRISTO SACRUM
Alhier ruhet und warte der fröhlichen auferstehung der Hoch- Ehrwürdige, Großachtbahre und Hochgelehrte Herr Georg Berlich, der h. Schrift Doct. und in die 27 Jahr wohlverdienter Superintendens hiesiges Stiffts, des Consistorij Assessor, sowohl auch Domherr und Scholasticus, und des Stiffts S. Sixti Decanus, welcher wurde geboren in Frauenpriesnitz Anno 1600, den 20. Mai. […] bey wahrer anrufung seines erlösers Jesu Christi, den 15. Martii Anno 1671, nachdem er auf dieser welt geleb. 71 Jahre weniger 2 Monate und 3 Tage. Gott wird Versorgen In […] […] am 22. Martii“
CHRISTO SACRUM
Here rests and waiting for the happy resurrection the high
Venerable, great-eight-year-old and high learned Mr. Georg Berlich, the h. font Doct. and in the 27 years well deserved Superintendent local Stiffts, the Consistorij Assessor, both canon and Scholar, and the Stiff S. Sixti Decanus, who was born in Frauenpriesnitz Anno 1600, the 20th May. […] and was called to his Savior Jesus Christ, the 15th Martii Anno 1671, after being on this world’s best. 71 years less 2 months and 3 days. God will provide In […] […] on the 22nd Martii “
JOHANN GEORG BURCHARD (1625 – 1675)
Burchard Berlich’s brother Georg and his wife Maria Stephani had a son Johann Georg Berlich (24.05.1625 in Sandersdorf + 22.09.1675 in Chemnitz). He was the mayor of the town of Chemnitz. (see chart).
In 1648, Johann Georg made a contribution to: Ehrengedaechtnues Herrn Johann Borns aus Leipzigk …\
He also made a contribution to: Centuria Positionum Iuridicarum De Iuribus Foeminarum Singularibus … [left] and his funeral service book is shown right:
CHRISTINA BERLICH (1628 – 1692) AND THE MOEBIUS FAMILY
Christina was the daughter of Georg and Maria (Stephan) Berlich. Georg was the brother of the Three Loeck Sisters direct ancestor Burchard. Christina Berlich married a Protestant theologian by the name of George Möbius (1616 – 1697). On the occasion of their marriage, in 1642, a nuptial book was published: Liebs-Gedichte Welches als Dem … H. M. Georg Möbusen. Georg had a brother Gottfried (1611 – 16? ) who had a successful career as a medical doctor.
Below the brother of Georg, Gottfried Möbius (1611-1664):
Unfortunately, the German national biography states that Georg Moebius wrote a large number of works which are mostly “forgotten and meaningless” today. Some title pages of these forgettable works are shown below:
Below: D. Georgii Moebii … Tractatus Philologico-Theologicus, De Oraculorum Ethnicorum Origine, Propagatione, Et Duratione … . On the second page are the brothers Georg and Burchard Berlich:
Georg and Christina (Berlich) Moebius had a daughter, Christina (1655 – 1727), who married Johann Cyprian (24.10.1642 in Rawicz (Großpolen) – 12.03.1723 in Leipzig). Cyprian was Polish-German theologian and scientist; Student in Leipzig (1662 imm.), 1665 Magister; Studied in Jena (1669 imm.); in Leipzig 1676 substitute professor for physics, 1678 ordentl. Prof. for Physics and Lic. Theol .; 1699 Dr. theol., from 1700 Prof. theol .; multiple dean and rector, 1721 Prof. primarius of the Univ. Leipzig; Canon of Zeitz and Meißen.
Georg and Christina (Berlich) Moebius had another daughter, Maria Christina (1652 – 1691) who married Anton Günther Heßhusen (lat. Heshusius) (1638 – 1700).
When Christina (Berlich) Moebius died on 3rd of April, 1692, a funeral book was issued under the title: Die Dreyfache Uberschrifft des geistlichen Frieden-Tempels; Bey Christlicher Leich-Bestattung Der … Frauen Christinen gebohrner Berlichin Des … Herrn Georgii Moebii,
Below, the epitaph for Georg Mobius and Christina (Berlich) Mobius.
As noted above, (Georg) Peter Berlich, the father of Burchard Berlich by his first wife Christine Cilling, married secondly Sibylle Meyer and they had a son – Christian.
CHRISTIAN BELRICH (1614 – 1666)
Christian was born on 8th February 8, 1614 at Frauenprießnitz, the son of Georg Peter Berlich and his second wife Sibylla Meyer. His mother died soon after giving birth and so he was raised by (Georg) Peter’s third wife Maria Heintze (?). Christian was the half-brother of the Three Loeck Sisters ancestor Burkhard Berlich and his brother Georg Berlich. Christian married Sabina Brehm, the daughter of Christian (?) Brehm (shown below). Christian and Sabina (Brehm) Berlich had a daughter of Dorothea Susanna Berlich.
Below, Makariobiotes Das ist Kurtzer und einfältiger Bericht … In 1660 Christian Berlich supervised the burial of Ludovic Stemler Senior who was a loyal pastor to Knau and the Superintendent at Neustadt who died on March 20th and was buried on the 25th. Ludovic was an evangelical theologian; he was a pupil in Orlamünde and Gotha; 1601 student in Jena; 1608 cantor in Neustadt (Orla); 1610 deacon in Ziegenrück; from 1613 pastor in Knau and adjunct of the superintendent Neustadt (Orla).
On 19 September 1666 Christian Berlich died at the age of 52 years in Neustadt an der Orla and was buried under the choir of the city church of St. Johannis. The grave plate can still be seen in the church today.
DOM CHRISTIANVS BERLICHVS PASTOR SVPERINTENDEN NEOSTAD, ORL, NATVS 8 FEBRVARY ANNO 1614 DENATVS SEPTEMBER 29, ANNO 1666 AETATIS SVAE 52,
Christian Berlich’s wife Sabina (Brehm) survived him by 24 years, with four daughters and 17 grandchildren. The daughters continued the spiritual heritage of their father because at least three of them married pastors. The four daughters were:
- Maria Regina, * (1635), died after 1699, Knau (Neustadt / Orla) 10.11.1657 Stephan Rothe IV, (1657) Pastor at Knau.
- Margaretha Sabina, * Tann 23.04.1637
- Dorothea Susanna, Nemsdorf 16.06.1639, Neustadt an der Orla 1656 Georg Schirner, Pf. Ober- u. Unterbodnitz 1655 – 1665 Schirner, Georgius
- Florida Christina, Neustadt an der Orla ,1660 Johann(es) Stemler, Diak. Neustadt an der Orla from 1657 onwards. Johannes Stemler.
A note on Florida Christian Berlich’s husband – Johann Stemler – he was the son of the local superintendent Michael Stemler and worked in his native city of Neustadt as a clergyman (archdeacon) and died there in 1728. The song historian Wetzel leads us to three Paesions lieder in the Schleusinger hymnal book of 1717 written by Stemler; one of them, the four-staged “King of All Honors” can also be found in the Weimar Hymnal of 1729, but there without the author’s name.
whose son Johann Stemler married Florida Berlich
