Adolf (Bentheim-Tecklenburg)
Adolf von Bentheim-Tecklenburg (born July 7, 1577 in Steinfurt ; † November 5, 1623 ) was Count of Tecklenburg from the Bentheim-Tecklenburg line from 1606 until his death .
family
He was the third son of Count Arnold von Bentheim-Tecklenburg and Magdalena von Neuenahr-Alpen .
He himself married in 1606 shortly after the death of his father Margaretha von Nassau-Wiesbaden . With this he had four sons (Arnold, Mauritz , Friedrich Ludwig, Christian Adolf) and four daughters (Magdalene Marie, Anna Amoene, Sibylle Juliane, Renate Elisabeth).
Life
He studied at a young age in Herborn , Heidelberg and Utrecht . His Grand Tour touched various parts of Germany, Bohemia, Moravia, Hungary, Switzerland, France and England in 1597. He acquired good language skills and fluency in dealing with them. In 1600 he came to the Hessian court in Kassel . There he was instructed, among other things, in courtly and diplomatic customs.
After the father's death, the estates were divided among the surviving brothers after a brief joint rule. Adolf received the old county of Tecklenburg and the rule of Rheda when the inheritance was divided in 1609 . He also inherited the claims to the lost county of Lingen and the Hoyaschen offices of Uchte and Freudenberg .
Above all, he took care of church conditions, the improvement of education and internal administration in his domains. He did not play a role beyond his dominion. New school regulations were introduced in Rheda as early as 1606 . In 1609 he called a general synod. In 1612 he had a church visit carried out. He also issued police regulations. In 1613 the regional court order was renewed and a court and marriage court established. He had the church ordinance issued by his father in 1588 distributed in print. New schools were founded in Tecklenburg , Rheda and various villages. He also took care of the reform of the judiciary. In Rheda he had the town church built. In economic terms, he had coins minted in the Freudenberg Office against the protest of the Lower Rhine-Westphalian Imperial Circle .
In his time the Thirty Years' War began and also touched his territory directly through the marches of both sides.
Count Adolf was buried in the town church of Rheda.
The local high school in Tecklenburg is named after him.
literature
- Hans-Joachim Böckenholt: Castle and rule Rheda . Rhode Druck und Verlag, Harsewinkel-Marienfeld 1979, ISBN 3-921961-02-8 , pp. 30-32.
- Friedrich Ernst Hunsche : History of the Tecklenburg district. In: The Tecklenburg district. Stuttgart, Aalen, 1973 pp. 64-103 PDF file
- Stephanie Marra : Alliances of the Nobility. Dynastic action in the Grafenhaus Bentheim in the 16th and 17th centuries. Böhlau, Cologne et al. 2007, ISBN 3-412-31105-7
- Hermann Schaub: The rule of Rheda and their residence city. Bielefeld, 2006 pp. 88–9
Web links
- Princely House of Bentheim-Tecklenburg → History
- Entry on his-data.de
- Lines Bentheim-Tecklenburg (English)
- Document requests from the Princely Archive Rheda / Digital Westphalian Document Database (DWUD)
Individual evidence
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Arnold II (IV.) |
Count of Bentheim-Tecklenburg , lord of Rheda 1606–1623 |
Moritz |
|
Magdalena von Neuenahr-Alpen , represented by Arnold II. (IV.) Von Bentheim-Tecklenburg |
Bailiff of the Archbishopric of Cologne 1606–1623 (claim; the fiefdom was withdrawn in 1612) |
Arnold Jost and Wilhelm Heinrich von Bentheim-Steinfurt |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Adolf von Bentheim-Tecklenburg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Count of Tecklenburg |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 7, 1577 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Steinfurt |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 5, 1623 |