Adolf Friedrich von Witzendorff (Provost)
Adolf Friedrich von Witzendorff . Also Adolph Friedrich , Witzendorf (* 1. March 1747 in Lübeck ; † 2. April 1818 in Klein Brütz ) was a German landlord and the last provost in the Bishopric of Lübeck .
Life
Adolf Friedrich von Witzendorff came from the Lüneburg patrician family Witzendorff . Both his father August Christian von Witzendorff († 1763) and his grandfather Dietrich Wilhelm von Witzendorff (1661–1712) were deans of the Lübeck cathedral chapter . The prince educator of the same name at the Neustrelitz court, Adolf Friedrich von Witzendorff (1737–1772), with whom he is often confused or mixed up, was his uncle.
At the age of 13, on March 7, 1760, at the presentation of the Danish King Frederick V, he received his canonical, the so-called Holstein Distinction Präbende , which had become free due to the early death of the young Herr von Bredahl , Peter von Bredahl's eldest son . He visited the Christianeum and on March 31, 1762 gave a printed speech about the happiness under a perfect monarch on the birthday of Friedrich V.
On June 25, 1802, the Lübeck Cathedral Chapter elected him provost. This office ended with the secularization of the Hochstift by the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803; However, he kept his income as a canon for life.
Adolf Friedrich von Witzendorf owned extensive property, even if only for a short time, and was, among other things, lord of Thurow ( Roggendorf (Mecklenburg) ) until 1786 and Kaltenmoor , Hagen (today Neu Hagen ) and Göxe , on Gresse with Leisterförde and Badekow (Gresse) with Bretzin ( Bengerstorf ) from 1785 to 1792, Krempelsdorf from 1792 to 1796, Westenbrügge with Uhlenbrook from 1794 to 1803, on Parchow, Gressow from 1794 to 1798, Kegsdorf ( Bastorf ) from 1801 to 1803 and from 1802 on Klein Brütz with Eulenkrug and Roserberg as well as Bolland (today part of Carinerland ).
He was a Danish chamberlain .
In 1771 he had Luise Sophie Albertine, born in Merseburg . von Oertzen (1753–1821) married.
Witzendorff had amassed an extensive library that was auctioned in Schwerin in 1821.
Fonts
- Talk of happiness under a perfect monarch. 1762
Estate catalog
- Directory of the exquisite book collection of the wailand cathedral provost and chamberlain Adolph Friedrich von Witzendorff, which contains many rare splendid works ...: whose departments ... 1821 ... are to be sold by ... Schultze with the highest bidder ... 1821
literature
- Wolfgang Prange : Bishop and cathedral chapter of Lübeck: Hochstift, principality and part of the country 1160–1937. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild 2014, ISBN 978-3-7950-5215-7 , p. 413 No. 379
- Witzendorff, Adolph Friedrich von , in: Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon Volume 34, Berlin: de Gruyter 2015, ISBN 978-3-11-038958-6 , pp. 490f. (Mixing with uncle)
Web links
- Literature about Adolf Friedrich von Witzendorff (Dompropst) in the state bibliography MV (mixing with uncle)
Individual evidence
- ↑ On genealogy see Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadligen Häuser , sixth year, 1912, pp. 1045-1051.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Witzendorff, Adolf Friedrich von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Witzendorff, Adolph Friedrich von; Witzendorf, Adolf Friedrich von; Witzendorf, Adolph Friedrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German squire, last provost in the Lübeck bishopric |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1747 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lübeck |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 2, 1818 |
| Place of death | Klein Brütz |