Adolf Julius Lauer von Münchhofen

Adolf Julius Freiherr Lauer von Münchhofen (* 1755 in Halle an der Saale ; † February 7, 1831 in Plaue ) or Laur von Münchhofen , born Adolf Julius Lauer or Laur , was a Prussian civil servant, lord of the castle and ancestor of the Lauer von Münchhofen family .

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Adolf Julius Lauer's grandfather Johann Benjamin Lauer (1676–1768) was the owner of the brewery and from 1735 owner of an inn in the imperial city of Nordhausen . He also appeared as an attorney, lawyer and councilor . His son, Adolf Julius Uncle, Johann Jacob Lauer (or Laur, the spelling varies; 1723–1772) was a merchant and in 1748 had received citizenship in Halle. In 1752 he married Sophie Charlotte, daughter of the Tangermünder brewing guild master and wine merchant Julius and Agnes Elisabeth Hantelmann. Adolf Julius' cousin Johanna Charlotta Lauer (1762–1782) married the Halle anatomist Philipp Friedrich Theodor Meckel (1755–1803) in 1780 . They were the parents of the anatomist Johann Friedrich Meckel the Elder. J. A second cousin, Carolina Elisabeth Lauer, also married in 1780, it was a double wedding, the entrepreneur Matthäus Wucherer and had the son Ludwig Wucherer from him , who continued the parental golgas factory.

Adolf Julius studied law with his brother Johann Benjamin Laur in Halle. In January 1782 he entered a Berlin Masonic lodge . He became royal Prussian chamber secretary in Magdeburg . Then he was in Schwedt court , chamber and forest advice to the Prince of Prussia and Margrave of Brandenburg Friedrich Heinrich von Brandenburg-Schwedt . At that time Adolf Julius Laur was also well known as the author of various poems and plays for the theater. He later became a royal Prussian war and domain councilor .

On November 21, 1787, the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm II rejected the application of Margrave Heinrich von Brandenburg-Schwedt to raise Lauer to the nobility. About three years later, on September 11, 1790, Adolf Julius Laur was given the nobility diploma in Dresden in the Electorate of Saxony in the imperial vicariate with the predicate of Münchhofen in the imperial aristocratic and imperial free lordship class , after the Mönchshof (Gut Münchhofen) in Siebleben near Gotha. Since then, his title of nobility was initially Baron Laur von Münchhofen . He was also known as the Baron von Lauer-Münchhofen. On October 26, 1796, the ennoblement in Prussia was confirmed and the name was changed to Lauer von Münchhofen.

According to Theodor Fontane, during his hikes through the Mark Brandenburg , Adolf Julius Freiherr Lauer von Münchhofen acquired Plaue Castle in 1793. It was acquired for 76,000 thalers . According to other sources, Plaue Castle did not come into family ownership until 1817. In addition, Adolf Julius Freiherr Lauer von Münchhofen was Lord von Nitzahn .

Adolf Julius Freiherr Lauer von Münchhofen was married to the also ennobled Marie Magdalene Charlotte Baroness von Stoltzenberg , née Cramer, former mistress and widow of Margrave Friedrich Heinrich von Brandenburg-Schwedt. The couple had five children, including three sons, including Adolf Freiherr Lauer von Münchhofen , Prussian colonel and commander of the Guard Cuirassier Regiment .

Walks through the Mark Brandenburg

Theodor Fontane wrote in his work Walks through the Mark Brandenburg in the volume Fünf Schlösser to Adolf Julius Freiherr Lauer von Münchhofen under the heading "Plaue from 1793 to 1839. von Lauer-Münchhofensche Zeit":

“Adolf Julius Lauer, originally cabinet secretary, then court chamber and forest adviser to Margrave Heinrich von Brandenburg-Schwedt, was raised to the baron status as war and domain councilor in Magdeburg after he entered royal Prussian service. He married Charlotte, Baroness von Stoltzenberg.

As the beginning of the Görne period saw the Thirty Years' War, the Lauer-Münchhofen period saw the Wars of Liberation. Unfortunately also what preceded the liberation. In 1806 part of our retreat was directed via Plaue, the bridge of which - as in the time of the Swedes and Imperialists - was burned to stop the French in their advance on Berlin. The fact that Plaue, despite the almost complete destruction of the bridge, survived the period from 1806 to 1813 without any particular complaint, was largely thanks to the new lords of the manor and palace. Baron von Lauer-Münchhofen died considerably earlier than the baroness. After his passing she took over the administration and led it beneficially, also reminding of the Görne time. "

- Theodor Fontane : Walks through the Mark Brandenburg . Volume 5: Five locks

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Hans-Georg Schede: Caroline Schede. A history of private life in the time of Goethe , Berlin 2018, p. 56 f., Cf. P. 395. and p. 154.
↑ Rüdiger Schultka and Josef N. Neumann: Anatomy and anatomical collections in the 18th century , Berlin 2007, p. 40.
^ ^A ^b Rolf Straubel : Biographical Handbook of the Prussian Administrative and Justice Officials 1740–1806 / 15, Part 1, Munich 2009 , p. 556.
^ Friedrich Nicolai : Description of the royal residence cities Berlin and Potsdam [...] , Volume 3, Berlin 1786, p. 11
↑ ^a ^b ^c The coats of arms of the German baronial and noble families in a precise, complete and generally understandable description . Third volume. TO Weigel, Leipzig, 1856. Page 285.
^ Heinrich Jobst Graf von Wintzingerode: Difficult princes: the Margraves of Brandenburg-Schwedt , Berlin 2011, p. 512.
↑ ^a ^b GHdA , Adelslexikon , Volume VII, Article Laur von Münchhofen , Volume 97 of the complete series, Limburg an der Lahn 1989, p. 211.
↑ Hans-Georg Schede: Caroline Schede. A history of private life in Goethe's time , Berlin 2018, p. 154.
↑ Ute Motschmann: Handbook of Berlin Associations and Societies 1786–1815 , Berlin 2015, p. 106.
^ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen houses , 1881, one and thirtieth year, p.475
^ Theodor Fontane : Walks through the Mark Brandenburg . Volume 5: Five locks . Chapter: Plaue a. H. Pages 73 to 74.
↑ Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser to the year 1873. Volume three and twentieth, p. 377 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Lauer von Münchhofen, Adolf Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lauer von Münchhofen, Adolf Julius Freiherr; Lauer, Adolf Julius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Prussian civil servant, lord of the castle and ancestor of the Lauer von Münchhofen family
DATE OF BIRTH	1755
PLACE OF BIRTH	Halle (Saale)
DATE OF DEATH	February 7, 1831
Place of death	Plaue

[schede-1] A ^b Hans-Georg Schede: Caroline Schede. A history of private life in the time of Goethe , Berlin 2018, p. 56 f., Cf. P. 395. and p. 154.

[Schultka-2] Rüdiger Schultka and Josef N. Neumann: Anatomy and anatomical collections in the 18th century , Berlin 2007, p. 40.

[Straubel-3] A ^b Rolf Straubel : Biographical Handbook of the Prussian Administrative and Justice Officials 1740–1806 / 15, Part 1, Munich 2009 , p. 556.

[4] Friedrich Nicolai : Description of the royal residence cities Berlin and Potsdam [...] , Volume 3, Berlin 1786, p. 11

[wappen-5] The coats of arms of the German baronial and noble families in a precise, complete and generally understandable description . Third volume. TO Weigel, Leipzig, 1856. Page 285.

[6] Heinrich Jobst Graf von Wintzingerode: Difficult princes: the Margraves of Brandenburg-Schwedt , Berlin 2011, p. 512.

[GHdA-7] GHdA , Adelslexikon , Volume VII, Article Laur von Münchhofen , Volume 97 of the complete series, Limburg an der Lahn 1989, p. 211.

[8] Hans-Georg Schede: Caroline Schede. A history of private life in Goethe's time , Berlin 2018, p. 154.

[9] Ute Motschmann: Handbook of Berlin Associations and Societies 1786–1815 , Berlin 2015, p. 106.

[10] Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen houses , 1881, one and thirtieth year, p.475

[11] Theodor Fontane : Walks through the Mark Brandenburg . Volume 5: Five locks . Chapter: Plaue a. H. Pages 73 to 74.

[12] Gothaisches Genealogisches Taschenbuch der Freiherrlichen Häuser to the year 1873. Volume three and twentieth, p. 377 f.