Bartold Knaust
Bartold Knaust (also: Bartold Knost or Bartold Knust as well as Bartold Knusten ; * around 1567 ; † March 30, 1642 in Hanover ) was a German city captain who did a great job defending the city of Hanover in the Thirty Years War .
Life
Bartold Knaust was already an officer when he became city governor of Hanover on March 13, 1642, and was now the first officer ever in this position. On the other hand, the city rejected the applications from Werner von Mandelsloh , Johann von Holle and Tönnies von Alten , although von Alten had even offered the city to procure two to three flags for defense purposes.
Bartold Knaust initially made a contribution to the repair of the city fortifications of Hanover . After the beginning of the Thirty Years' War he strengthened the already conscripted citizens of the city with a whole company of soldiers, which he increased to around 300 by 1626. But although Tilly had already prepared a siege or occupation of the city in 1625 , the - fortified - city was largely spared by Tilly. The city's chroniclers also attributed this to Knaust's good relationship with Tilly.
Knaust, who also appeared as a good shooter among the citizens, was evidently dissatisfied with the salary . He was deposed in July 1632 and replaced by Caspar von Lüde .
Bartolg Knaust died in Hanover during the war in 1642.
Bartold-Knaust-Strasse
The city commandant was posthumously honored with the naming of Bartold-Knaust-Strasse , which was laid out in the Hanoverian district of Oberricklingen in 1925 .
literature
- Helmut Zimmermann : Hanoverian portraits. Life pictures from seven centuries, illustrated by Rainer Ossi Osswald , Hanover: Harenberg, 1983, pp. 25–28
- Klaus Mlynek : KNAUST, Bartold. In: Dirk Böttcher, Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein, Hugo Thielen: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-87706-706-9 , p. 201; online through google books
- Klaus Mlynek: Knaust, Bartold. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 356.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Klaus Mlynek: KNAUST, Bartold , in: Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon , p. 201; online through google books
- ↑ Otto Juergens : [1632 Ueberfall hannov. Citizens at Nikolai-Kirchhofe] , in ders .: Hannoversche Chronik (= publications on Lower Saxony history , Volume 6), on behalf of the Association for the History of the City of Hanover, ed. by O. Jürgens, Hanover: Verlag von Ernst Geibel, 1907, pp. 503–507; Digitized by the University of Rostock
- ↑ August Jugler: From Hanover's prehistory. A contribution to the history of German culture , Hanover, Kniep, 1883; Photo-mechanical reprint in Hanover-Döhren: von Hirschheydt, 1979, ISBN 3-7777-0032-0 ; P. 11f. u.ö .; online through google books
- ^ Helmut Zimmermann : Bartold-Knaust-Strasse. In: The street names of the state capital Hanover , Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung , Hanover 1992, ISBN 3-7752-6120-6 , p. 34
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Knaust, Bartold |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Knust, Bartold; Knost, Bartold; Knausten, Bartold; Knusten, Bartold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German governor of Hanover in the Thirty Years War |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1567 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 30, 1642 |
| Place of death | Hanover |