Bodo von Hodenberg

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Bodo von Hodenberg (born April 3, 1604 in Hudemühlen , † September 20, 1650 in Osterode am Harz ) was a German administrative officer and poet.

Life

Hodenberg was born the illegitimate son of Marquard von Hodenberg and Margarethe Münnich . At the age of 24 he was legitimized by the emperor on August 1, 1628.

After his school education a. a. In the monastery school Möllenbeck and the particular school in Hanover , Hodenberg studied from 1617 to 1620 at the University of Giessen . He then returned to his parents' house in order on April 2, 1622 again at the University of Helmstedt , and four years later at the University of Marburg to enroll .

Through his father, Hodenberg was appointed commander of the imperial Holk regiment in 1630 . As early as the next year, Duke Christian von Braunschweig-Lüneburg appointed him his resident in the Swedish army. 1631 Hodenberg was appointed to the government council in Grubenhagen . Two years later, on May 23, 1638, he became a member of the Consilium formatum of the Guelph House. On April 2, 1641, he was appointed Court Marshal and Privy Councilor and five years later, on August 14, 1646, Hodenberg was appointed Landdrosten and Castle Captain in the Principality of Grubenhagen.

On July 20, 1642, he was accepted into the Fruit Bringing Society with the name of the Softener . There you can find his emblem, the tamarisk , and his motto, the printed spleen, under number 373 in the Koethener society book :

The tamarisk bark ', softens the Miltz so hard
Yes is like verdröget that many fear begets
Enthärtend I myself call', and art with an upright,
Enthärte like what Furet for vice
Thither my fleis and müh ', in all gekahrt
The with virtue, a noble heart is adorned.
What is hard and resilient is done away with by people,
And when instructed to be polite , one is useful.

Hodenberg wrote the text of the spiritual song of the times of the day Before your throne I step here , which is known to this day through Johann Sebastian Bach . On his deathbed, Bach provided his chorale adaptation When we are in dire straits ( BWV 668) with several changes and now gave it the title Before Your Throne I Step Herewith (BWV 668 a).

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  1. ↑ The newly sprouting teutsche palm tree , Nuremberg 1668, p. 274
  2. ↑ digitized left side ; Digitized right side
  3. ^ Christoph Wolff: Johann Sebastian Bach . Frankfurt am Main 2000, pp. 491f.
personal data
SURNAME Hodenberg, Bodo from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German poet
DATE OF BIRTH April 3, 1604
PLACE OF BIRTH Hudemühlen
DATE OF DEATH September 20, 1650
Place of death Osterode am Harz