Catharina von Ahlefeldt

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Catharina von Ahlefeldt (born von Pogwisch ) (* on Gut Maasleben ; † 1562 ) was the heiress of Haseldorf , Haselau , on Gut Seestermühe and Gut Seegaard near Kliplev .

Life

She was a daughter of Benedikt (Bendix) von Pogwisch († 1500 in the Battle of Hemmingstedt ) from the Maasleben family and Berta von der Wisch . She inherited the Haseldorf, Haselau with the Haseldorfer Marsch , the Seestermühe with the Seestermüher Marsch and the Seegaard near Kliplev from her husband Friedrich von Ahlefeldt . She had four children with him, including Benedikt von Ahlefeldt , Hans von Ahlefeldt and Wulff von Ahlefeldt .

She was considered an energetic woman and managed the estates after the death of her husband. On the other hand, she was hard-hearted and merciless to her farmers. With the count's rule in Pinneberg , she led several lawsuits for peat extraction. She had the organ removed from the Haselau church on her own initiative , so that it could be rebuilt into the church according to her own ideas.

In 1542 she performed unusual court services on her servants in Haseldorf. Those who resisted were either locked up or harassed. Seeking help, the harassed turned to King Christian III. and sued Catharina von Ahlefeldt, whereupon the king forbade her this harsh intercourse. She got angry and had the plaintiffs locked up. Thereupon the servants no longer wanted to serve her and resisted with violence. Eventually the king had to intervene again as a judge. In 1548 and 1562 imperial commissions had to end the disputes. According to an old chronicle, their reign is said to have been the worst time for the people on the march.

In 1551 Catharina von Ahlefeldt ceded her property to her three sons in a partition recession .

literature

  • Topography of the duchy of Holstein, the principality of Lübeck and the free Hanseatic cities of Hamburg and Lübek. First part, page 107 (Oldenburg 1841)
  • Archive for state and church history of the duchies of Schleswig, Holstein, Lauenburg and the neighboring countries and cities. First volume, page 39 (Altona 1833)
  • Schleswig-Holstein Knighthood : Contribution to the Nobility History of Germany and Denmark , page 8 (Schleswig 1869)
  • Detlef Detlefsen : History of the Holstein Elbmarschen Volumes 1 and 2, (Glückstadt 1891 and 1892)
  • Chronicle of the community of Haselau , pages 65 and 66 (Uetersen 1999)
  • Peter Danker-Carstensen: Village history Seestermühe. A community in the Elbmarsch. Husum Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Husum 2002, ISBN 3-89876-095-2
personal data
SURNAME Ahlefeldt, Catharina von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pogwisch, Catharina von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Noble heiress of Haseldorf, Haselau, Gut Seestermühe and Gut Seegaard near Kliplev
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
PLACE OF BIRTH at Gut Maasleben
DATE OF DEATH 1562