Christian Schmiterlow

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Christian Schmiterlow , also Christian Smiterlow , (* before 1572; † 1604) was a German poet of the Latin language . He wrote an extensive poetry about his family, which is of general interest, especially because of the description of the city of Stralsund and its history.

life and work

Christian Schmiterlow was a son of the Stralsund mayor Georg Schmiterlow (also Jürgen Smiterlow, † 1571). He initially studied together with his older brother, whose name was like his father Georg Schmiterlow, at the University of Greifswald and the University of Rostock . Later his older brother went to the University of Strasbourg , but Christian Schmiterlow studied law at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Ingolstadt .

For the wedding of his brother - he married Anna Moritz, a daughter of the Greifswald professor Joachim Moritz - in Ingolstadt, Christian Schmiterlow wrote an extensive wedding poem ( Epithalamium ) in Latin.

His work, known as Smiterloviadum, is written in hexameters and consists of four books: In the first book, the name legend is presented, according to which an ancestor of the family killed a lion in the Crusades and that is how the name Schmiterlow came about. The book also contains a description of the city of Stralsund and its history. The second book describes the two brothers' study time. The third book deals with the return to the hometown Stralsund and the marriage with Anna Moritz. The 4th book praises the happiness of marriage. The work did not appear in print, but was distributed in copies, sometimes only in part.

Despite the recognizable talent, Christian Schmiterlow withdrew to his Neuendorf and Netzeband estates. He died in 1604.

family

Christian Schmiterlow was married to Gertrud Dinnies, a daughter of the Anklam councilor Lorenz Dinnies. From the marriage emerged:

  • Georg Schmiterlow. His son Nikolaus Georg Schmiterlow was Mayor of Greifswald from 1676 to 1683.
  • Bertram Schmiterlow. His grandchildren were ennobled in 1723 under the name of Schmiterlöw.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Schmiterlow, Christian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Smiterlow, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Latin poet
DATE OF BIRTH before 1572
DATE OF DEATH 1604