Dietrich von Bülow

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Dietrich von Bülow
Coat of arms of Bishop Dietrich von Bülow (upper center)
Epitaph in Fürstenwalde

Dietrich von Bülow (* 1460 in Mecklenburg ; † October 1, 1523 in Lebus ) was a bishop of the diocese of Lebus-Fürstenwalde .

biography

He was born as the son of Friedrich von Bülow in Wehningen in the Saxon-Lauenburg region, who was the princely Brunswick and Mecklenburg councilor. His mother was Sophie von Quitzow . In 1472 he went to the University of Rostock and acquired the Baccalaureat of the Artistic Faculty in 1477. There he also met his friend, the later Bishop of Havelberg, Busso von Alvensleben . To study law, he enrolled in 1478 in Erfurt and in 1479 in Bologna , There he was in 1484 for Dr. doctorate in civil law . Since 1479 he was also registered as a cleric in the Diocese of Verden an der Aller, and in 1482 he is Canon of Lübeck .

Around 1487 he succeeded his friend Busso von Alvensleben as Electoral Brandenburg Councilor until the Viadrina University was established in Frankfurt (Oder) in 1506, when he became the first chancellor . On October 20, 1490, he was elected Bishop of Lebus in Fürstenwalde / Spree, and was confirmed by the Pope in February 1491 . In 1491 he took part in the Reichstag of Nuremberg , in 1492 and 1493 in the negotiations in Königsberg / Neumark between the Brandenburg and Pomeranian councils. Here the basis for the legacy was laid, which led to the Treaty of Grimnitz (1529), which led the Duchy of Pomerania to Prussia . The castle Grimnitz was Joachimsthal .

In 1494 he acted as an arbitrator between the dukes of Braunschweig-Lüneburg and the city of Braunschweig , in 1497 he arbitrated disputes between Brandenburg and the Margraviate of Lusatia . In 1502 he had a decisive influence on the reform of the city constitution of Frankfurt (Oder) and in 1514 helped to bring about the treaty between the Polish King Sigismund I and Elector Joachim I.

In 1518 he acquired the lords of Beeskow and Storkow from the lords of Biberstein for the diocese of Lebus . On January 23, 1503 he consecrated Johann Schlabrendorf as bishop of the diocese of Havelberg , on May 14, 1514 he consecrated the Archbishop of Mainz Albrecht as bishop. Ulrich von Hutten dedicated the poem Klagen gegen Lötze to him .

His funeral took place in Fürstenwalde on the Spree. He found his final resting place in the Cathedral of St. Marien Fürstenwalde . In the sandstone epitaph is the inscription: "Sub hoc saxo latent sepulti sineres Reve [re] ndi in Christo Patris et Domini Theodorici de Bulco Episcopi Lubucensis, qui obiit prima Octobris anno salutis 1523, cuius anima requiescat in pace Amen." (German: " Under this stone are buried the bones of the venerable father in Christ and Mr. Theodor von Bülow, Bishop of Lebus, who died on October 1st in the year of salvation, 1523; his soul rest in peace. Amen. " )

Bust in the Siegesallee

For Berliner Siegesallee , the sculptor Johannes Götz designed a marble bust of Bülows as a side figure to the central statue for Elector Joachim I in monument group 19 , unveiled on August 28, 1900. The bust represents von Bülow as an older clergyman with delicate hands who hold an open book. The bust base is adorned with the family coat of arms and a laurel frieze. In the back of the bench, an allegorical boy figure refers to his role as the prince's tutor. The boy reads a book, the attributes telescope and starry sky indicate the astronomical interest of the elector. A relief on the other side of the bust shows von Bülow's resistance to the Reformation with a praying child in front of a portrait of Mary . Only the torso of the bust is preserved, which has been resting in the Spandau Citadel since May 2009 ; the head is lost.

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  1. ↑ See Dietrich von Bülow's enrollment in the Rostock matriculation portal
  2. ↑ See the entry of the doctorate on the bachelor's degree by Dietrich von Bülow in the Rostock matriculation portal
  3. ↑ Uta Lehnert: The Kaiser and the Siegesallee. Réclame Royale. Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 1998, pp. 167-170, ISBN 3-496-01189-0
predecessor Office successor
Ludwig Burgsdorf Bishop of Lebus
1490–1523 		Georg von Blumenthal
personal data
SURNAME Bülow, Dietrich von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of the Diocese of Lebus-Fürstenwalde
DATE OF BIRTH 1460
PLACE OF BIRTH Mecklenburg
DATE OF DEATH October 1, 1523
Place of death Lebus