Ernst Sigismund von Lestwitz

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Tomb for Ernst Sigismund von Lestwitz in the Martinifriedhof in Braunschweig.
Above right the monument for von Lestwitz in the garden of the Lodge Carl on the crowned column (picture postcard from 1907).

Ernst Sigismund von Lestwitz (born March 10, 1710 in Petersdorf , Principality of Liegnitz , † August 23, 1779 in Braunschweig ) was a Braunschweig officer and an important Freemason of the 18th century.

Life

In 1760 Lestwitz was accepted into the Freemason Lodge Jonathan founded in Braunschweig in 1744 . Just one year later he became their master from the chair and held this office until 1765. He was a leading representative of the Strict Observance as well as subprior and prefect of the order province of Brunopolis . The Brunswick dukes Ferdinand and Leopold were accepted into boxes by von Lestwitz.

For many years, von Lestwitz was a confidante and advisor to Ferdinand von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel in matters relating to Masons. E.g. the correspondence between the Duke and Gotthold Ephraim Lessing , who was active in Wolfenbüttel , in particular with regard to his work Ernst and Falk from 1778.

In the garden of the former lodge house in Braunschweig's Leopoldstrasse was a memorial to von Lestwitz. After the destruction of the Second World War , only the bust remains , which is now in the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum .

Lestwitz was buried in the Martinifriedhof . His tomb, which is still there today, was donated by the Brunswick Duke Ferdinand.

literature

  • Rolf Hagen et al .: Freemasons in Germany. Freemasonry in Braunschweig. Exhibition catalog, publications of the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum 16 Braunschweig 1978.
  • Franz Heinrich August Lachmann : History of Freemasonry in Braunschweig from 1744 to New Year 1844, from the protocols and archives of Carl on the crowned pillar. Braunschweig 1844.
  • Klaus-Michael von Swiontek: 250 years of the Freemason Lodge Carl on the Crowned Pillar 1744–1994 - donated on February 12, 1744 in the Orient Braunschweig. Registration number 15. Lower Saxony's oldest lodge. Braunschweig 1994.
  • Mechthild Wiswe : Freemasons in their time. Accompanying publication to the exhibition of the Braunschweigisches Landesmuseum on the 250th anniversary of the Braunschweig Masonic Lodges, Braunschweig 1994, ISBN 978-392793923-3 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carl Bröcker: The Freemason Lodge of Germany from 1737-1893. Mittler & Sohn, Berlin 1894, p. 61.
  2. ↑ Klaus-Michael von Swiontek: 250 Years of Freemason Lodge Carl on the Crowned Pillar 1744–1994 - donated on February 12, 1744 in the Orient Braunschweig. Registration number 15. Lower Saxony's oldest lodge. P. 102.
  3. ↑ Mechthild Wiswe: Freemasons in their time. , P. 39.
  4. ^ Rolf Hagen et al .: Freemasons in Germany. Freemasonry in Braunschweig. P. 24.
personal data
SURNAME Lestwitz, Ernst Sigismund from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German officer and freemason
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1710
PLACE OF BIRTH Petersdorf , Principality of Liegnitz
DATE OF DEATH August 23, 1779
Place of death Braunschweig