Gabriel von Wietersheim
Gabriel von Wietersheim (* in Stadthagen ; † February 18, 1652 in Lübeck ) was canon and grandvogt in the Lübeck bishopric .
Life
Gabriel von Wietersheim was the fourth son of the Schauenburg chancellor Anton (I.) von Wietersheim and brother of Anton (II.) Von Wietersheim and Heinrich Julius von Wietersheim .
From 1607 he was canon at Lübeck Cathedral . Within the chapter he was responsible as grand bailiff for the administration of the office of grand bailiff of the bishopric and as structuarius for the maintenance of the properties of the chapter; He was also the Scholasticus of the chapter and was responsible for the Lübeck Cathedral School .
Like three of his brothers, Wietersheim was accepted into the Fruit Bringing Society by Prince Ludwig I of Anhalt-Köthen in 1636 . He gave it the company name of Feiste and the motto To Wounded Intestines . The fat hen ( sedum ) was given to him as an emblem . Gabriel Wietersheim's entry can be found in the Köthen Society Book of the Fruit-Bringing Society under No. 285. Johann Rist dedicated his second collection of sacred chants to him.
He was buried in the south-eastern ambulatory chapel of Lübeck Cathedral near the epitaph of his brother-in-law Ludwig Pincier . His tombstone, a reused stone from the 14th century, shows his name and Wietersheim's coat of arms.
The noble family of Wietersheim came to Sweden through his son Johann Friedrich von Wietersheim (1635–1705), who became a major in royal Swedish services .
literature
- Ernst Heinrich Kneschke : The coats of arms of the German baronial and noble families: in a precise, complete and generally understandable description: with historical and documentary evidence. Volume 1, Leipzig: Weigel 1855, p. 471
- Theodor Stenzel: On the genealogy of the von Wietersheim family , in: Vierteljahrsschrift für Wappen-, Siegel- und Familienkunde 8 (1880), pp. 135–163, here p. 151 (No. 5)
- Friedrich Techen : The tombstones of Lübeck Cathedral . In: ZVLGA 7 (1898), pp. 52-107, here p. 66
Individual evidence
- ↑ On the other hand, the gravestone says 1642, which can also be the year the grave was acquired
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wietersheim, Gabriel von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canon in Lübeck |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 16th Century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stadthagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 18, 1652 |
| Place of death | Lübeck |