Georg von Debschitz
Georg von Debschitz , also von Döbschütz (* April 22, 1551 , † April 8, 1632 at Gut Marklissa , Upper Lusatia ) was an Upper Lusatian feudal man and an imperial captain. He was the last of the Schadewald family line.
Life
He came from the old Oberlausitz noble family of Debschitz and was the son of Heinrich von Debschitz (1518–1591), heir and feudal lord of Schadewalde, Marklissa, Hartmannsdorf and Wünschendorf , and his first wife Magdalena von Metzrad from the house of Räckelwitz . After the early death of his mother, he grew up with his maternal grandmother, also a born von Debschitz, on Gut Räckelwitz and attended the religious school in Kamenz .
In 1566 he entered the service of his relative Christoph von Metzrad as a noble squire and accompanied him to Hungary during the Turkish campaign and took part in the siege of Szigetvár in August . Two years later he fought as an imperial officer at Gotha . He then went into Dutch service from 1571 and fought in France during the Huguenot Wars in 1572 . He then stayed at home for only a few years and came to the aid of the Reformed in Franconia as early as 1575 . On this campaign he earned the rank of captain.
During the Lützelburg War Debschitz entered the service of Prince Casimir in the fight against the city of Cologne. In the service of Johann Schweikhard von Kronberg in the Electorate of Mainz , he was captain for 14 years and later an escort captain. After the death of his older brother Heinrich (1549–1588), he returned home in 1588. A little later Debschitz fought in Poland and then entered the service of Melchior von Redern auf Friedland, whom he accompanied to Hungary in the 1593 Turkish campaign against Sultan Amurad . There he took part victoriously in the Battle of Sissek on June 22nd .
After his father's death (1591), he took over the feudal lords of Schadewalde, Marklissa and Hartmannsdorf in Upper Lusatia and Wünschendorf in Bohemia , which he held for 40 years. During this time he brought the town of Marklissa to great bloom. The Protestant bequeathed 700 thalers to the Church of Marklissa in his will, which was laid down on January 3, 1617, to appoint a chaplain. Debschitz experienced the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War at an advanced age . After the persecution of Protestants began in Bohemia, he provided refugees with support and refuge. After he died at the age of 82 unmarried and without offspring, the Schadewald line of the family died out. He was buried on May 25, 1632 in the family crypt in Marklissa.
He is the founder of the great Majorate on Schadewalde and Marklissa, brought about, among other things, a new fair in Marklissa and exempted the citizens from court services.
His Upper Lusatian estates remained in the family until the 18th century. After Georg's death, the Bohemian fiefdom Wünschendorf fell to his nephew Heinrich von Griesslau to Lautsche , who fell out of favor in 1639 as the castle captain of Friedland with Matthias Gallas .
literature
- Knobloch, Bartholomäus: Image and mirror of cruel, sad and unheard-of, terrible and inhuman acts of robbery, fire, blood and murder…. How wonderfully they came under Herr Georgen von Döbschütz on Schadewald, landlord and heir to Mark-Liß, were executed and pacified , Marklissa 1625
- Johann Matthias Gross: Historical Lexicon of Protestant Jubilation Priests , published by WM Endterischen Töchtern and JA Engelbrecht, 1727 ( digitized version )
- Chronicle of the village of Schadewalde (no year)
Individual evidence
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Debschitz, Georg von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Silesian landowner and imperial captain |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1551 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 8, 1632 |
| Place of death | Gut Marklissa , Upper Lusatia |