Georg von Schoenaich

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Georg von Schoenaich (since 1610 Georg Freiherr von Schoenaich ; born October 9, 1557 in the Czech Republic , Lower Lusatia , Kingdom of Bohemia ; † February 25, 1619 in Carolath , Duchy of Silesia , Kingdom of Bohemia) was imperial councilor , Lord of Beuthen , Muskau and Carolath and Vice Chancellor of Silesia and Lower Lusatia. He founded the Gymnasium academicum ( Schoenaichianum ) in Beuthen.

Life

Training and Imperial Council

After the early death of his father John III. the boy was raised in Parchwitz and Milkau by his father's cousin Fabian von Schoenaich . He attended the Latin high school in Freystadt in Silesia and studied both law in Wittenberg . Georg von Schoenaich then worked for a long time as an imperial councilor at the court in Prague .

Heir to the lords of Beuthen and Carolath

After the death of his second uncle Fabian, he inherited the dominions of Muskau and Beuthen an der Oder in 1591. By marrying Fabian's widow, Elisabeth (née von Landskron), Georg von Schoenaich also received the rule of Carolath (with lips / Lipiny and Reinberg / Borek) and became one of the richest landlords in Lower Silesia . The ownership was confirmed to him in 1595 by Emperor Rudolf II . In 1597 he had Carolath Castle built in the Renaissance style, which was completed in 1618. Georg von Schoenaich founded the Majorat Carolath in 1601 .

Gymnasium academicum

In 1614 he founded a university-like grammar school academicum ( Schoenaichianum ) in Beuthen with twelve chairs. There he hired both Lutheran and Reformed (Calvinist) professors. The later poet Martin Opitz was also one of the students.

Expansion in Bytom

During his lifetime, the city of Beuthen on the Oder became a spiritual center of Silesia. The right bank of the Oder between Beuthen and Schlawa was cultivated, fruit plantations and vineyards were created. Beuthen received a new bridge over the Oder and the Schoenaichdamm, later named after him, was the first Oder dam ever.

Glory of the last few years

Georg von Schoenaich was raised to the baron status in 1610 for his services . In 1617, the Free Rule Carolath was confirmed to him by Emperor Matthias . In his last years he was (Vice) Chancellor of Silesia and Lower Lusatia for the Bohemian Crown.

After his death

Georg von Schoenaich died in 1619 without descendants. He did not see the destruction of his life's work in the Thirty Years' War . In the following years the grammar school and the Protestant churches were closed. His heir and nephew Johannes Freiherr von Schoenaich († 1639) was obliged to pay 55,000 thalers to the Jesuits because of the homage to the winter king Heinrich von der Pfalz . He could not raise this and had to leave parts of the property to the Glogau Jesuits.

literature

  • Günther Grundmann: Georg Freiherr von Schönaich. In: Friedrich Andreae, Erich Graber, Max Hippe (Ed.): Schlesische Lebensbilder. Volume 4: Silesians from the 16th to 19th centuries. Breslau 1931. Reprint Sigmaringen 1985.
  • Carsten Dürkob: Appendix to the history of the Schoenaich-Carolath family. In: "The shadowy wreath of failure". The life, work and literary history of Prince Emil von Schoenaich-Carolath (1852–1908). Igel, Oldenburg 1998, ISBN 3-896-21085-8 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ which also included the Polish Tarnau (Tarnów Jeziorny) and Milkau (Miłaków), Suckau (Zukow), Bockwitz (Bukowica), Buchwald (Buczyna) goods and others. See Schönaich, Georg von. ( Memento of the original from April 28, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at archive.thulb.uni-jena.de, accessed on February 27, 2014, no longer available. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / archive.thulb.uni-jena.de
  2. ↑ a b Schönaich, Georg Freiherr von. at Kulturportal-west-ost.eu, accessed on February 27, 2014.
  3. ↑ to which the minor majors Amtitz (Gębice) and Mellendorf (Młynica) in Lower Silesia belonged
  4. ↑ S. Wollgast: To the Schönaichianum in Beuthen on the Oder. In: Yearbook of the Silesian Friedrich Wilhelms University in Breslau. 1994. pp. 63-103
  5. ^ A b Klaus Garber, Stefan Anders, Axel E. Walter: The sex of the von Schoenaichs. In: Paths to Modernity. Historiographical, literary and philosophical studies from the area of ​​the old European Arcadia utopia. De Gruyter, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-110-28863-6 , pp. 90/91.
personal data
SURNAME Schoenaich, Georg von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schoenaich, Georg Freiherr von (since 1610)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Imperial Councilor, Herr von Muskau, Beuthen and Carolath, Vice Chancellor of Silesia and Lower Lusatia
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1557
PLACE OF BIRTH Czechs , Lower Lusatia , Kingdom of Bohemia
DATE OF DEATH February 25, 1619
Place of death Carolath , Duchy of Silesia , Kingdom of Bohemia