Gerhard Romilian von Kalcheim

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Gerhard Romilian von Kalcheim ( Kalkum ), called Leuchtmar (* December 5, 1589 in Spich , today a district of Troisdorf , † October 18, 1644 in Berlin ) from the noble family of the Lords of Kalkum was a German lawyer and diplomat.

Life

Kalcheim was the son of Wilhelm von Kalcheim and his wife Agnes, a daughter of Wilhelm von Harff , called Spich. She died of puerperal fever just a few days after the birth of her son Gerhard Romilian .

Kalcheim attended school in Duisburg and then studied philosophy at the University of Cologne from 1607 to 1609 . This was followed by a four-year law degree at the same university. In 1613 Kalcheim finished his studies and went on a grand tour . This led him to France , Italy , Great Britain and the Netherlands until 1617 .

In 1620 he followed his relative, Lieutenant Colonel Wilhelm von Kalcheim called Lohausen , to the Bohemian War . Here Kalcheim was already working more as a diplomat than a soldier.

At the end of the war, Margrave Johann Georg von Brandenburg summoned Kalcheim to his court as chamberlain. When the margrave died, Kalcheim moved to the court in Berlin as a court official . When Princess Catharina Bethlen married Gábor in 1626 , Kalcheim was sent to Transylvania as her tutor and court master . This delegation was led by Rittmeister Hans von Rochow .

When Kalcheim returned to Berlin in 1628, he was promoted to the chamber judge by Elector Georg Wilhelm von Brandenburg . A short time later he was promoted to director of all war affairs . In addition, governor Kalcheim was entrusted with the administration of the state of Ruppin . After the Peace of Prague , Count Adam von Schwarzenberg pushed Kalcheim out of office because of his political views.

Prince Ludwig I of Anhalt-Köthen accepted Kalcheim in 1636, together with Anton von Ditfurth and Count Christian zu Rantzau, into the Fruit-Bringing Society . The prince gave Kalcheim the company name of Ausheilende and as a motto basis . The blackwort or wallwort ( Symphytum officinale L. ) was assigned to him as an emblem . Kalcheim's entry can be found in the Koethen Society Book under no. 276. The rhyme law that Kalcheim wrote on the occasion of his admission is also recorded there:

The wounds on the bottom of the black root healed,
added that meat in the pot, whether the food is already cut up.
Healing, I'm called drumb, and I like to heal,
I see the very wounded core in the fatherland,
upright German trew, that they may one day ignore,
And have rejected everyone for vntrew,
That is my wish and hard work, that's where I try ,
who is after the fruit now tracht not betriegen itself.

In 1638, Count Palatine Ludwig Philipp von Simmern sent Kalcheim on a diplomatic mission to Paris . But it was not until 1641, when he was promoted to the Privy Council - together with his cousin Johann Friedrich von Kalcheim - that his career experienced another boost. In the summer of that year, Kalcheim was negotiator in Stockholm . Together with Friherre Alexander Erskein, he negotiated an armistice.

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SURNAME Kalcheim, Gerhard Romilian from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH December 5, 1589
PLACE OF BIRTH Spich (today a district of Troisdorf)
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 1644
Place of death Berlin