Hans von Bernstein

Hans von Bernstein (* 1525 in Bärenstein ; † April 17, 1589 in Dresden ) was an electoral Saxon Privy Councilor in the comparable role of Prime Minister.

Life

Hans von Bernstein comes from the Upper Saxon-Meissnian noble family Bernstein or Bärenstein. His father was the doctor of law Peter von Bernstein zu Bärenstein in the Eastern Ore Mountains († 1531), Hofrat Duke George of Saxony . His grandfather Hans von Bernstein founded the town of Bärenstein on his own initiative in 1501, which was initially not recognized and with which in 1506 after the death of their grandfather the brothers Christoph, Georg and Peter von Bernstein were officially enfeoffed by Duke Georg of Saxony.

In 1567 Hans von Bernstein became court counselor, Elector August of Saxony, and in 1566 he was the collector of the Saxon drinking and land tax. In 1570 he was appointed a mountain ridge. When the Secret Council at the Dresden court was founded by Elector August von Sachsen in 1574, Bernstein was one of its leading members. He also performed this function under Elector Christian I and was instrumental in the fact that the Secret Council was united with the state government in 1589, the year he died. In 1578, he was also given the supervision of the Chamber and Renters' House of Kursachsen.

At his suggestion, in 1586 the two chamber councilors Christian Hans von Bernstein and Otto von Dieskau were specially appointed to reorganize and regulate financial matters, of which Bernstein was primarily responsible for the Saxon mining administration.

family

In 1543 Hans von Bernstein married Agnes von Maltitz zu Windisch-Bohra († around 1580). With her he had seven sons and eight daughters.

In the town church of Bärenstein is the tomb of the married couple von Bernstein, which was created around 1590 in a Freiberg sculptor's workshop.

literature

Lisa Kaiser: The Saxon statesman Hans von Bernstein , Leipzig 1944 (machine-written dissertation)
Lisa Kaiser: Bernstein, Hans von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 134 f. ( Digitized version ).
Valentin König 's Adelshistorie, 1729, Volume 1, Pages 45 and 159

Individual evidence

↑ Ines Buschbeck: Saxon mining administration and Saxon mining from 1586–1591 . In: Dresdner Hefte , H. 29, 1/1992, pp. 72–79.

personal data
SURNAME	Bernstein, Hans von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bärenstein, Hans von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Electoral Saxon Privy Council
DATE OF BIRTH	1525
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bärenstein (Altenberg)
DATE OF DEATH	April 17, 1589
Place of death	Dresden

[1] Ines Buschbeck: Saxon mining administration and Saxon mining from 1586–1591 . In: Dresdner Hefte , H. 29, 1/1992, pp. 72–79.