Hans von Schweinichen
Hans von Schweinichen (born June 25, 1552 at Gröditzburg Castle ; † August 23, 1616 in Liegnitz ) was Liegnitz's court marshal and autobiographical writer .
Life
He came from a branch of the well-known Silesian knight dynasty Schweinichen with the Schweinhausburg as ancestral seat, attended the village school in the Mertschütz family estate , came to Liegnitz in 1562 and attended the school in Goldberg in 1566 . He spent a few years at the Duke's Castle in Liegnitz as the page of the mentally ill deposed Duke Friedrich III. He then accompanied his father, the captain of the Goldberg district Georg von Schweinichen , on his business trips, before entering the service of Duke Heinrich XI. von Liegnitz stepped. After he was arrested on imperial orders in 1581 because of his high debt, Schweinichen lived as a farmer on leased property, but he managed to get Mertschütz back towards the end of his life.
After Heinrich's death in 1588, he entered the service of his younger brother Friedrich IV , who died in 1596. He also served as marshal and court master for his successor, Duke Joachim Friedrich of Brieger . He finally administered this office in the guardianship government established after his death in 1602. As an old man he sold the Mertschütz estate and settled in Liegnitz, where he bought a house. Schweinichen was buried next to his piastic masters in the Hofkirche (Johanniskirche), but his tombstone disappeared during a renovation of the church in the 18th century.
Works
His diary entries begin in 1568 and end in 1602. They represent a direct and informative cultural and historical testimony of the time. They were first published in 1820–22 by Johann Gustav Gottlieb Büsching ; the last scientific edition comes from Hermann Oesterley. He also wrote a biography of Heinrich XI.
expenditure
- Memories from Hans Schweinichen . Published by Hermann Oesterley. Wilhelm Köbner, Breslau 1878
- Life of Duke Heinrich XI. from Liegnitz . Published by Gustav Adolf Stenzel. In: Scriptores Rerum Silesiacarum, Vol. 4. Breslau 1850, pp. 21-30.
Hugo Kretschmer wrote the song about the life of Hans von Schweinichen: "Schläschefehde": The knight Hoans vo Schweinichen, rummel, dummel-dum and rummel, dummel dei ...
literature
- Conrad Wutke : Schweinichen, Hans von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 33, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, p. 360 f.
- Alexander Heine (ed.): German bourgeoisie and German nobility in the 16th century, memoirs of the mayor Bartholomäus Sastrow and the knight Hans von Schweinichen . New edition after the German first editions, Magnus Verlag, Essen 1984.
- Heide Wunder: Schweinichen, Hans von. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 24, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-428-11205-0 , p. 51 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans von Schweinichen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by and about Hans von Schweinichen in the German Digital Library
- Website about the Schweinichen family with family trees and literature
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schweinichen, Hans von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Liegnitz court marshal and autobiographical writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 25, 1552 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Groditzberg Castle |
| DATE OF DEATH | 23 August 1616 |
| Place of death | Liegnitz |