Heino von Broesigke (civil servant)

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Grave slab with the relief-like depiction of Heino von Broesegke in the village church of Ketzür

Heino von Broesigke , also Heino von Brösigke , (* 1525 ; † September 12, 1609 in Ketzür ) was a German civil servant, military man and owner of the Ketzür manor . He came from the old Brandenburg aristocratic family von Broesigke .

Life

Heino was the son of Wolf von Broesigke († 1532) and his wife Anna, née von Königsmarck . He was married to Ursula Elisabeth, née von Hake auf Karpzow, with whom he had several sons and daughters. Among other things, he was the landlord of Ketzür , Gortz , Riewend and other villages in the western Havelland . He also had estates in Breitenfeld in Electoral Saxony near Leipzig and Radegast in the Principality of Anhalt south of Halle .

Von Broesigke was in the service of the Archdiocese of Magdeburg as governor in Querfurt , Giebichenstein and Rothenburg . In 1572 he moved to the service of the Electorate of Brandenburg as a councilor . He was also the governor of Lehnin . As a military man, he was initially in imperial service, but also switched to electoral Brandenburg and later ducal Saxon . When Heino died in 1609, he was the court gift of the Electorate of Brandenburg.

family

In 1563 he married Ursula Elisabeth Anna von Hake (* 1538: † September 4, 1598) the daughter of Matthias III. von Hake († 1547). Herr auf Buchow-Karpzow and Hippolyta von Ribbeck (* 1521). The couple had the following children:

  • Hyppolita (1568–1606) ⚭ May 13, 1582 Hans von Rochow (1550–1622), Lord of Plessow
  • Maria (1576–1612) ⚭ 1593 Bernhard (Benno) Friedrich Brandt von Lindau (1571–1625), Lord of Wiesenburg , Belzig, Glochwitz, Hohen- and Lüttgen-Zias, Lochow, Mostpfuhl and Klein-Glien
  • Katharina (1581–1650) ⚭ Hans Georg I. von Ribbeck (1577–1647)
  • Elisabeth ⚭ Heinrich von Krosigk
  • Ottilia ⚭ Andreas (IV.) Von Hake († 1610)
  • Dietrich (1573–1639) ⚭ Agnes von Schlieben († 1632)
  • Friedrich ⚭ NN

epitaph

Epitaph in the choir of the Ketzür village church

On October 16, 1612, an impressive epitaph was commissioned for Heino von Broesigke in Magdeburg from the sculptor Christoph Dehne for 1,100 thalers , which he realized by 1613 and which is located in the choir of the Ketzür village church . As the owners of the manor in Ketzür, the Broesigkes also held the church patronage there.

The epitaph was made of sandstone from Pirna , alabaster from Nordhausen and marble , and parts were gilded . It shows ten kneeling and praying figures on a plate carried by Adam and Eve in front of a main relief. There are four males on the left and six females on the right of the work. The male figures represent Heino and his sons Friedrich and Dietrich in cuirass with helmets off to prayer and the childlike Thomas. The female figures are Heino's wife Ursula Elisabeth and the daughters Hyppolita, Maria, Anna, Elisabeth and Katharina.

The main relief shows various biblical scenes. The vision of Ezekiel , the flagellation of Christ and Gethsemane are shown, which are flanked by figures of Moses and David . There are also representations of the apostles , statuettes of virtue and the four evangelists .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ New general German Adels Lexicon, Volume 2, pp. 86–87
  2. ↑ Yearbook of the German Nobility , Volume 1, page 352
  3. ↑ dolph Friedrich August von Rochow, news on the history of the family von Rochow and their possessions , p.65
  4. ↑ The Church of Ketzür , four-page leaflet with information on the Ketzür village church. Accessed December 18, 2014.

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personal data
SURNAME Broesigke, Heino von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brösigke, Heyno von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German civil servant, military, patron of the arts and owner of the Ketzür manor
DATE OF BIRTH 1525
DATE OF DEATH September 12, 1609
Place of death Heretic