Henning von Qualen

Henning von Qualen (1703–1785) with his medals

Henning von Qualen (born January 18, 1703 ; † August 5, 1785 in Uetersen ) was the Royal Danish secretary, conference and district administrator, high president of Altona , provost of the monastery of Uetersen and holder of the Dannebrog and Elephant Order .

Life

Qualen came from the Holstein noble family Qualen . His parents were the royal Eutinian court master Heinrich von Qualen (1663–1707) and Magdalena Buchwald (1670–1720), his younger brother was Josias von Qualen (1705–1775). He was married to Sophie Hedwig Rathlau (1711–1747).

He studied in Kiel in 1720 and in Halle in 1722 , then became chamberlain to the Margravine of Brandenburg-Kulmbach , Dorothea von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck (1685–1761) in Copenhagen and finally moved to the court of the Danish King Christian in 1733 in the same function VI. In the autumn of 1739 he was first an auscultant , then on April 1, 1741 a deputy in the Economics and Commerce College. In 1743 he entered the service of Princess Louise of Denmark as court master , was awarded the Dannebrogden in 1745 and, as chamberlain, with the Ordre de l'union parfaite in 1750 . From 1751 to 1766 Qualen was chief president of Altona . As such, he was elected a privy councilor in 1752 and in 1757 serving the Danish crown as the monastery prope of the Uetersen monastery . During his tenure, Johann Friedrich Camerer wrote his local history articles about Uetersen. Despite constant quarrels with his priests Marie Antoinette von Ahlefeldt and her successor Christina Ulrika von Dewitz, he carried out his office until his death. In 1763 he was appointed district administrator .

In 1763 and 1764 he used himself to improve the salary of the young Altona physicist Johann Friedrich Struensee , who later became the great pioneer of the Enlightenment in Denmark.

On January 21, 1766, Henning von Qualen succeeded Rochus Friedrich zu Lynar as Oberlanddrost governor of the Danish king in the counties of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst . On February 3rd, Qualen was appointed a secret conference councilor and, on March 24th, 1766, as headmaster of the Blankenburg monastery .

During the reforms and changes of office in Denmark by Johann Friedrich Struensee, who had meanwhile risen to the position of Danish secret cabinet minister, Qualen, who was regarded as innocent and understanding, but also careless and lazy, left Oldenburg in 1771 and settled in his place as a monastery provost in Uetersen. In 1773 he was awarded the highest Danish order, the Order of the Elephants.

Henning von Qualen died on August 8th in Uetersen monastery and was buried behind the altar of the Uetersen monastery church. His grave slab is made of artistically carved stone with an inscription and the family coat of arms of Qualen. The order of the elephants is wrapped around this.

literature

• Inger Gorny: Qualen, Henning von. In: Hans Friedl u. a. (Ed.): Biographical manual for the history of the state of Oldenburg . Edited on behalf of the Oldenburg landscape. Isensee, Oldenburg 1992, ISBN 3-89442-135-5 , pp. 572-573 ( online ).
• Doris Meyn: List of provosts and priories of the Uetersen monastery up to the end of the 17th century. In: Journal of the Society for Schleswig-Holstein History . Vol. 101, 1976, pp. 73-116, ( digitized version ).
• Elsa Plath-Langheinrich : The monastery at the Uetersten End. A small guide through the historic park of the former Cistercian monastery and later aristocratic women's monastery Uetersen. Heydorn, Uetersen 2008, ISBN 978-3-934816-04-6 .
• Elsa Plath-Langheinrich: From the Cistercian monastery to the aristocratic women's monastery in Uetersen in Holstein. From eight centuries. = Uetersen Monastery in Holstein. With Cistercian women and noble nuns through eight centuries. Wachholtz, Neumünster 2008, ISBN 978-3-529-02813-7 .
• Hans-Hellmuth Qualen : Those of Qualen. History of a noble family from Schleswig-Holstein. Mühlau, Kiel 1987, ISBN 3-87559-055-4 , pp. 83-110.

predecessor	Office	successor
Benedikt von Ahlefeldt	Probst of Uetersen Monastery 1757 - 1785	Peter zu Rantzau