Joachim von Loß

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Joachim von Loß , zu Pillnitz , Reinhardtsgrimma and Borthen (* October 10, 1576 , † October 5, 1633 , grave in the Sophienkirche Dresden ), Electoral Saxon Privy Councilor, Appellation Council, Reichspfennigmeister and manor owner was the son of Christoph von Loß the Elder on Pillnitz and Graupa (1545–1609) and his first wife Martha, geb. Pflugk adH Knauthain (1566–1588).

In 1588 he enrolled at the University of Leipzig with his brothers Christoph and Nikolaus. In 1594 he went with them on a study trip to Italy.

In 1611 he was first mentioned as a member of the Privy Council. After he inherited Pillnitz Castle from his father, he had the still open side of the castle closed with a wing in 1616. In the same year he illegally increased the compulsory labor and taxes z. B. with free fruit harvest and grape harvest with your own equipment from sunrise to sunset, with messenger services and the provision of servants and maids for the harvest. The compulsory farmers in several villages, such as von Pappritz, brought an unsuccessful complaint against Joachim von Loss with the sovereign, the elector. According to legend, the boss Loß still roams around today at midnight as a big black dog.

Jakob Böhme , the Görlitz shoemaker and mystic, describes him quite differently . On the Friday after Pentecost 1624 he wrote to Dr. Tobias Kober: “On the Thursday after Whitsun, next to my landlord Mr. Hinckelmann and a Doctor Medicinae, the noble, strict Mr. Joachim von Loß, imperial majesty and electoral secret council and imperial officer at his Pillnitz Castle (a mile from Dresden), left me on his Pick up carriages and interrogate me. Whoever loved my things and gifts, who also promised me inclined will and promotion, also indicated that he wanted to promote my person with the Elector and see that I would like to receive maintenance and rest, to promote my talent. This gentleman is a very learned and highly understanding man, who has also served our country very much ... in the settlement of the main issues and all high matters go through his advice ... "

After his death, the court distiller Andreas Orthelius discovered several papers from the Loss estate, which he called "Opus Philosophicum". It contained a recipe for making gold by making gold seeds fertile and multiplying them. Orthelius tried very conscientiously, albeit unsuccessfully, to implement it for a long time.

family

Joachim von Loß was married to Ursula von Schleinitz on Saatheim and had three children with her:

  • Sophie Sibylle (1617–1640), married to Günther von Bünau (1604–1659)
  • Maria
  • Ursula (1623–1644), married Heinrich Freiherr von Friesen in 1641. The couple had one child who died young. Since Ursula von Loß appointed Heinrich as a universal heir, after the death of his first wife he also acquired the Loßschen estates Schönfeld, Graupa and Jessen as well as the Loßsche Haus An der Kreuzkirche No. 18, on the corner of the Altmarkt.

References and comments

  1. ↑ familie-von-schoenberg.de
  2. ↑ Martina Schattkowsky: Between manor, residence and empire: the living environment of the electoral Saxon nobleman Christoph von Loss auf Schleinitz (1574–1620), Leipzig 2007, p. 104 ff
  3. ↑ dresden-und-sachsen.de
  4. ↑ Jakob Böhme, 63rd letter
  5. ↑ Tara Nummedal: Traces of the alchemical past. The laboratory as an archive in early modern Saxony, in: Traces of the avant-garde: Theatrum alchemicum: Early modern and modern in ... ed. by Helmar Schramm, Michael Lorber, Jan Lazardzig, Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG, November 7, 2016, p. 154 ff
  6. ^ City wiki Dresden: Heinrich Freiherr von Friesen
personal data
SURNAME Loß, Joachim von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pillnitz, Joachim von Loß zu (full name); Pflugk, Joachim von (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Son of Christoph von Loß the Elder on Pillnitz and Graupa (1545–1609) and his first wife Martha, born
DATE OF BIRTH October 10, 1576
DATE OF DEATH October 5, 1633