Johann Georg von Werdenstein

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Johann Georg von Werdenstein
Armorial bookplate of Johann Georg von Werdenstein
Anniversary engraving, 1600

Johann Georg von Werdenstein (born January 8, 1542 in Ebersbach , Allgäu ; † November 3, 1608 Eichstätt ) was a noble canon in Augsburg and Eichstätt as well as a collector of books and music.

Live and act

Johann Georg von Werdenstein came from the Allgäu noble family of the Lords of Werdenstein , which died out in 1796 in the male line , with their ancestral castle Werdenstein , near Immenstadt in the Allgäu . He was born the son of Lorenz Hildebrand von Werdenstein († 1570) and his wife Elisabeth von Grünenstein († 1593). The family lived on a manor in Ebersbach, today's vicarage; the mother's grave slab is in the local parish church of St. Ulrich.

Werdenstein studied in Padua from 1562 and moved to the University of Siena in 1563 . Between 1563 and 1565 further study stays in Venice , Padua , Siena , Florence , Ferrara and Bologna are documented.

He entered the clergy and became canon in Augsburg in 1563 , and also in Eichstätt in 1567 , where he died in 1608 as cathedral cantor and senior chapter. He found his grave in the mortuary of Eichstätter Cathedral . According to an engraving for the priest's jubilee in 1600, he also served as provost of Geisenhausen and privy councilor of the Duke of Bavaria. He had commissioned him in 1592 to study the coats of arms of married Wittelsbachers , which were to appear on a planned family grave monument in the Frauenkirche in Munich . A surviving portrait shows the Canon leafing through a book. In 1592, on his 50th birthday, a commemorative medal was issued. His stud book , in which many famous personalities are entered , is kept in Eichstätt . He had a warm friendship with the Protestant humanists Johann Jakob Rüeger (1548–1606) and Adolf Occo (1524–1606). Both report that Werdenstein lived with a woman for a long time and also had several children with her. Nevertheless he did not lead a dissolute life in this period either and after her death (1596) he returned to a stricter ecclesiasticalism.

Johann Georg von Werdenstein was a great lover of books and printed music, the size of his collection is estimated at around 9,000 volumes. In 1592, Duke Wilhelm V of Bavaria bought 4,000 books and printed music from him; the latter formed the basis for the music collection of the later Bavarian State Library . The collection of books taken over by the Canon is described as follows: Large universally oriented scholarly library, the result of long, knowledgeable collecting activities, contained classical, philosophical, theological and historical works, as well as legal and medical literature, rich holdings of Italian and French poetry, as well as numerous printed music, especially with vocal music of the 15th and 16th centuries. Also included was a handwritten prayer book from the 12th century, which is attributed to St. Hildegard von Bingen and which is also still in the holdings of the Bavarian State Library. Another part of Werdenstein's books ended up in the Würzburg University Library .

According to contemporaries, Johann Georg von Werdenstein was a living library , especially in the areas of history and genealogy .

literature

  • Richard Charteris: Johann Georg von Werdenstein (1542-1608): A Major Collector of Early Music Prints , p. 4, Harmonie Park Press, 2006, ISBN 0899901344

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Richard Charteris: Johann Georg von Werdenstein (1542-1608): A Major Collector of Early Music Prints , p. 4, Harmonie Park Press, 2006, ISBN 0899901344 ; (Detail scan of the dates of birth)
  2. ^ New archive of the Society for Older German History , Volume 28, p. 751, 1903; (Detail scan for the dates of death)
  3. ^ Website of Werdenstein Castle, with family history
  4. ^ Geographical-statistical-topographical lexicon of Schwaben , Volume 1, Ulm, 1791, column 416; (Digital scan)
  5. ^ Website of the manor in Ebersbach
  6. ^ Michael Petzet: Landkreis Marktoberdorf , Volume 23 of: Bayerische Kunstdenkmale , Deutscher Kunstverlag, 1966, p. 67; (Detail scan)
  7. ^ Yearbook of the Association for the History of the Augsburg Diocese e. V. , year 34, volume 2, 2000, p. 213; (Detail scan)
  8. ↑ Ex libris: Book Art and Applied Graphics , Volumes 15–16, 1905, p. 67; (Detail scan)
  9. ^ Johann Heinrich von Falckenstein: Antiquitates Nordgauienses , Frankfurt am Main, 1733, Volume 2, p. 278; (Digital scan)
  10. ^ Karl Theodor von Heigel : The tomb of Emperor Ludwig of Bavaria in the Munich Frauenkirche , 1893; (Digital view)
  11. ^ Franz Ludwig Baumann, Josef Rottenkolber: History of the Allgäu: from the oldest times to the beginning of the nineteenth century , Volume 3, p. 607, Kösel Verlag, 1894; (Detail scan)
  12. ↑ Pastoral Journal of the Diocese of Eichstätt , Volume 13, 1866, pp. 221–223; (Digital scan)
  13. ^ Johann J. Mezger: Johann Jakob Rüger - chronicler of Schaffhausen , Hurter Verlag, Schaffhausen, 1859, pp. 43–48; (Digital scan)
  14. ^ Antiquarian website on Johann Georg von Werdenstein ( Memento from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  15. ^ Klaus Haller: The Bavarian State Library in Pictures , in: Information - Innovation - Inspiration: 450 Years of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek , Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 2008, p. 127, ISBN 3598440898 ; (Digital scan)
  16. ^ Rupert Hacker: Contributions to the history of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek , Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 2000, p. 378, ISBN 3110957396 ; (Digital scan)
  17. ^ Eva Schlotheuber: nuns, canons and mystics: religious women's communities in southern Germany , Verlag Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2008, p. 343, ISBN 3525358911 ; (Digital scan)
  18. ^ Website on the history of the Würzburg University Library ( Memento from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  19. ^ Yearbook of the Association for the History of the Augsburg Diocese e. V. , year 34, 2000, volume 2, p. 216; (Detail scan)
personal data
SURNAME Werdenstein, Johann Georg von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German nobleman, canon, cantor, collector of books and music
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1542
PLACE OF BIRTH Ebersbach (Obergünzburg)
DATE OF DEATH November 3, 1608
Place of death Eichstatt