Kuno von Alvensleben

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Kuno von Alvensleben (* 1588 in Friedeburg ; † March 13, 1638 in Calbe ) was canon of Magdeburg and a member of the Fruit Bringing Society .

Tombstone of Kuno von Alvensleben on the outer wall of the choir of the castle church in Wittenberg

Life

Kuno von Alvensleben came from the Low German noble family von Alvensleben and was the fourth son of the Magdeburg court and district administrator Gebhard XXII. von Alvensleben (1543–1609) and Helena Hahn († 1591) were born at Friedeburg Castle . At the age of sixteen he went with his older brother Gebhard XXIII. von Alvensleben to the University of Wittenberg , where she studied law and philosophy for four years. From 1608 to 1610 he went on an educational trip to Italy under the direction of a court master. After the death of his father in 1610 he inherited a. a. the Randau estate and became a canon in Magdeburg, where he took up residence.

As a friend of Italian culture, he made three more trips to Italy in 1614, 1622 and 1630. In 1624 he was accepted into the Fruit-Bringing Society under the name of the Maturing . As a symbol he got medlars and the motto “ With time and straw ” according to the Italian proverb: Col tempo e colla paglia si maturano le nespole .

The cathedral chapter used him in various diplomatic missions - u. a. to the emperor in Vienna. After the conquest and destruction of Magdeburg in 1631 by the imperial troops, who also devastated the estate and village of Randau, the Protestant canons were replaced by Catholics. The Protestant cathedral chapter was not able to resume its work until 1637 . Kuno von Alvensleben was senior of the cathedral chapter at that time, but died in 1638 at the age of 50 and was buried on May 7, 1638 in the castle church in Wittenberg . His tombstone with sixteen ancestral coats of arms is still on the outer wall of the church choir.

literature

  • Siegmund Wilhelm Wohlbrück: Historical news of the Alvensleben family and their goods. Third Part, Berlin 1829, pp. 106-110.

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personal data
SURNAME Alvensleben, Kuno von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maturing (fruiting society)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Magdeburg Canon, member of the Fruit Bringing Society
DATE OF BIRTH 1588
PLACE OF BIRTH Friedeburg
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1638
Place of death Calbe (Saale)