List of Chancellors of Brandenburg
The list of chancellors includes the protonotaries and chancellors of the Mark Brandenburg from 1312 to 1650.
history
The Chancellery of the Margraves of Brandenburg was headed by a Protonotarius ( chief clerk , also land clerk ). This mainly had to fulfill administrative tasks. In 1312 the term chancellor appeared for the first time , but still in the sense of a head of the chancellery.
The new title appeared several times in the following decades. This office has been continuously awarded since 1443, now also with a fixed assignment of duties that included more influence and decision-making powers compared to the previous main clerks.
In 1652 the task of the leading person in charge of administration and affairs of state was transferred to the director of the College of Privy Councils, since 1695 with the designation of Real Secret Minister of Finance and Justice . Between 1770 and 1810, Grand Chancellors were appointed again, albeit under the Budget Ministers (later State Ministers ).
Protonotaries and Chancellors
- Sloteko , 1311–1313 Protonotarius, named Chancellor in 1312
- Eberhard , 1317 Protonotarius
- Seger von Gardelegen , 1324-1328 Protonotarius
- Hermann von Lüchow , 1329–1333 Protonotarius
- Eberwin von Rodach , 1333–1349 Protonotarius
- Dietrich Morner (Mörner), 1350–1356 Chancellor
- Peter of Opole , 1374 Chancellor, also Bishop of Lebus
- Johann von Waldow , 1409 land clerk
- Ortel von Zehmen , head of the chancellery in 1423
- Johann Sommer , around 1432–1436 Protonotarius, also called Chancellor
Chancellor
- Heinz Kracht , 1443
- Friedrich Stuhlmann , 1445–1483, also Bishop of Lebus
- Sigmund Zerer , 1483-1509
- Sebastian Stublinger , 1509–1529
- Wolfgang Kettwig , 1529–1540
- Georg von Breitenbach , 1540
- unoccupied 1541-1550
- Johann Weinlob (Weinloben), 1541–1558
- Lampert Distelmeyer , 1558–1588
- Christian Distelmeyer , 1588–1598
- Johann von Loeben , 1598–1609
- unoccupied 1609-1616
- Friedrich Bruckmann , 1616-1630
- Sigismund von Götze , 1630–1637
- unoccupied 1637-1641
- Sigismund Götze, 1641–1650
literature
- Adolf Stölzel : Brandenburg-Prussia's legal administration and constitution presented in the work of its sovereigns and highest judicial officials. Franz Vahlen, Berlin 1888 ( digitized version )
- Friedrich Holtze : The oldest Brandenburg chancellors and their families. In: Research on Brandenburg and Prussian history . Volume 7, 1894, pp. 479-531, ( digitized version ), from 1440
Individual evidence
- ↑ To the office and the clerks in the 14th century Jan Winkelmann: The Mark Brandenburg of the 14th century. Margravial rule between "spatial distance" and "political crisis". Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2013. pp. 133–140.