Lorenz Schlick

Coat of arms of Count Schlick

Lorenz Schlick (also Laurenz Schlik ) Graf zu Passaun and Weißkirchen, Lord of Luditz, Rabenstein, Neudek and Tüppelsgrün (* around 1495, † 1583 in Tüppelsgrün ) was a Bohemian nobleman, royal councilor and captain of Prague's old town .

Life

He came from the influential Bohemian noble family of Schlick . His parents were Kaspar II. Schlick Graf zu Passaun and Weißkirchen, Herr auf Schlackenwerth and Lichtenstadt and his wife Elisabeth born. from Gutenstein. The marriage resulted in ten sons and three daughters. His older brother Stephan Schlick took over his father's inheritance in 1515.

Lorenz Schlick taught together with his son Christoph Schlick since 1520, at the same time as the excommunication of Martin Luther , at the University of Wittenberg as " Rector magnificus ". After the death of Stephan Schlick, who fell in the battle of Mohács in 1526 , the rights to St. Joachimsthal were divided between his brothers Hieronymus and Lorenz. As promoters of the Reformation, they provided the local church community exclusively with Lutheran clergy. In a letter in 1532, the reformer Martin Luther warned Count Schlick not to tolerate the sacramentarians and Anabaptists in the mountain town and their teaching.

To celebrate his first marriage to Katharina von Wartenberg before 1528, Lorenz Schlick had a medal stamped on the back showing the bust of his brother Heinrich, who died that year. Another was published on the occasion of the visit of his friend and patron Elector Johann Friedrich I of Saxony and his wife Sibylle von Jülich-Kleve-Berg in St. Joachimsthal in 1534.

In 1542 on the Thursday after Ascension Day , Heinrich IV of Plauen , Burgrave of Meißen and Colonel Chancellor of Bohemia, Lorenz Schlick pledged the rule of Luditz for five years . He brought the theologian Johannes Criginger from Wittenberg as court preacher in Luditz . The preacher Johann Mathesius was called to St. Joachimsthal . In 1542 he bought the Jablon estate from Heinrich Jablonsky von Jablon. In 1543 Lorenz Schlick took part in the war campaign against the Turks in Hungary with his nephew Joachim. During Lent 1544 he stayed again in St. Joachimsthal. In 1545 he and his brother Hieronymus Schlick donated the table for the altar in St. Joachimsthal.

In the Schmalkaldic War from 1546 to 1547, the Schlicks stood on the Protestant side against Habsburg. In order to break the power and influence of the family, St. Joachimsthal and its mines were placed under royal administration. Count Albin Schlick, a member of the Schmalkaldic League , had fled the country and in 1547 transferred his confiscated property Neudek to his cousin Lorenz Schlick, who has since mostly taken up residence at Neudek Castle . In 1575 Lorenz Schlick handed over the rule to his son Christoph Schlick, who died in 1578 while he was still alive. Because of his old age, he retired to Tüppelsgrün. In 1576 he was awarded the title of royal councilor and captain of Prague's Old Town.

Lorenz Schlick, who had survived all his brothers and sons, died in 1583 in Tüppelsgrün and was buried next to his son on July 11th, July 21st according to the Gregorian calendar in the parish church of St. Martin in Neudek. In his memory, the bells were also rung in the neighboring St. Joachimsthal. His grandson was Friedrich Colonna Freiherr von Fels, who in 1602 acquired the Neudek rule from his cousin Count Stephan Schlick, also the grandson of Lorenz Schlick. His epitaph was robbed at the beginning of the 18th century by the sacristan Maximilian Danhammer , who received the death penalty for it.

family

Count Lorenz Schlick married Katharina von Kolowrat and after her death with Elisabeth de Barka. His children were:

Johann Burian († around 1534), received the honorary post of cupbearer from Emperor Charles V
Christoph (IV.) († 1578), Herr auf Neudek, ⚭ Barbara von Maschau
Stephan (II.) († on a campaign to Hungary)
Anna Carolina, ⚭ Kaspar Colonna von Fels

ancestors

Heinrich Schlick

Matthes Schlick Count of Passaun-Weißkirchen

Constantia by Collalto

Kaspar II. Schlick Count of Passaun-Weißkirchen

Erkinger I. von Seinsheim, Baron von Schwarzenberg

Kunigunde von Schwarzenberg

Barbara von Abensberg

Lorenz Schlick Count of Passaun-Weißkirchen

Burian von Gutenstein

Elisabeth von Gutenstein

Heinrich V. Count of Ortenburg

Sigunda von Ortenburg

Elisabeth von Torring

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Schlik, Laurenz Graf. In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 30th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1875, p. 113 f.

Individual evidence

^ Letter: Rector [Gf. Christoph Schlick zu Bassano], Masters and Doctors from the University of Wittenberg to Councilors Kf. [Friedrichs], Stadtholder Kf. [Friedrichs]. October 26, 1520, accessed June 4, 2020 .
↑ Numismatic Journal . Self-published by the Austrian Numismatic Society, 1889 ( google.de [accessed on January 31, 2020]).
↑ Martin Luther: Letter to Count Schlick. October 9, 1532, accessed June 4, 2020 .
^ Johann Mathesius: Life of Dr. Martin Luthers: in seventeen sermons . G. Cranz, 1841 ( google.de [accessed February 2, 2020]).
^ Association for Numismatics Prague: Description of the previously known Bohemian private coins and medals . Verlag des Verein, 1870 ( google.de [accessed on February 2, 2020]).
↑ Heinz Scheible: Melanchthon's correspondence: critical and commented complete edition. People FK. Vol 12 . frommann-holzboog, 2005, ISBN 978-3-7728-0631-5 ( google.de [accessed on February 2, 2020]).
↑ Erich Gierach: Sudetendeutsche Jebensbilder ...: on behalf of the German Society of Sciences and Arts for the Czechoslovak Republic ed . Stiepel brothers, 1926 ( google.de [accessed on January 31, 2020]).
↑ Josef Pilz: History of the city of Neudek . Stadtgemeinde, 1923 ( google.de [accessed January 31, 2020]).
↑ Johann Heinrich Zedler: Great complete UNIVERSAL LEXICON of all sciences and arts, which so far have been invented by human understanding and wit. Volume five and thirtieth. Published by Johann Heinrich Zedler, 1743 ( google.de [accessed February 1, 2020]).

personal data
SURNAME	Schlick, Lorenz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Schlik, Laurenz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bohemian nobleman, royal councilor and captain of Prague's Old Town
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1495
DATE OF DEATH	1583
Place of death	Lush green

[1] Letter: Rector [Gf. Christoph Schlick zu Bassano], Masters and Doctors from the University of Wittenberg to Councilors Kf. [Friedrichs], Stadtholder Kf. [Friedrichs]. October 26, 1520, accessed June 4, 2020 .

[2] Numismatic Journal . Self-published by the Austrian Numismatic Society, 1889 ( google.de [accessed on January 31, 2020]).

[3] Martin Luther: Letter to Count Schlick. October 9, 1532, accessed June 4, 2020 .

[4] Johann Mathesius: Life of Dr. Martin Luthers: in seventeen sermons . G. Cranz, 1841 ( google.de [accessed February 2, 2020]).

[5] Association for Numismatics Prague: Description of the previously known Bohemian private coins and medals . Verlag des Verein, 1870 ( google.de [accessed on February 2, 2020]).

[6] Heinz Scheible: Melanchthon's correspondence: critical and commented complete edition. People FK. Vol 12 . frommann-holzboog, 2005, ISBN 978-3-7728-0631-5 ( google.de [accessed on February 2, 2020]).

[7] Erich Gierach: Sudetendeutsche Jebensbilder ...: on behalf of the German Society of Sciences and Arts for the Czechoslovak Republic ed . Stiepel brothers, 1926 ( google.de [accessed on January 31, 2020]).

[8] Josef Pilz: History of the city of Neudek . Stadtgemeinde, 1923 ( google.de [accessed January 31, 2020]).

[9] Johann Heinrich Zedler: Great complete UNIVERSAL LEXICON of all sciences and arts, which so far have been invented by human understanding and wit. Volume five and thirtieth. Published by Johann Heinrich Zedler, 1743 ( google.de [accessed February 1, 2020]).