Ludolf X. von Alvensleben
Ludolf (X.) von Alvensleben (or Ludloff ; * 1511 ; † April 11, 1596 in Hundisburg ) was a German statesman and owner of the Hundisburg and Neugattersleben castles .
Life
Ludolf came from the Low German noble family von Alvensleben and was the eldest son of Governor Gebhard XVII. von Alvensleben auf Kalbe (Milde) and Hundisburg and Fredeke von Wenden as well as a brother of the humanist and reformer Joachim I von Alvensleben . After studying, he first entered the service of Count Hoyer von Mansfeld and took part in the campaign of Emperor Charles V against the Turks in 1532 . In 1533 he switched to court service with Cardinal Albrecht in Magdeburg . From 1534 to 1559 he had shares in the lien in the Calvörde Castle and the town of Calvörde .
In 1556 he was appointed Real Councilor by Archbishop Sigismund von Brandenburg . In 1558 he also received the office of Hofmeister at the same time as he was appointed Privy Councilor. After the death of Archbishop Siegmund, he resigned from these offices, but some time later accepted a Magdeburg district administrator's position, which he retained into old age in 1592.
When Ludolf von Alvensleben died at the age of 85, he was buried in the church in Hundisburg . His grave monument is still located there today - created by the well-known Braunschweig sculptor Jürgen Röttger . It shows the Last Judgment in the upper field, the crucifixion, resurrection and ascension in the three lower fields. In front of it, life-size Ludolf and three sons kneel on one side and his wife Bartha with their five daughters on the other.
power
In addition to his public activities, he devoted himself energetically to the management of his property. During the fraternal division in 1556, the Hundisburg house and half of the property in Kalbe (Milde) fell to him by lot . He was also a pawn owner of Amt Alvensleben with his brother Joachim . In the course of his long life he was able to increase his possessions further. The most important acquisition was Neugattersleben Castle , which he bought from the city of Magdeburg in 1573 for 90,000 thalers plus 3,000 thalers for charitable purposes.
He developed a brisk building activity: In Hundisburg he had the old castle building built in 1544 together with his brothers. In 1568 he built the large tower (the so-called Templar Tower ). More buildings followed on the southern edge of the castle hill by 1571. In 1587 he had the village church almost completely rebuilt. In Neugattersleben he had the castle chapel built in 1583 and the mill in 1589. He and his brother Joachim also renovated many buildings in the village of Alvensleben , including a. after the introduction of the Reformation in 1548 the St. Godeberts Chapel .
In addition, he tried to improve the church, social and school situation in his area of responsibility. In 1554 he introduced the Reformation in Hundisburg with the help of the former Carmelite Avoginus . Von Alvensleben also belonged to the commission that carried out the visitations in the archbishopric . In 1560 he founded the school in Hundisburg and in 1586 the hospitals in Hundisburg and Neugattersleben.
family
Ludolf von Alvensleben was married to Bartha von Bartensleben (1514–1587) and had three sons and five daughters with her. His committed wife leased the livestock farming from her husband's goods, carried out a very precise calculation and made a capital of 26,000 thalers from it. When her husband introduced the Reformation in Hundisburg in 1554, she remained Catholic and from then on went to mass in the Althaldensleben monastery , where the abbess Sophia von Alvensleben also adhered to the Catholic faith until her death in 1590.
literature
- Siegmund Wilhelm Wohlbrück: Historical news of the Alvensleben family and their goods. Volume II, Berlin 1919, pp. 358-415.
- Fritz Schwerin: Five nobles from the previous days. Halle 1859, pp. 126–131.
- Reimar von Alvensleben: Traces of the Alvensleben in Hundisburg and the surrounding area . Falkenberg 2010.
- Udo von Alvensleben-Wittenmoor : The Alvensleben in Kalbe 1324-1945 , edited by Reimar von Alvensleben , Falkenberg 2010.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Adam Friedrich Glafey: Core of the history of the High Chur and Princely House of Saxony . Riegel, 1753 ( google.de [accessed December 28, 2017]).
- ↑ Rudi Fischer: 800 years Calvörde - a chronicle until 1991 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Alvensleben, Ludolf X. von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alvensleben, Ludolf von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German statesman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1511 |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 11, 1596 |
| Place of death | Hundisburg |