Matthias von Jagow

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Matthias von Jagow; Bust of Harro Magnussen ; "around 1900"; Brandenburg Cathedral Museum

Matthias von Jagow (* 1480 in Aulosen , Altmark ; † 1544 ) was Bishop of Brandenburg and reformer of Brandenburg from 1527 to 1544 .

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Detail of a window in the Memorial Church in Speyer : Joachim II receives the Lord's Supper through Bishop Matthias von Jagow

He came from the old noble family of the von Jagow from the Altmark , studied theology and jurisprudence and became, among other things, provost of the Benedictine monastery in Spandau . In 1527 Jagow was elected Bishop of Brandenburg as the successor to resolute opponents of Martin Luther ( Hieronymus Schulz and Dietrich IV von Hardenberg ). The papal confirmation of the election was granted in 1532 with the condition that the missing orders be made up. Jagow, who had only received the ordination as subdeacon , did not meet this demand .

Although the need for ecclesiastical reforms convinced he was content but during the lifetime of anti-reform Elector Joachim I. with the secondment of abuses and the improvement of the clergy . As the most influential advisor to Joachim II , he persuaded him to convert to the Lutheran Reformation , handed him the Lord's Supper in both forms on November 1, 1539 , to the Berlin magistrate, and in 1541 led the first church visitation in the Mark, from which the Reformation was carried out ; He also married in 1541 at the urging of his elector. The castle keep his residence Ziesar Castle he had about 1535 as a sign of the Church's use of the castle put on the so-called bishop's miter. He died in Ziesar in 1544 . There were two children from a previous extramarital relationship with Else Fingerlein.

Monument bust in Siegesallee

Monument group 20 in Siegesallee with the bust of Mathias von Jagow (right)

For Berliner Siegesallee , the sculptor Harro Magnussen created a bust of Jagows as a secondary figure to the monument to Joachim II in monument group 20 , the central theme of which was the representation of the Reformation. Magnussen depicted the bishop as an older, bearded man with a decoratively turned up collar. Since there was no portrait, Magnussen asked the client of the Siegesallee, Kaiser Wilhelm II , to be allowed to model Martin Luther instead of Jagow as a secondary figure; The bronze medallion with a portrait relief depicted in the middle was intended for Luther.

"I dare to make this suggestion, because in Johann Sebastian Bach as a minor figure in Frederick the Great, a similar example is created in that Bach was not a Brandenburger either."

The Emperor refused the request.

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  1. ↑ Quotation from a letter from Jagows, reproduced from and source of the complete information: Uta Lehnert: Der Kaiser und die… , p. 173
predecessor Office successor
Dietrich IV. Bishop of Brandenburg
1526–1544 		Joachim von Munsterberg
personal data
SURNAME Jagow, Matthias von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of Brandenburg and reformer of Brandenburg
DATE OF BIRTH 1480
PLACE OF BIRTH Aulosen , Altmark
DATE OF DEATH 1544