Michael Büttner

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Michael Büttner (also: Bütner , Bötnerus ; born June 17, 1599 in Eisenach ; † May 4, 1677 in Sellenstedt, today in Adenstedt ) was lawyer and syndic of the mining and smelting works in Clausthal and from 1633 canon ( canon ), from 1645 Senior and finally from 1650 abbot and feudal secretary of the Protestant women's monastery in Gandersheim .

Life

Title copper from Löhneysen's Aulico Politico , edition from 1622. Büttner's authorship is certain, at least for the epigram.

In 1626 he married Ursula von Löhneysen, the daughter of the mining captain in the Duchy of Braunschweig and former stable master of Duke Heinrich Julius of Braunschweig-Lüneburg Georg Engelhard von Löhneysen . On May 1, 1630, he took over a Meierhof in Ackenhausen from those of Oldershausen as compensation for an unpaid legal fee .

From July 13, 1633 he was canon of the Protestant women's monastery in Gandersheim, after Johannes von Oldershausen renounced this office in favor of Büttner - again due to an unpaid fee. On September 13, 1634 he was syndic of the chapter. On February 27, 1637, Büttner was arrested on a complaint from the pastor of Altgandersheim for "lashing his eyes with the help of crystal seers" and imprisoned for three months, but then acquitted and reinstated in his office. On August 28, 1639, he was suspended again - this time for disdain for the abbess's orders - and only reinstated on April 30, 1645 after a promise of obedience.

In his second marriage on June 15, 1643 in Gandersheim, Büttner married Anna von Geitel (1611–1670), daughter of the Brunswick councilor and guild master Heinrich v. Geitel; her brother Joachim v. Geitel was also canon in Gandersheim . From this Büttner-Geitel marriage there were three children. Through his daughter Anna Sabina Büttner, Michael Büttner is an ancestor of the Reich Chancellor Prince Otto von Bismarck .

On July 28, 1645, the chapter of the women's monastery in Gandersheim transferred the seniority business to him. He led a strict regime towards the canonies and officials, and he also succeeded in mitigating the effects of the Thirty Years' War on the monastery. Under the Abbess Maria Sabina Countess zu Solms, for whose election Büttner had voted on January 22, 1650, he was the actual ruler of the monastery. On September 15, 1650 Büttner was appointed abbot and feudal secretary.

After Maria Sabina's death in 1665, there were disagreements with the board of trustees, as a result of which Büttner was again relieved of his office and was imprisoned after he had passed the maid of the canonesses Johanna Elisabeth von Solms - the universal heir of the deceased abbess - with a stick had beaten. After he had reconciled with the new abbess Dorothea Hedwig of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg , Büttner was reinstated in his offices.

Two years before his death, his son Anastasius became canon of the monastery. Michael Büttner died on May 4, 1677 in Sellenstedt. The inscription on his tomb

I am pushed to fall, but the Lord helps me. ( Psalm 118)

Michael Büttner himself had chosen to document his triumph after his reinstatement as canon in 1645. The magnificent hereditary burial site made of sandstone and slate with inscriptions and the coats of arms of the Büttners, Geitels and Löhneysens still exists in Gandersheim Cathedral today.

Works

  • Collaboration with Löhneysen Aulico Politico , German: About the courtly politics , 1622
  • Collaboration on the third edition of the standard work for the cavalry Della Cavelleria , 1620

literature

  • Hans Goetting : The Diocese of Hildesheim. Vol. 1 .: The imperial canonical monastery Gandersheim. Berlin, New York: de Gruyter 1973 ISBN 3-11-004219-3 , pp. 462–464 and others ( digitized version )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ DIO 2, Kanonissenstift Gandersheim, No. 56 (Christine Wulf), in: www.inschriften.net, urn: nbn: de: 0238-dio002g001k0005600 .
personal data
SURNAME Büttner, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Butner, Michael; Boetnerus, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canon of the Protestant women's monastery in Gandersheim
DATE OF BIRTH June 17, 1599
PLACE OF BIRTH Eisenach
DATE OF DEATH May 4, 1677
Place of death Sellenstedt, today in Adenstedt