Michael Wilhelm Kobolt from Tambach

Michael Wilhelm Kobolt von Tambach († February 3, 1667 in Fürstenau ) was military commander and Drost von Fürstenau.

Life

The aristocrat, who came from Bavaria, came to Osnabrück in 1628 as a chamberlain in the retinue of the Catholic Bishop Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg, where he initially held the position of chief stable master. Through his marriage to Johanna Elisabeth von Hake he came into the possession of the former Langen 'rule Burgmann seat in Haselünne and Lange's Rittergut Schwake castle in Andrup .

The beginnings of his activity in the Osnabrück region date back to the Thirty Years War . After the expulsion of the Swedes, Kobolt von Tambach was appointed castle commander and Drosten von Fürstenau in 1635. He was thus the chief administrative officer for the entire north of Osnabrück (offices of Fürstenau and Vörden). In 1637 he led the defense of Fürstenau against Landgrave Wilhelm von Hessen , but had to hand over the place (which was made a city on January 1, 1642) to the Swedish general Graf Königsmarck at Whitsun 1647 .

After the peace treaty in Münster and Osnabrück he returned to Fürstenau as Drost and held the office until the death of Prince-Bishop Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg. Since then he has devoted himself to the management of his country estate in Schwakenburg. He died in February 1667 while staying in Fürstenau and was probably buried in the parish church of St. Vincentius in Haselünne .

literature

• The Lion of Fürstenau. Drost Michael Wilhelm Kobolt von Tambach, the defender of the north country. In: Am heimatlichen Herd 4/1962, p. 14.