Otto Heinrich von Callenberg

Otto Heinrich von Callenberg (born October 20, 1601 in Wettesingen near Volkmarsen , † November 23, 1644 in Lucklum near Wolfenbüttel ) was a German politician and officer .

Life

Callenberg was the son of the Lieutenant Colonel in French service Hermann von Callenberg and his wife Margaretha, a daughter of Otto Heinrich von Bodenhausen . His brother was Kurt Reinicke von Callenberg .

When Callenberg's father died in 1610, he was able to attend the Latin school in Kassel with a small inheritance . On the occasion of public shooting exercises, Callenberg was noticed by Landgrave Moritz von Hessen-Kassel in 1613 and offered him a visit to his Collegium Mauritianum .

From 1615 Callenberg worked for two years at the landgrave's court in Kassel. In 1617, Duke Johann Albrecht II of Mecklenburg-Güstrow also recruited him as a page.

In 1619 Callenberg joined the military. Until 1621 he served in the Union Army under his relative Ludwig Heidenreich von Callenberg . Among contemporary witnesses, Callenberg was often only referred to as The Aventurian . Then Callenberg joined Christian von Halberstadt until 1625 .

Callenberg did not return home until 1625. There he was soon appointed to the Hessian Land Commissioner. In the following year, Prince Ludwig I of Anhalt-Köthen accepted Callenberg into the Fruit Bringing Society . The prince gave him the company name of the softener and the motto the breast . Callenberg's emblem was the stone pine nuts <Pinus cembra L. or Pinus pinea L.>. Callenberg's entry can be found in the Koethen Society Register under no. 132. According to the current state of research, Callenberg never wrote a rhyme law.

At the age of 30, Callenberg joined the army of Landgrave Wilhelm V of Hessen-Kassel as a cavalry master . After the victory at Hessisch-Oldendorf on June 28, 1633, to which Callenberg had contributed a lot, he was appointed lieutenant colonel.

But then Callenberg lost his fortune in war. On October 22nd, 1636, he surrendered as commander of the Hamm Fortress . After only ten days of siege, he handed the fortress over to the imperial troops and Landgrave Wilhelm V brought him to court martial.

Callenberg was acquitted in a lengthy process, but left the military a broken man. In September 1638 he entered the German order . As an administrator, he managed the Upper and Lower Saxony Ballei from his official seat in Lucklum. He also worked for the order as Commander of Weddingen (near Goslar ) and Demitz (near Bischofswerda ). He held these offices until the end of his life.

Otto Heinrich von Callenberg died at the age of 43 on November 23, 1644 in Lucklum near Wolfenbüttel.