Otto Rantzau (Provost)

Otto Rantzau (* around 1500; † after 1580) was provost of the monastery of Uetersen .

Life

Otto Rantzau was the youngest of the seven sons of Hans Rantzau (1452–1522), lord of Rantzau , Gut Neuhaus , Schmoel and Schönweide , and brother of Balthasar and Melchior Rantzau . He was on the recommendation of King Christian III. elected provost of the Uetersen monastery . In a notarial instrument from 1580, he stated that he had been provost of the monastery for almost 39 years, actually only about 36 years. This incorrect date was also mistakenly taken over from the state register and has not been corrected to this day. He held the office of provost until 1580, and was succeeded by Tylen Kulen for a short time.

Literature and Sources

• Johann Friedrich Camerer : Mixed historical-political news in letters from some strange areas of the duchies Schleßwig and Hollstein, their natural history and other rare antiquities. (1758–1762)
• Schleswig-Holstein Society for Patriotic History: Journal of the Society for the History of the Duchies of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg. Volume 2, pp. 111, 112 and 133 (1872)
• Detlef Detlefsen : History of the Holstein Elbmarschen. Volume 2 (1892)
• Hans Ferdinand Bubbe : Attempt of a chronicle of the city and the monastery Uetersen. Volume 1, Chapter I, p. 56 (1932)
• Erwin Freytag: List of the provosts and priories at the Cistercian nunnery and later Adlid monastery at Uetersen. Yearbook for the Pinneberg district , 1970
• Society for Schleswig-Holstein History: Journal of the Society for Schleswig-Holstein History. Volume 101, pp. 85 and 88 (1976)
• Elsa Plath-Langheinrich: The monastery at the Uetersten End. CDC Heydorns Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-934816-04-6
• Elsa Plath-Langheinrich: Uetersen Monastery in Holstein. Wachholtz Verlag, 2009

predecessor	Office	successor
Clement von der Wisch	Probst of the Uetersen monastery 1545–1580	Tyler Kulen