Otto von Grote (civil servant)

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Otto von Grote (born September 1, 1620 in Breese im Bruche (Lüchow-Dannenberg), † May 24, 1687 in Berlin ) was a member of the Fruit Bringing Society , a literary group from the Baroque era .

Life

Grote is the son of the Swedish colonel Johann von Grote and his wife Margarethe Gertrud von Spörcken .

At the age of 22, Grote enrolled at the University of Königsberg on January 24, 1642. But already in 1648 (1650?) We find Grote as the Brandenburg governor of Tangermünde . Around 1664 he advanced to the same position in Neuendorf (Potsdam-Babelsberg).

On March 27, 1648, Grote was accepted into the Fruitful Society together with Joachim von der Marwitz , Joachim Sigismund von Loeben (1604–1654) and Georg de Hertoghe . Grote is the name given to the company for obstacles and the motto for heavy breathing . As an emblem he is given the sea twing and its vinegar ( Urginea maritima L. ). Grote's entry in the Koethen Society Book can be found under No. 503. There you can also read the rhyme law, which Grote wrote to thank you for the admission:

Sea twing vinegar is served with them
Who are white about shells, prevent heavy breathing,
If the tough mucus stings us very much in holer breast,
And you almost want to embroider, as then it is reduced:
That is why I am called as a hindrance: Difficulty will be ruined
Through constant faithful service, so is also alleviated
How difficult a business can be for us
Nothing prevents us from doing it with God.

In 1651 Grote was appointed to Berlin as a member of the chamber judge and in 1656 promoted to the Privy Council. With effect from September 7, 1655, Grote also held the office of provost in the Havelberg district.

Otto von Grote died in Berlin on May 24, 1687 at the age of 67.

family

On July 12, 1649, Grote married Louise Margaretha von Rochow (* 1626; † November 13, 1660), a lady-in-waiting of Electress Louise Henriette of Brandenburg in Berlin Palace . She was the daughter of Wolf Dietrich I von Rochow and his wife Magaretha von Lewetzow . Otto von Grote and his wife had five sons and three daughters, including:

His wife Louise Margaretha died on November 13, 1660. After the obligatory year of mourning, Grote married Anna Elisabeth von Strantz in 1661 , but this marriage was divorced by mutual agreement in 1676.

literature

  • Leopold Zedlitz, New Prussian Adels Lexicon , p. 289, digitized

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Adolph Friedrich August von Rochow, News on the history of the sex of those von Rochow and their possessions, p. 71, digitized version  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / diglib.hab.de  
personal data
SURNAME Grote, Otto von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Member of the fruitful society, privy councilor; Provost of Havelberg
DATE OF BIRTH September 1, 1620
PLACE OF BIRTH Breese (Lüchow-Dannenberg)
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 1687
Place of death Berlin