Salomon Plathner

Salomon Plathner (* around 1546 in Stolberg (Harz) ; † summer 1604 in Langensalza ) was a court official for the Counts of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen and worked as Chancellor in Sondershausen .

Life

He was the son of Henry Günther Plathner in the town of Stolberg in the Harz , studied law and graduated in Valence to Dr. jur. In 1578 at the latest, he moved to the imperial city of Mühlhausen , where Salomon Plathner worked as town clerk and syndic, before he worked as councilor and chancellor for the Counts of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen from 1588 until his dismissal in December 1597.

For a short time in 1575 Salomon Plathner was active as a councilor for the Counts of Stolberg. As councilor and chancellor in the service of the Counts of Schwarzburg, he joined Calvinism . When Plathner visited his brother-in-law Egidius Mühlhausen in Stolberg at the beginning of September 1596, Plathner was placed under house arrest there because of the “sacrilege, violence and turmoil in the service of God, also shameful handling” of the count's house. The reason for his determination was as follows: He had gone to the Kirchner in Stolberg and had the St. Martinikirche and the sacristy opened by him. Inside was a cupboard full of books by the deceased Count's superintendent Tielemann Plathner. He had stated in his will that the books would not be sold after his death, but deposited in the church and made available to his brother's children or other friends for study purposes. Salomon was the nephew of Tielemann Plathner and considered himself his rightful heir. Since he did not have the key to the bookcase, he called a blacksmith to come and break the lock. He took three books out of the cupboard, had them locked again and left the church without causing a stir. However, this was not hidden from Count Johann zu Stolberg. He sent a judge to Plathner and asked for the books to be returned. When the latter refused and threatened a trial in a Schwarzburg court, Plathner was prevented from leaving the city of Stolberg on September 10, 1596. He complained about it to the electoral court in Leipzig, which thereupon sharply protested to Count Johann zu Stolberg against the imprisonment of Plathner and demanded his release. Since even the emperor stood up for him, Count Johann got into dire straits. He chose the defensive and the release of Plathner on bail. But he unexpectedly refused to be released from custody against payment of a sum of money, and thus remained in custody. He was freed from there on December 20, 1596 by the Electoral Saxon magistrate and clerk from Sangerhausen , the judge from Riestedt and several hundred horsemen and footmen who moved into the city of Stolberg.

Web links

• The quarrels and sufferings of Chancellor Dr. Salomon Plathner