Samuel von Behr

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Tomb Samuel von Behrs by Franz Julius Döteber in the Doberan Minster (1622/1623)

Samuel von Behr (* around 1575; † 1621 ) was a Mecklenburg politician from Western Pomerania .

Life

Behr came from the Rügen branch of the old von Behr family, originally from Lower Saxony, and was the son of the ducal-Pomeranian district administrator Hans von Behr, heir to Hugoldsdorf and Kavelsdorf , and his third wife Anna von Levetzow . He obtained his education from the summer semester 1589 at the universities of Rostock , Marburg , Tübingen and Strasbourg . Travels took him to France , England and Switzerland . Among other things, he studied religion , fine arts and languages, as well as politics and history . After the father died, his eldest brother Daniel took over the management of the property.

Samuel, like his brother Hugold, tried to enter the civil service, which they succeeded. He entered the imperial military service and took part in two campaigns against the Turks. In the process he probably got to know the margrave of Baden-Durlach Georg Friedrich , whose court master he was until 1606. From around 1606 Samuel von Behr was the tutor of the still underage Mecklenburg Duke Adolf Friedrich I. First he accompanied the Duke on his travels and thus gained his close trust. When he returned to Mecklenburg, he became Adolf Friedrich's Privy Councilor and had to take care of government affairs. From 1608 he was at the head of the Mecklenburg court in Schwerin. He became chancellor and for a time took over the duties of court marshal . In the years 1611–1620, Samuel von Behr wrote the minutes with the Duke's personal decisions and thus also had a direct influence on the design, e.g. B. the new court rules. He was also actively involved in drafting the treaty for the second division of Mecklenburg , but he did not live to see it be signed. His high position is also documented by the orders on his death in 1621. The duke had already taken a great part in his illness. Adolf Friedrich now, out of gratitude and in recognition of his services to the ducal house, ordered the nobles to be buried in the Doberan Minster , the princely burial place, in a wooden coffin covered with tin and decorated with bear heads.

The Behrs grave is, among other things, an expression of the changed demands on courtly representation and is not least due to the close relationship of trust between the duke and the count. As a work of art from the late Renaissance or Northern European Mannerism , it has not yet been fully processed in terms of art history. A memorial plaque next to the equestrian statue reminds that Chamberlain Hermann von Behr-Negendank, Majoratsherr u. a. on Torgelow , Passow and Neverin , in honor of his ancestor. He had given the order to the later Grand Ducal Mecklenburg secret court building officer Gotthilf Ludwig Möckel .

literature

  • Friedrich Lisch : Documents and research on the history of the Behr family , Volumes I to IV, Schwerin 1861 to 1863, Volume I, 203 pages ( books.google.de )
  • Gottlieb von Rosen, Ulrich Behr Negendank (Count): Hans Behr der Aeltere, Fürstlich Pommerscher Landrath, heir, fief and court lord of the Hugoldsdorf estates, and his sons Daniel, Hugold and Samuel: Life pictures from the 16th and 17th centuries. 17th century . Berndt, 1896.
  • Friedrich Schlie : Art and History Monuments of the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , Volume 3: The district court districts of Hagenow, Wittenburg, Boizenburg, Lübenheen, Dömitz, Grabow, Ludwigslust, Neustadt, Crivitz, Brüel, Warin, Neubukow, Kröpelin and Doberan . Schwerin 1896, p. 659, archive.org
  • Andrea Baresel-Brand: funerary monuments of northern European royal houses in the Renaissance era: 1550–1650 . Ludwig, 2007, ISBN 978-3-937719-18-4 , p. 360 note 623.
  • Detlef Witt: The tomb of the Privy Councilor and Court Master Samuel Behr of Franz Julius Döbeter and Daniel Werner in the Doberaner Münster . in: Gerhardt Weilandt / Kaja von Cossart (ed.): The equipment of the Doberaner Minster. Art in context . Michael Imhof Publishing House . Petersberg, 2018, ISBN 978-3-7319-0176-1 , pp. 254-265.

Web links

Commons : Burial of Samuel von Behr  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rostock matriculation
  2. ^ Gustav Duncker: The second Mecklenburg main state division 1621 . In: Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology, Volume 73, 1908, pp. 177-292
  3. ^ Rostock matriculation
  4. ↑ Gustav Duncker: The second Mecklenburg main land division 1621 in: Yearbooks of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology, Volume 73 (1908), pp. 177-292
  5. ↑ Andrea Baresel-Brand: funerary monuments of northern European princely houses in the Renaissance era . Publishing house Ludwig, Kiel 2007
personal data
SURNAME Behr, Samuel von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mecklenburg politician
DATE OF BIRTH around 1575
DATE OF DEATH 1621