Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön
The Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön , also Schleswig-Holstein-Plön , Holstein-Plön or just the Duchy of Plön , was a small part of the Duchy that arose from the real division of the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg and its after-effects mainly in the construction of the Plön Castle exists. The Duchy of Plön was not a territorial duchy, but a partial duchy within the state structure of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein . The territorially dispersed territory was largely in the south-east of what is now Schleswig-Holstein .
The Duchy of Plön
history
The duchy was created on the basis of a will from Duke Johann III. from the house of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg with his death in 1622, disregarding the prohibition of any arbitrary division of the state in Schleswig-Holstein based on the Treaty of Ripen . The dukes of Plön thus became so-called compartmentalized lords . In addition to Schleswig-Holstein-Plön, four other small partial duchies were created in Schleswig-Holstein as a result of this will.
The first Duke of Plön immediately sold his share in the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Ærø , which he had already had in 1633, to his other brothers, who increased their shares on the island of Ærø . In 1669 the Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Plön received the territory of the further sub-duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Norburg , consisting of the northern part of the island of Alsen . This part of the duchy, which is remote from Plön, was made independent as the Plön-Norburg line in the course of a further division of real estate , which, however, was merged with Plön again in 1706. In 1671, after the death of Duke Joachim Ernst, the duchy of the same name was founded around the town of Rethwisch under his second-born son, Duke Joachim Ernst , which fell back to the first-born line in 1729.
In 1700 the Peace of Traventhal was concluded at the residence Schloss Traventhal near Segeberg, which belongs to the Duchy of Plön .
In 1704 both Duke Johann Adolf and his son and heir Adolf August died, whose son Leopold August formally inherited the duchy, but died in 1706 as a child. The duchy passed to Joachim Friedrich , who came from the Norburg line . He died childless in 1722. The actual heir was now Johann Ernst from the Schleswig-Holstein-Plön-Rethwisch line, but his confirmation was rejected by the Danish King Christian V , because Johann Ernst was appointed grandee in Spanish service and converted to Catholicism. In 1723 the German Emperor confirmed the claims of the Rethwisch line, the descendant of Duke August's second son, Christian Karl, who died in 1706, was not recognized as a duke. However, the legal dispute dragged on for several years and on May 24, 1729 the Duke of Rethwisch died without a biological heir, which means that Plön now fell to the son of Christian Karl. Friedrich Karl , who was supported by the Danish king during the legal dispute, gave up the possession of Norburg in thanks, which then fell to Friedrich IV .
Since the last Duke of Plön, Friedrich Karl, had no legitimate heirs, he issued the so-called Plön Succession Act in 1756 , with which he made the Danish king the heir of the property. In return, Friedrich V assured him that he would assume all debts. After the Duke's death, the property in Plön went to the Danish royal family in accordance with the contract, which brought them closer to the completion of the state as a whole . The properties were confiscated and the Ploen castles in Reinfeld , Ahrensbök and Rethwisch were subsequently demolished. This happened both for economic reasons - the royal family had enough residences in the heart of the country - and for political reasons, because Denmark thus signaled an approaching end to the territorial fragmentation of Schleswig-Holstein, which was concluded with the Treaty of Tsarskoye Selo and the completion of the entire state found.
List of the dukes of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön
| Reign | Surname | comment |
|---|---|---|
| 1622-1671 | Joachim Ernst | Founder of the duchy; his first son inherited Plön, his second son became Duke of Norburg , and since his third son Duke of Rethwisch |
| 1671-1704 | Hans Adolf | Son of Joachim Ernst. His son Adolf August also died in 1704 |
| (1704-1706) | Leopold August | Hans Adolf's grandson, born in 1702, died in childhood without ever having ruled |
| 1706-1722 | Joachim Friedrich | Nephew of Hans Adolf, came from the Norburg branch line |
| 1729-1761 | Friedrich Karl | Nephew of Joachim Friedrich. The last Duke of Plön; Due to an inheritance dispute with the Rethwian line, he only ruled from 1729 |
Known members
- Bernhard of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Plön (1639–1676), German-Danish general
topography
structure
The territorial core components of Schleswig-Holstein-Plön were the offices of Ahrensbök and Reinfeld , created after the Reformation by taking over the former monasteries Ahrensbök and Reinfeld . However, the size of the duchy changed several times through territorial acquisitions and sales. In the middle of the 18th century it largely comprised the following administrative units, some of which are identical to today's cities and towns with the same names:
- City and Office of Plön
- Ahrensbök Office
- Reinfeld Office
- Traventhal Office
- Office of Rethwisch
Residences
The residence was located from 1623 to 1636 in Ahrensbök on there instead of the former buildings of the Charterhouse built castle Hoppe Brook . After that, with the completion of the Plön Castle, it was relocated to Plön , which was then given its character as a small north German royal seat. Further residences of the Plön dukes were found in Reinfeld and Rethwisch, as well as in Traventhal.
Individual evidence
- ^ CR Rasmussen, E. Imberger, D. Lohmeier, I. Mommsen The princes of the country - Dukes and Counts of Schleswig-Holstein and Lauenburg , pages 291 to 308. Wachholtz Verlag, 2008
- ↑ A. v. Buttlar, MM Meyer Historical Gardens in Schleswig-Holstein , page 608. Boyens & Co., 1998
- ↑ See Paul Hasse: Friedrich Karl (Duke of Plön) . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1878, p. 23. Friedrich Karl was only born after the death of his father and was initially not recognized as an equal . Recognition by King Friedrich IV of Denmark took place in 1722 and 1731 by the Imperial Court Council . He was only able to take office in 1729 with the death of the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Rethwisch.
literature
- Werner Neugebauer: Nice Holstein. Lübeck, Lübecker Nachrichten 1957, pp. 84/85, pp. 275 ff.
- Carsten Porskrog Rasmussen, Elke Imberger, Dieter Lohmeier, Ingwer Momsen (ed.): The princes of the country. Dukes and Counts of Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg . Wachholtz, Neumünster 2008 (translated by Frauke Witte, Marion Hartwig), ISBN 978-3-529-02606-5 , pp. 291-309 (incl. Overview of goods and family tree).
- Silke Hunzinger, Detlev Kraack: The end of the Duchy of Plön in 1761 . In: Communications from the Society for Schleswig-Holstein History (MSHG), No. 81 (November 2011), pp. 3–23.
