Simon Leupold

Simon Leupold (also: Leutholf ; * 1517 in Prettin , † around 1578 in Güstrow ) was a Mecklenburg statesman.

Life

Leupold first attended the school in his hometown and in 1530 that in Torgau . In 1531 he enrolled at the University of Wittenberg . Primarily supported by Philipp Melanchthon , he acquired the degree of a baccalaureus on January 8, 1534 and that of a master's degree in philosophy on August 29, 1536 . After he had also listened to Martin Luther "with seriousness and zeal", he held lectures as a master's degree in Wittenberg and in 1538 went to Ankershagen as private tutor .

In 1539 he entered the service of Duke Heinrich V and Albrecht VII of Mecklenburg as secretary . In Mecklenburg he participated in the support of the Reformation , was involved in the dissemination of the Low German New Testament by Ludwig Dietz in 1540 and was active in the introduction of the new church order. This meant that he took part in the first Protestant church visit in 1541. In 1542 he became a canon of the Rostock cathedral chapter , associated with this pastor in Warnemünde and at the St. Nicholas Church .

For his employer, he took over various businesses in Speyer and Leipzig . In 1552 he worked in Güstrow , wrote the will of his employer and was involved in the reorganization of the local school system. He also worked as a secretary for his successor, Johann Albrecht I von Mecklenburg , and was used by him at embassies in Lübeck , Hamburg , Lüneburg and Copenhagen to promote the election of Christoph von Mecklenburg as administrator of Ratzeburg and coadjutor of the Riga monastery .

After he had also participated in the visitations of the University of Rostock in 1557, he was promoted to lifelong ducal secretary from home. In 1564 he set up a printing press at the University of Rostock and took over the publishing house on Palm Sunday 1565.

In 1573 he resigned his offices and retired to Güstrow as a family, where he died as councilor.

family

Leupold's first marriage in 1546 was Anna († 1563), the daughter of the Güstrow city voigt Jacob Bugner. His second marriage was in 1564 with Elisabeth Netzband († 1565). A third marriage followed in 1566 with Katherine Kolinger from Hamburg, who also died early. Therefore he married a fourth time in 1572 with the noble Sophie, daughter of the feudal man Henning Kröplin on Uphal near Güstrow. The following are known of his children:

1. Christine † 1556
2. Anna married Easter 1570 Marquard Glazow, councilor in Güstrow
3. Christian * December 1548
4. John
5. Sebastian, was a notary, ran an inn in Güstrow in 1602/03
6. Dorothea married with Albrecht Hinken
7. Heinrich, lived in Hamburg

literature

• Fritz Roth : Complete evaluations of funeral sermons and personal documents for genealogical and cultural-historical purposes . Volume 4, p. 409, R 3830
• Ludwig Fromm:  Leupold, Simon . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 18, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1883, p. 495 f.
• GCF Lisch: Biography of the ducal-Mecklenburg secretary Simon Leupold. In. Yearbook of the Association for Mecklenburg History and Archeology, 5th year Schwerin, 1840 ( online )