Volkmar Wolf from Putbus

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Volkmar Wolf Freiherr zu Putbus (* July 20, 1583 ; † July 24, 1637 ) was governor-general of the Duchy of Pomerania .

Life

Volkmar Wolf was a son of Ludwig I von Putbus († 1594). In 1599 he was enrolled at the University of Marburg . In honor of his honor, he was given the title of Rector of the University from July to September of the same year. Like his father and brother Erdmann († 1622), he was commander of the Order of St. John in Wildenbruch .

In October 1627, during the Thirty Years' War , he and Nikolaus (Klaus) von Ahnen were sent to the commander, Colonel von Arnim , to negotiate the averting of the imminent billeting of Imperial Wallenstein troops in Pomerania. In 1628 Duke Bogislaw XIV appointed him governor of the Pomeranian-Wolgast region . Volkmar Wolf von Putbus and Paul von Damitz were appointed guardians of the young Ernst Bogislaw von Croy in 1632 . In 1634 Volkmar Wolf was one of the witnesses to the donation of the Eldena office by the Duke to the University of Greifswald . In the same year, the seriously ill Duke, who was no longer capable of governing and who regulated his successor with the regimental constitution of 1634 , appointed him general governor and thus made him head of the ducal governments of Pomerania-Wolgast and Pomerania-Stettin. Elector Georg Wilhelm von Brandenburg certified him as governor of Pomerania in the event of the Greifenhaus becoming extinct , until the elector would take over his inheritance in Pomerania, referring to the Treaty of Grimnitz . During his tenure, Volkmar Wolf tried to mediate between the Swedes, who were occupied in Pomerania, and the Brandenburgers. After the Duke's death in 1637, accepted by the Swedes, he continued to head the Pomeranian interim government as governor-general. He died that same year.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Martin Schoebel :  Putbus, Herren, Graf (since 1723) and Prince (since 1807) of. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 17 ( digitized version ).
  2. ↑ a b Theodor Pyl :  Putbus, von . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 740.
  3. ↑ Putbus, Volkmar Wolf von. Hessian biography. (As of August 3, 2016). In: Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS).
  4. ↑ JGL Kosegarten :  The Friedländisches Kriegsvolk zu Greifswald in the years 1627-1631. According to the files of the Greifswald City Archives. . In: Society for Pomeranian History and Archeology (Hrsg): Baltic studies . Vol. 21, Issue 1, Stettin 1866, p. 108 ( digitized version ).
  5. ↑ Martin Wehrmann : History of Pomerania. Vol. 2, Verlag Friedrich Andreas Perthes, Gotha 1921, p. 120.
  6. ↑ Croy, Ernst Bogislaff . In: Johann Samuelersch , Johann Gottfried Gruber : General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts. Vol. 20, Gleditsch, Leipzig 1829, pp. 227-228 ( Google Books ).
  7. ↑ Hans Georg Thümmel (Ed.): History of the Medical Faculty Greifswald. Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2002, p. 125.
  8. ↑ Christoph D. von der Lancken: Rügen story: An attempt. Volume 1, Mauritius, Greifswald 1819, pp. 26-27 ( Google Books ).
personal data
SURNAME Putbus, Volkmar Wolf from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Putbus, Volkmar Wulf from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION General Governor of the Duchy of Pomerania
DATE OF BIRTH July 20, 1583
DATE OF DEATH July 24, 1637