Wilhelm Ludwig Böcklin von Böcklinsau

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Hans Baldung Grien, coat of arms of the Böcklin family

Knight Wilhelm Ludwig Böcklin von Böcklinsau (* around 1500 in Strasbourg , † October 14, 1585 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) was court marshal and provost of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg .

He was the son of Claudius Böcklin von Böcklinsau (* 1480; † May 13, 1537), Stettmeister to Strasbourg, and his second wife Magdalena Schnewlin zum Weyer (* around 1485, † March 18, 1537). The year of his birth can only be narrowed down to the period from 1500 to 1510. He had a daughter Eleonore († July 25, 1571), who married Lazarus von Schwendi in 1552 .

Belonging to the poorer line of the Böcklin von Böcklinsau family, he entered the imperial service and became court marshal there. On March 3, 1553 he became provost of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg; However, he did not take the oath until May 8, 1559, staying in Freiburg. There were many different spellings or misspellings for his name: Pocklin, Bockel, Pögklen, Peykel, Peckel, Bocklen.

He was the founder of the Boecklin Chapel in Freiburg Minster , which is also his grave chapel. His daughter Eleonora and his court junior Jakob von Scherenzgi († 1584) are also buried there. The Romanesque "Boecklin Cross" belonged to the chapel, but it was not part of the foundation.

history

According to the Strasbourg fortress builder Daniel Specklin, he was destined for the clergy and was canon in Altpeter in Strasbourg , for which no ordination was necessary. However, Specklin is the only one who claims this, and there is suspicion that he was mistaken for his uncle Wolfgang Böcklin , a later chamberlain in Rome .

Born in Strasbourg and raised in Freiburg, he enrolled at the University of Freiburg in 1523 . His course of study is not known, but based on his background one can assume that it was the study of law. Nothing is documented until 1534, at which time he was mayor in Freiburg. In 1537 he was appointed Oberbogt von Rufach and Oberamtmann of the episcopal mandate. He resided at the Isenburg Fortress for 7 years and then moved to the stronghold near Emmendingen for five years . On October 22nd, 1544 his first wife Christina von Kippenheim died and he was removed from office by his bishop, because he wanted to condemn an ​​innocent citizen "with his own people to death against divine and human rights and against all laws". This was probably based on a strong rift with the city, the reason for which was the "Butzenkrieg" in 1514 - a forerunner of the Peasant Wars. Shortly thereafter, he entered the service of Margrave Ernst von Baden and was the last “governor of the high castle”. In 1550 he was sent by his Duke to the Reichstag in Augsburg and arrived there on July 8, 1550. After Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle , Bishop of Arras and the right hand of Emperor Charles V , noticed him, he informed the margrave that the Emperor had appointed him court marshal , but that he could continue to run his master's business. On March 9, 1551 he was appointed as Wilhelm "Begkhlin of Begkhlinsaw" by King Ferdinand to the royal council, so that he entered the service of the emperor.

In the period from 1551 to 1555 he was in the north of Germany, especially in the seaside towns - the forerunners of the Hanseatic League - as a diplomat for the emperor, with Küstrin being a focus. In 1553 he became provost of the cathedral in Magdeburg , but remained in the imperial service. On August 20, 1555, in the last year of his service to the emperor, Wilhelm Ludwig Böcklin was awarded the hereditary minor court palatinate dignity (Comes palatinus Caesareus) in Brussels , which could only be passed on to sons with a doctorate or councilor.

In December 1555 he settled the unrest caused by the scholar Justus Velsius - who was called a sacramenter by the Cologne council - and made sure that Cologne remained Catholic, “to stick to the old Christian religion with its body and goods being presented , do not think of any other religion, because they sucked from their mother's breasts, as long as one stone from their city lies on top of the other ” . Vels and other rebels were arrested.

Then began his time in Magdeburg , where he tried several times to achieve the episcopal dignity, but failed and then oriented himself to Freiburg; his office as provost of the cathedral was retained as it was handed over for life. His activities there did not prevent him from receiving the emperor in Freiburg on December 23, 1562 at the covered bridge ( Schwabentorbrücke ) in the vestments of the provost at the head of the Freiburg council. The emperor stayed in Böcklin's house " Haus zum Walfisch " and took part in the state parliament in Freiburg on February 23, 1563 .

Haus zum Walfisch, main entrance on Franziskanerstraße

In Freiburg he had several changing possessions, including the houses "zur Haselstaude", "zum Freudenberg" and "zum Walfisch" as well as a vineyard on Schlossberg , which was adjacent to the property "am Fulenbrunnen". He inherited the house "zur Haselstaude" (today part of Herrenstrasse 1) between 1539 and 1554 and sold it to Joseph Rör. The house "zum Freudenberg", which was later called "zur Streichnadel", today Nussmannstrasse 9, he acquired in 1556 and sold it on in 1559. His domicile in Freiburg was the " Haus zum Walfisch ", today Franziskanerstraße 3, he bought it in 1565. The Haus zum Walfisch was handed over to her and her husband Lazarus von Schwendi before the daughter's death in 1571, and in the same year he bought it the other part of the building, the house "zum White Lily".

The Böcklin Cross

Wilhelm Ludwig Böcklin had his parents erected a memorial in the parish church of Ste-Foy in Schlettstadt .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Schauinsland 1974, page 66
  2. ↑ a b Schauinsland 1974 page 10
  3. ^ Schauinsland 1974, page 24
  4. ^ Schauinsland 1974 page 8
  5. ^ Schauinsland 1974, page 38
  6. ^ Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg Findbuch U 101/1
  7. ↑ Documents of the Heiliggeistspital Freiburg III 1927, No. 2418 ff.
  8. ^ Schauinsland 1974, page 15
  9. ↑ Schauinsland 1974 page 17
  10. ^ Schauinsland 1974, page 22
  11. ↑ Schauinsland 1974, page 44
  12. ^ Schauinsland 1974, page 37
  13. ^ Schauinsland 1974 page 43
  14. ^ Schauinsland 1974, page 38
  15. ^ Schauinsland 1974, page 57
  16. ^ Schauinsland 1974 page 53
  17. ^ Schauinsland 1974, page 57
personal data
SURNAME Böcklinsau, Wilhelm Ludwig Böcklin from
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Court Marshal and Provost of the Archbishopric of Magdeburg
DATE OF BIRTH around 1500
PLACE OF BIRTH Strasbourg
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1585
Place of death Freiburg in Breisgau