Wulf Pogwisch

Wulf Pogwisch (* around 1485 ; † February 2, 1554 in Buckhagen ; buried in Bordesholm ) was a royal and ducal councilor.

family

Gravestone in the Bordesholm monastery church

Wulf Pogwisch was a son of Hans Pogwisch, who died in 1494, and his wife Anna, née von Ahlefeldt (died not before 1502). He had a brother named Benedikt, with whom he made a pilgrimage to Palestine in 1517. At home he married Christine (Kirsten) Munk († July 6, 1579) between 1517 and 1523. Her father Mogens Munk († December 3, 1558) was a Danish Imperial Councilor and married to Karen, née Rosenkrantz († 1535). His wife was also a niece of Bishop Iver Munk . He maintained close contacts with the Holstein knights. The Pogwisch couple had a total of five sons and ten daughters.

Live and act

Pogwisch worked as a councilor to Frederick I and during this time also as a "nepot" and bishop of the bishop. He wrote a report that is difficult to understand today and sent it to the Duke on January 4, 1523. As a result, it can be assumed that Pogwisch played a decisive role in the fall of 1522 when the duke established contact with rebellious Jutian magnates led by Iver Munk. In addition, Pogwisch wrote other memoranda. On December 2, 1523, for example, he portrayed the chaotic monetary situation in Denmark.

After Frederick I was promoted to king, Pogwisch was one of his most important advisors, alongside Johann Rantzau and Melchior Rantzau . At the beginning of 1523 he went to the duchies as envoy. From here he was to travel to Denmark with Friedrich's daughter Dorothea and Queen Sophie . In December of the same year he conducted negotiations with the Danish Imperial Council at the Lords' Day in Odense on a royal mandate . In the extensive political events that followed, he constantly took on leading roles.

Pogwish was and remained a Catholic and took action against the Reformation. In 1528 he saved the Flensburg Franciscan monastery from the covetous citizens. In 1545 he ended his activities as a council. It remains unclear whether he did this because of the division of the duchies, which he rejected. Then he devoted himself to other things.

The marriage to Christine Munk had made Pogwisch rich quickly. The Ripener bishop enfeoffed him as a kind of dowry with the Trøjborg . He took over on January 4, 1523 and held it until his death. From 1525 to 1528 he worked as a Flensburg bailiff, from 1531 to 1533 in the same position in Segeberg . In 1526 Pogwisch got Osterland Föhr as a pledge . This enabled him to acquire the Buckhagen estate from Christian III in 1535 . For this he paid 12,000 marks and from then on lived mostly there. He also traded oxen on a large scale and lent money. In doing so, he probably also used immoral methods. So in 1545 he had to assure the king that he would stop the proliferation.

Pogwisch was probably one of the typical knights of the 16th century. He appeared very self-confident and ruthlessly exploited his farmers. This procedure is documented by numerous complaints. At the time of the siege of Copenhagen in 1523 Pogwish took part in a drinking bout. He insulted the Hanseatic cities in such a way that the Danish Imperial Council could not avoid apologizing to the city's ambassadors. In addition, he stubbornly pursued a right to the Bordesholm monastery, which he believed was his.

literature

• Mikael Venge: Pogwisch, Wulf . in: Biographical Lexicon for Schleswig-Holstein and Lübeck . Volume 7. Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster 1985, pp. 168-169.