Daniel von Plessen (1606-1672)

Daniel von Plessen (b. January 3, 1606; Hoikendorf - d. March 8, 1672) was a German civil servant in the District of Mecklenburg.

Biography
He was born on January 3, 1606 in Hoikendorf. Plessen enrolled in 1616 at the University of Rostock and later studied in Leiden, University of Groningen and Oxford. He began the last part of his studies on 21 October 1624 at the. The year 1629 he spent during his grand tour, almost entirely in France. He lived until 1635 in Hoikendorf until 1641 in Boessow and Manderow and had a house in Wismar.

1633 he became a captain in a regiment under the command of Mecklenburg Fritz von Ihlenfeld appointed. From 1634 to 1635 he was a captain in the cloister monastery Dobbertin. After the Peace of Prague in 1635 became Plessen by Duke Adolf Friedrich I of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg Council, and the bailiff of the Office of Schwerin. A year later, accompanied Plessen Prince Ludwig I of Anhalt- on the North German tour, which took this to arrange the Holstein-schaumburgische rule. End 1636, Prince Ludwig of both desire Plessen in the Fruitful Society on. Daniel von Plessen will Köthener Society Book of Fruit-bearing Society under the number 297 with his company name of pure lists. As an emblem it was the Irish in makeshift wooden vault intended, whose motto was from spinning and worms. They praised his skill and splendid eloquence.

Plessen 1641 became the steward called the Prince Christian Louis, and three years later announced Plessen on a trip abroad this place. 1650 he was appointed to the Mecklenburg district.

Asked after the death of the monastery Dobbertin Churdt Captain Behr, on 29 June 1659, the Domina AnnaSophia Scharffenberg of the dukes and Gustavus Adolphus Christian by the belated re-election because of the crop to use the District of Plessen Daniel Monastery as captain. But already on 20 July 1659 was Christoph Friedrich von Jasmund from Stargard to Cammin elected captain of the monastery.