Jost Andreas von Randow
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Jost Andreas von Randow (* Loburg, 3. April 1580; † ?) was courtier at the Anhaltian court at Dessau
and an early member of the Fruitbearing Society
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. He was the son of Caspar von Randow of Loburg
(† 1610) and of Elisabeth von Barby who hailed from the house of Kalitz († 1618). He was born on Easter Sunday 1580. His death date is unknown. Jost Andreas remained unmarried and was mentioned in documents until 1623, but must have lived longer.
In 1619 Randow became a member of the Fruitbearing Society, which had been founded in 1617 by Prince Ludwig I. of Anhalt-Köthen. As a society name her chose Der Leimende (The Glueing).
As an emblem Randow was given a half withered apple tree with branches partly covered by moss. In the membership register Randow has the number 22 meaning, that he was one of the earlier members. At its peak in 1650 the society hat 527 members.
Dessau
Dessau is a town in Germany on the junction of the rivers Mulde and Elbe, in the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt. Since 1 July 2007, it is part of the merged town Dessau-Roßlau. Population of Dessau proper: 77,973 .-Geography:...
and an early member of the Fruitbearing Society
Fruitbearing Society
The Fruitbearing Society was a German literary society founded in 1617 in Weimar by German scholars and nobility to emulate the idea of the Accademia della Crusca in Florence and similar groups already thriving in Italy, to be followed in later years also in France and Britain...
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Life
Jost Andreas von Randow (sometimes also von Randau) descended from an old noble family that hailed from the archbishopric of MagdeburgArchbishopric of Magdeburg
The Archbishopric of Magdeburg was a Roman Catholic archdiocese and Prince-Bishopric of the Holy Roman Empire centered on the city of Magdeburg on the Elbe River....
. He was the son of Caspar von Randow of Loburg
Loburg
Loburg is a town and former municipality in the Jerichower Land district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the river Ehle, north of Zerbst. Since 1 January 2009, it is part of the town Möckern....
(† 1610) and of Elisabeth von Barby who hailed from the house of Kalitz († 1618). He was born on Easter Sunday 1580. His death date is unknown. Jost Andreas remained unmarried and was mentioned in documents until 1623, but must have lived longer.
In 1619 Randow became a member of the Fruitbearing Society, which had been founded in 1617 by Prince Ludwig I. of Anhalt-Köthen. As a society name her chose Der Leimende (The Glueing).
As an emblem Randow was given a half withered apple tree with branches partly covered by moss. In the membership register Randow has the number 22 meaning, that he was one of the earlier members. At its peak in 1650 the society hat 527 members.