Lampert Distelmeyer

He originally studied theology at St. Thomas School but, on the advice of Philipp Melanchthon, switched to law in 1542.

Three years later, he was working as an advisor for Chancellor Simon Pistorius [de] in Merseburg.

He then became Syndic for the city of Bautzen and earned his doctorate from the law faculty of Leipzig University.

In 1569, he helped secure the transfer of the Duchy of Prussia, from King Sigismund II Augustus of Poland to Albert Frederick of the Brandenburg Hohenzollerns.

In 1895, he was chosen to be one of the historical figures represented on the Siegesallee (Victory Avenue), a monument garden in Berlin.