Augustus of Anhalt-Plötzkau (
Dessau, 14 July 1575 –
Plötzkau, 22 August 1653), was a German prince of the
House of Ascania and ruler of the unified principality of
Anhalt. From 1603, he was ruler of the principality of
Anhalt-Plötzkau.
In 1586, after the death of his father, Augustus inherited Anhalt jointly with his half- and full brothers under the regency of the eldest,
John George I.
After seventeen years of joint rule, the surviving brothers agreed to a formal division of their lands in 1603. Augustus received
Plötzkau, which was created from parts of the old principality of
Anhalt-Bernburg.
In 1611 he proposed publishing the two
Rosicrucian manifestos together, but was unable to locate a copy of Confessio.[1]