Adam of Haren, the Elder
Adam von Haren , the elder (also called Daem in some sources , * around 1409; † March 8, 1454 in Aachen ) was aldermen and mayor of the imperial city of Aachen .
Live and act
The son of the married couple Gerhard von Haren and Mette (Mechtildis) Holzappel zu Täsch and brother of Gerhard von Haren, the younger came from the Haren-Voerendaal line of the old patrician family Van Haren from the former rule of Valkenburg . He first appeared in 1437 as a member of the city council of Aachen and was elected mayor in 1443 .
The Adam von Haren family belonged to the wealthy families of Aachen and contributed to the alleviation of the general misery through a generous loan to the city. She also supported the monks of the Regulierherrenkloster in Aachen, who also wrote the necrology for the family. In addition, Adam von Haren inherited a large part of his father's lands, including the Gut Baenlä , Kalkofen and Hanbruch estates, and also acquired the Schurzelt estate from Mayor Colyn Beissel . He also owned Gut Margraten in Roderland and several city apartments in Aachen.
Adam von Haren was married to Agnes van den Weyer († 1467), with whom he had three sons and two daughters. The eldest son Gerhard († 1474) was appointed to Jülichschen Vogt and Meier in Aachen in 1459 and belonged to the jury chair from 1460 until his death . Among other things, he inherited the Kalkofen estate, which he transferred after his death to his daughter Agnes, who had married the lay judge and mayor Fetschin Colyn . Adam's second son was the future Canon Frambach von Haren, who received the Schurzelt estate, but sold it again in 1487. The third son was Adam von Haren, the younger , who was also accepted into the college of lay judges and later elected mayor of Aachen.
After Adam's death on July 10, 1459, his widow transferred the Baenlä farm to the Benedictine monastery of St. Mauritius in Cologne , where Mettel (Mechtildis), Adam's eldest daughter, had entered as a nun in 1455. His estate Margraten was used as a deposit for the interest that was on the farm.
Literature and Sources
- Luise Freiin von Coels von der Brügghen : The lay judges of the Royal See of Aachen from the earliest times until the final repeal of the imperial city constitution in 1798 . In: Journal of the Aachen History Association . tape 50 , 1928, ISSN 0065-0137 , pp. 185-189 (No. 169) ( online on rootsweb ).
- Luise Freiin von Coels von der Brügghen: The Aachen mayors from 1251 to 1798 . In: Journal of the Aachen History Association . tape 55: 1933/34 , 1935, pp. 54 ( online as pdf, 1.7 MB ).
- Christian Quix : St. Peters Parish Church: along with notes on the Kalkofen and Margraten castles and the Kuckesrath, Vaalser-Neuenhof and Hanbruch estates. Verlag Jacob Anton Mayer , Aachen 1836, pp. 63–75, Gut Baenlä (digitized version) and p. 75–89 Gut Hanbruch (digitized version) and p. 26/27 Gut Kalkofen (digitized version)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haren, Adam of |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Haren, Daem of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Alderman and Mayor of the Imperial City of Aachen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1409 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1454 |
| Place of death | Aachen |