Albert Gildehusen
Albert Gildehusen (* unknown; † around 1398) was mayor of Stralsund for many years .
Gildehusen (also: Gyldehusen, Ghyldehusen) came from a long -established Stralsund patrician family who came from the county of Bentheim and was also a councilor in Visby and is documented in the Lübeck circle society . He was elected to the city council of Stralsund in 1369. In 1378 (after the "Hanserecessen" not until 1387) he was elected mayor.
He represented Stralsund at Hanseatic days from 1385 to 1390. By trading with the countries north of the Baltic Sea , he became very wealthy. In Stralsund he was responsible for the management of the municipal mint.
In 1391 he and the mayor Bertram Wulflam were accused of failing to differentiate between income and private income following a reform of the city constitution, which Karsten Sarnow had carried out. In the same year he left the city with Wulflam and his son Wulfhard Wulflam and went to Lübeck , from where he and Wulflam made their return. After Stralsund was threatened by the Hanseatic League , he returned to Stralsund in 1393 and became mayor again. He set up a charitable foundation here.
Gildehusen probably died in Stralsund in 1398.
From the middle of the 15th century, chroniclers sometimes used the name Holdthusen for the founder of the foundation in order to cover up the defamation of 1391.
family
Albert Gildehusene's daughter Gertrud married Nikolaus Wulflam, one of Bertram Wulflam's sons, in 1390.
literature
- Theodor Pyl : Gildehusen, Albert . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1879, p. 168 f.
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| SURNAME | Gildehusen, Albert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gyldehusen; Ghyldehusen; Holdthusen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mayor of Stralsund |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stralsund |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1398 |
| Place of death | Stralsund |