Mayor of the imperial city of Aachen

Coat of arms of the Free Imperial City of Aachen

This list enumerates the people who were mayors of Aachen during the time when Aachen was a free imperial city . The later mayors of Aachen are listed under Mayors of the City of Aachen .

history

The Free Imperial City of Aachen was initially ruled by a royal official. It was not until 1250 that the management was transferred to a so-called Erbrat , which was made up of two renters and builders, lifelong lay judges and the deputies of the nine Aachen counties of the Aachen Empire , and which was usually headed by two ruling mayors. The latter were initially notable Aachen personalities, from the middle of the 14th century also increasingly members of the Aachen jury chair . This aristocratic self-government of the city led increasingly to annoyance, as the craftsmen and common citizens felt they were not represented in the Herbrat.

It was only in the Aachen Gaffelbrief of 1450 and its later novellas that it was specified that a mayor from the circle of lay judges, who now organized themselves into the star guild named after their local pub , and a mayor from the other guilds had to be elected as a representative of the citizenship. The mayor from the lay judges was also called"Mayor of lay judges", the mayor of the guilds as "Mayor" (sic!). The elections usually took place on May 25th. The candidates had to have civil rights and had to live and work in Aachen for a long time. Their term of office usually lasted one year, after which they were referred to as so-called "resigned mayors" and could only stand for election again after another year.

There could be "couples" who took turns every two years and thus determined the fate of Aachen for a long time. So was z. B. Alexander Theodor von Oliva in the 38 years between 1729 and 1767 a total of 19 lay mayor, from 1729 to 1748 alternating with Johann Werner von Broich , from 1749 to 1756 alternating with Franz von Fürth and from 1758 to 1767 alternating with Joseph Xaver von Richterich . This then alternated until 1786 with Johann Jakob von Wylre in the office of lay mayor. There were such couples with the mayors from the guilds, e.g. B. Martin Lambert de Lonneux and Jakob Niclas between 1730 and 1756.

The normal sequence was disrupted several times, for example during the Aachen religious unrest in the 16th century. In 1581 both the Catholic and the Protestant parties elected a mayor from the lay judges and one from the guilds. After a new election a few weeks later on June 5, 1581, only the Protestant mayor Johann von Lontzen and the Catholic mayor Johann Fiebus remained in office. In 1587, the Protestants who remained in Aachen elected two mayors in addition to a lay mayor, while the Catholics expelled from Aachen each elected their own mayor from the lay judges and the guilds. In 1786, during the Aachener Mäkelei , the elected mayor Stephan Dominicus Dauven , who belonged to the Old Party, was forced to resign and replaced by a candidate from the New Party.

As a result of the unrest triggered by the Aachen grievances and the French occupation from 1792 onwards, no mayoral elections were held from 1790 to 1797. The imperial city constitution was initially suspended by the French, temporarily reinstated in 1797, and finally suspended in 1798. Until 1800 Aachen was ruled by the president of the cantonal council, Jakob Friedrich Kolb, and his 10-member council. From 1800 the French system of the Mairie , in which a single Maire was at the head of the city, replaced the dual leadership with two mayors . This system was retained even after the French occupation, and from then on the mayor held the title of Lord Mayor. Even before the final dissolution of the imperial city constitution, the needle manufacturer and representative of the New Party Stephan Wilhelm Joseph Beissel (1751–1819) and from July 1795 to spring 1797 the merchant Joseph Brantten, Freemason and Illuminate , were Maire from January 1793 to March 1793 been appointed.

The oldest known lists of Aachen mayors are manuscripts from the 18th century. However, they contained few entries and were found to be unreliable. A list of Aachen mayors first appeared in print in 1841 in the second volume of the history of the city of Aachen by Christian Quix . It covered the years 1251 to 1344. Hugo Loersch published a list of mayors from 1251 to 1485 in Aachener Rechtsdenkmäler in 1871. Luise Freiin von Coels von der Brügghen published a comprehensive list of documented mayors from 1250 until the final dissolution of the imperial city constitution of Aachen in 1798 1935 in volume 55 of the journal of the Aachen history association. The present list is essentially based on this publication.

list

The mayors that can be proven by sources are listed below.

Legend:

Type = type of office

B = Mayor before 1450, not proven as a lay judge

S = before 1450: mayor and jury, after 1450: mayor from the jury, also called jury mayor

Z = Mayor after 1450 from the citizenry (the guilds), also called mayor

Number = number of terms of office

Term of office = years of office

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Surname	Art	number	Term of office (noun)	Remarks
Johannes Goswin	B.	1	1251/52
Johannes Hun	B.	1	1251/52
Martinus Simon	B.	1	1252/53
Martinus de Trajecto	B.	1	1264/65
Martinus NN	B.	1	1265/66
Yvillon	B.	2	1265/66, 1269/70
Jaspar de Horne	B.	1	1272/73
Stefan de Puteo	B.	1	1272/73
Arnoldus de Sleyda	B.	1	1274/75
Hermann Kalf	B.	1	1278/79
John de Golopia	B.	1	1278/79
Henricus de Wicorum	B.	1	1279/80
Ricobaldus de Ahre	B.	2	1283/84, 1289/90
Thomas NN	B.	1	1286/87
Gunther de Pless	B.	1	1289/90
Ghyso Cappellan	B.	1	1294/95
Arnoldus de Lime Kiln	B.	1	1305/06
Henricus de Robotroide	B.	1	1305/06
Godeschalcus Schrat	B.	1	1309/10
Johannes Buschart	B.	2	1309/10, 1319-21
Arnoldus de Porta Regis	B.	1	1319-21
Martin of Pont	B.	1	1323-25
Theodor von Streithagen	B.	1	1323/24
Gerhard Chorus (1285-1367)	S.	5	1324/25, 1327/28, 1338/39, 1342/43, 1346/47	better known as Ritter Chorus , sponsor of the Gothic choir of the Aachen Marienkirche (today's Aachen Cathedral ), as well as the new building of the Aachen town hall ; Statue depicting him, made by Karl Krauss , in Aachen City Hall
Walter von Pont († before 1349)	B.	4th	1327/28, 1334/35, 1338/39, 1343/44
Goswin NN	B.	1	1333/34
Godart NN	B.	1	1333/34
John of the Squirrel († 1344)	S.	2	1334/35, 1343/44,	was significantly involved in the preparations for the Maas-Rhein peace alliance between the cities of Aachen and Cologne as well as Kurköln and the Duchy of Brabant .
Jakob Colyn († 1370)	B + S	4 + 1	B : 1342/43, 1344/45, 1351/52, 1354/55, S : 1358/59	Cousin of Jakob Colyn († 1381) ; Co-signatory of the peace alliance. He was admitted to the jury before 1358.
Matthias Hoyn	B.	1	1344/45
Christian Lewe († before 1375)	S.	3	1346/47, 1361/62, 1364/65	Co-initiator of the peace alliance
Willem of Pont	B.	1	1351/52
Johann of St. ghost	B.	1	1354/55
Konrad von dem Eichhorn († 1381)	S.	2	1360/61, 1367/68	possible son of Johannes von dem Eichhorn ; put down the uprising of the weavers and cloth walkers in 1368 with blood.
Gottfried Colyn the Elder	B.	1	1360/61
Goswin von Pont († around 1365)	S.	1	1361/62	Brother of Willem von Pont ;
Johann Chorus († around 1367)	S.	1 + 1	B : 1349/50, S : 1363/64	Brother or cousin of Gerhard Chorus, was first mentioned as a lay judge in 1358. His first term of office relates to the Aachen city accounts, but it is unclear whether there will be further terms of office, as the records from those years are incomplete.
Arnold van den Berge († before 1370)	S.	1	1363/64
Gerhard van Rodenburg	S.	1	1366/67	Mayor's office unclear, source The lay judges of the royal chair gives no indication and the last mention as a lay judge took place on July 5, 1365 (!), Which means that he would have to have died a little later, as one usually remained a lay judge for life . This contradicts the entry in the source Aachen Mayor from 1251 to 1798 , where Rodenburg is designated as mayor for 1366/67. Otherwise there are (so far) no further sources.
Jakob Colyn († 1381)	S.	4th	1367/68, 1371/72, 1376/79, 1379/80	Cousin of Jacob Colyn († 1370) ; put down the uprising of the weavers and cloth walkers in 1368 with blood
Johann von Pont († around 1386)	B + S	1 + 9	B: 1368/69 S: 1372/73, 1374-1376, 1377/78, 1379/80, 1383-1387	He was admitted to the jury's chair around 1370. A statue depicting him, made by Karl Krauss , is in the Aachen town hall.
Wilhelm Ellerborn	B.	1	1368/69
Johann Ellerborn	B.	1	1371/72
Arnold Volmer († around 1387)	S.	3	1372/73, 1374/75, 1386/87
Reinhard von Moirke († 1386)	S.	6th	1373/74, 1376/77, 1380/81, 1382/83
Gottfried Colyn the Younger	B.	1	1373/74
Johannes Nys	B.	1	1377/78
Gerhard Lewe, the Elder († around 1384)	S.	2	1380/81, 1383/84
Heinrich van der Linden († 1391)	S.	6th	1382/83, 1385/86, 1387-1391
Christian van den Canel († around 1401)	S.	3	1387/88, 1389/90, 1392/93
Volmer in St. Jacobstrasse († around 1397)	S.	3	1388/89, 1391/92, 1394/95
Reinhard von Moirke († 1412)	B + S	1 + 5	B : 1389/90, S : 1392/93, 1396-1398, 1400/01, 1408/09, 1412	Son of Reinhard von Moirke, the elder ; was admitted to the jury's chair in 1391. He died in 1412
Konrad von Pont the Old († after 1404)	S.	4th	1390/91, 1393/94, 1397/98, 1401/02	Nephew of Johann von Pont ;
Johann van den Berge († around 1409)	S.	2	1391/92, 1398/99
Konrad Volmer	B.	1	1393/94
Johann van Sint Margraten	B.	3	1394/95, 1396/97, 1401/02
Johann Bertolf († around 1407)	S.	1-6	1399/1400	Brother of Heinrich Bertolf ; possible terms of office in the years 1395/96, 1402/03, 1404/05, 1405/06, 1406/07 can be considered
Statz von Segraedt, the elder	B.	1	1399/1400
Rikolf Colyn († around 1400)	S.	1	1398/99	Son or nephew of Jakob Colyn († 1370) ;
Konrad von dem Eichhorn († 1437)	S.	3	1400/01, 1408/09, 1414/15,	Son of Konrad von dem Eichhorn († 1381) ; perhaps he was in office more than once, since the sources are imprecise. Not to be confused with the mayor of the same name who was on duty in 1407/08; Konrad von dem Eichhorn also bloodily put down a rebellion of 10 Ambachten.
Heinrich Bertolf	B.	1	1403/04	Brother of Johann Bertolf († around 1407) ;
Konrad von dem Eichhorn, the old man	B.	1	1407/08	not to be confused with the aldermen-mayor of the same name, possibly a cousin of his.
Hermann Dürtzant († around 1416)	S.	1	1407/08	Opponent of the Aachen coronation of Ruprecht (HRR) as Roman-German king
Gerhard von Haren, the Elder († around 1511)	B.	1	1411/12
Gerhard Lewe, the Younger († around 1426)	S.	2	1413/14, 1425/26	Son of Gerhard Lewe, the elder
Gerhard von Wylre († 1440)	S.	4th	1416/17, (1429/30), 1431/32, 1436/37	In the Schöffenbuch von Coels von Wylre is mentioned as mayor in 1429, but Johann Ellerborn is listed in her mayor overview.
Statz von Segraedt († around 1441)	S.	3	1418/19, 1437/38, 1440/41
Johann Ellerborn († around 1440)	S.	1 + 4	B: 1414/15, S: 1420/21, 1425/26, (1429/30), 1436/37	Is listed as a member of the Schöffenstuhl from 1420. In the Mayor Survey of Coels Ellerborn is listed as mayor in 1429, but Gerhard von Wylre is mentioned in the Schöffenbuch.
Martin Bertolf († around 1442)	S.	2	1421/22, 1437/38	Son of Johann Bertolf († around 1407) and nephew of Heinrich Bertolf ;
Ghisen Bleyenheuft	B.	1	1421/22	Ghiso Bleyenhouft wrote himself in his day
Colyn Beissel († 1452)	B.	2	1423/24, 1429/30
Walter Volmer († before 1431)	S.	1	1427/28	Son of Volmer in St. Jacobstrasse
Konrad von Pont († between 1435 and 1438)	B.	1	1427/28
Johann Beissel († around 1440)	S.	1	1428/29	Brother of Colyn Beissel ;
Wilhelm von der Hagen	B.	3	1431/32, 1438/39, 1441/42
Lambrecht Buck the Elder († around 1462)	S.	6th	1432/33, 1440/41, 1442/43, 1446/47, 1448/89, 1452/53	called Macco Bock in the source
Johann von der Hagen († before 1465)	B.	3	1432/33, 1435/36, 1439/40
Heimbrecht von Bastenachen	B.	1	1433/34
Gerhard Beissel († around 1462)	S.	6th	1435/36, 1452/53, 1455/56, 1457/58, 1460/61, 1461/62
Peter Scheichter	B.	2	1438/39, 1445/46
Gottschalk from Hochkirchen	S.	1	1439/40
Adam von Haren, the Elder († around 1454)	S.	1	1443/44	Son of Gerhard von Haren, the elder ;
Matthys Overbach	Z	3	1443/44, 1456/57, 1459/60
Fetschin Colyn († 1472)	S.	3	1445/46, 1450/51, 1459/60	Grandson of Jakob Colyn († 1370)
Johann Hartmann († around 1450)	S.	1	1446/47
Jan van Eynatten	B.	1	1448/49
Statz von Segraedt († around 1460)	S.	2	1450/51, 1456/57	Son of Statz von Segraedt († around 1441) ; Term of office 1450 uncertain, could also be a year earlier, as there is no entry in the mayor's list for 1449. In the run-up to the discussions about the introduction of the Aachen Gaffelbrief, Segraedt came into office with the votes of the Jakobstor County for the elected Peter Juris, whom the citizens had not accepted. ( see article ).
Gerhard von Haren, the Younger († around 1458)	S.	?	1450/51?	Son of Gerhard von Haren, the elder ; Term of office uncertain, is only mentioned in the source Quix in 1450 as mayor instead of Fetschin Colyn, the elder or Statz von Segraedt ( see article )
Thomas Ellerborn († around 1472)	S.	4th	1451/52, 1455/56, 1458/59, 1462/63	Son of Johann Ellerborn († around 1440)
Stefan van Roide	Z	3	1451/52, 1458/59, 1462/63
Johann von Gimmenich	Z	4th	1460/61, 1461/62, 1464/65, 1466/67
Gerhard Beissel († around 1493)	S.	7th	1469/70, 1472/73, 1474/75, 1483/84, 1484/85, 1487/88, 1491/92	Son of Gerhard Beissel († around 1462) ;
Johann Bertolf († 1510)	S.	8th	1463/64, 1465/66, 1471/72, 1475/76, 1480/81, 1494/95, 1495/96, 1499/1500	Son of Martin Bertolf ; was a stale mayor in 1495, then replaced an incumbent who was not known by name
Wilhelm von Roide	Z	3	1463/64, 1465/66, 1468/69
Peter von Segraedt († around 1483)	S.	6th	1464/65, 1467/68, 1470/71, 1473/74, 1478/79, 1482/83	Son of Statz von Segraedt († around 1441) ; Terms of office according to source The Aachen mayors from 1251 to 1798 ; The source The lay judges of the royal chair only shows the terms of office 1466, 1470, 1473 and 1482 ( see article )
Alart van der Smitten	S.	1	1466/67
Lambrecht Buck the Younger	Z	6th	1467/68, 1469/70, 1472/74, 1474/75, 1479/80, 1484/85	called Macco Bock in the source
Hermann von Dremborn († around 1486)	S.	3	1470/71, 1473/74, 1477/78
Gottschalk von Segraedt († around 1483)	S.	3	1471/72, 1476/77, 1479/80	Son of Statz von Segraedt († around 1441)
Mathys Bestoltz († 1483)	Z	1	1475/76
Johann Ellerborn († 1509)	Z	4th	1476/77, 1478/79, 1481/82, 1486/87
Johann Heiman	Z	1	1477/78	unclear source, perhaps identical with Johann Heinmann von Breidenich, judge at the jury's chair
Johann von Roide	S.	1	1481/82
Lambrecht von Richtergen	Z	3	1482/83, 1487/88, 1491/92
Johann Beissel († around 1494)	S.	1	1486/87	Son of Colyn Beissel and nephew of Johann Beissel († around 1440) ;
Fetschin Colyn († around 1505)	S.	4th	1488/89, 1493/94, 1500/01, 1504-1506	Son of Fetschin Colyn († 1472) ;
Peter Buck the Elder	Z	2	1488/89, 1493/94	called Macco Bock in the source
Adam von Haren, the Younger († around 1511)	S.	2	1489/90, 1496/97	Son of Adam of Haren, the Elder
Peter von Gymnich	Z	3	1489/90, 1492/93, 1496/97
Wilhelm Inghenhofen	S.	1	1492/93
Peter Wolff († 1516)	Z	3	1494/95, 1497/9, 1501/02
Johann Pastor († around 1510)	B + S	1 + 1	B : 1498/99, S : 1502/03	Johann Pastor was accepted into the jury's chair in 1501
Wilhelm Colyn († around 1524)	S.	7th	1497/98, 1510/11, 1512/13, 1513/14, 1517/18, 1520/21, 1522/23	Son of Fetschin Colyn († 1472) ; played a decisive role in the reform of the Aachen Gaffelbrief in 1513 and came into office in the same year due to the uprising of the citizens
Wilhelm von Wylre († 1508)	S.	3	1498/99, 1501/02, 1506/07	Grandson of Gerhard von Wylre ;
Hermann Pastor († 1515)	Z	1	1500/01
Peter Bestoltz (* 1460)	Z	3	1504-1506, 1508/09, 1510/11
Adam Munten	Z	2	1506/07, 1511/12
Gilles von dem Buschoffsstave († before 1512)	S.	1	1507/08	vehemently opposed the reform of the Aachen gaff letter and withdrew from Aachen during the unrest in this regard of 1513;
Peter of Inden (1458–1539)	Z	8th	1507/08, 1509/10, 1512/13, 1520/21, 1522/23, 1524/25, 1527/28, 1532/33
Johann von Drimborn († around 1536)	S.	1	1508/09	Son of Hermann von Dremborn
Johann von Hochkirchen (1482–1554)	S.	1	1509/10
Everhard von Haren († around 1529)	S.	4th	1511/12, 1514/15, 1521/22, 1526/27	Son of Adam van Haren, the younger , sat crucial for the reform of the Aachener gaff letter a
Werner von Merode-Houffalize	Z	1	1513/14
Jakob Krop	Z	3	1514/15, 1517/18, 1523/24
Leonhard von dem Ellenbant (around 1481 – before 1552)	S.	5	1516/17, 1529/30, 1533/34, 1535/36, 1537/38	Fought against the introduction of the Reformation
Arnold Wymer (* 1486)	Z	6th	1516/17, 1519/20, 1528/29, 1530/31, 1533/34, 1535/36
Johann Ellerborn († around 1532)	S.	3	1519/20, 1523/24, 1531/32	His son Johann Ellerborn († around 1563) could also have held the term of office 1531/32 .
Johann von Stommel († 1528)	S.	2	1524/25, 1527/28
Franz von Pirn († 1551)	Z	4th	1526/27, 1529/30, 1547/48, 1550/51	died a few months before the end of office and was represented by the stale mayor Nicolaes Wilreman
Wolter of Wylre (1495–1529)	S.	1	1528/29	Son of Wilhelm von Wylre ;
Melchior Colyn (1500–1558)	S.	14th	1530/31, 1532/33, 1534/35, 1536/37, 1538/39, 1540/41, 1542/43, 1544/45, 1547/48, 1550/51, 1552/53, 1554/55, 1556 / 57, 1558	Son of Wilhelm Colyn ; died in the course of his last term of office and was represented by the stale mayor Johann Ellerborn († around 1532) until the regular election . Although Catholic, he was loyal to Protestants.
Johann Ellerborn (around 1512 – around 1563)	S.	12	1531/32, 1539/40, 1541/42, 1543/44, 1546/47, 1548/49, 1551/52, 1553/54, 1555/56, 1557/58, 1555/56, 1560/61, 1562 / 63	His father Johann Ellerborn († around 1532) could also have held office in 1531/32. Stepped in as a stale mayor in 1558 for the late Melchior Colyn. Representing a strictly Catholic line.
Johann von Buel	Z	3	1531/32, 1537/38, 1539/40
Adam von Zevel (around 1497–1565)	Z	3	1534/35, 1536/37, 1545/46	Representatives of the Reformed
Nicolaes Wilreman (1489–1568)	Z	9	1538/39, 1541/42, 1546/47, 1549/50, 1556/57, 1562/63, 1564/65, 1566/67, 1568/69	represented the late Franz von Pirn for a few months in 1551
Simon I. Engelbrecht (before † 1554)	Z	2	1540/41, 1542/43	Representatives of the Catholics
Johann von Stommel	Z	2	1544/45, 1548/49
Gerhard Ellerborn (1517–1571)	S.	4th	1549/50, 1559/60, 1563/64, 1566/67	Son of Johann Ellerborn († around 1532) and brother of Johann Ellerborn († around 1563) ; Representative of a strictly Catholic line
Emondt Düppengießer	Z	1	1551/52
Adam von Zevel (1529–1587)	Z	3	1552/53, 1553/54, 1555/56, 1559	Representatives of the Reformed; was replaced by Franz Block from September 26, 1559 due to his advocacy for the Reformed community of Aachen
Wilhelm Engelbrecht (1519 - between 1569 and 1571)	Z	2	1554/55, 1557/58	Son of Simon I. Engelbrecht ; Representatives of the Catholics
Frank Block (1497-1580)	Z	8th	1558/59, 1559/60, 1561/62, 1563/64, 1565/66, 1567/68, 1569/70, 1571/72	Representatives of the Catholics; was installed as a stale mayor from September 26, 1559 for Adam von Zevel after his removal
Stephan Wolff (1513–1566)	Z	1	1560/61	Representatives of the Catholics
Jacob von Bree	S.	1	1561/62
Leonhard von dem Hove (around 1519–1590)	S.	6th	1564/65, 1567/58, 1569/70, 1572/73, 1574/75, 1580/81	Representatives of the Catholics withdrew from politics because of frustration at the rise of the Protestants
Peter Buck the Younger (around 1496 – before 1573)	S.	1	1565/66	called Macco Bock in the source
Johann von Lontzen (around 1497 – around 1591)	S.	6/7	1568/69, 1575/76, 1576/77 (?), 1579/80, 1581/82, 1583/84, 1585/86	Representative of the Reformed, according to a surviving manuscript, also mayor of the aldermen in 1576/77; Elected by the Protestant party in 1581, confirmed in a new election on June 5, 1581; suspended from service for corruption in April 1586.
Matthias Peltzer (1508–1591)	Z	2	1570/71, 1572/73	Leader of the Protestant movement in Aachen, his descendants settled in Stolberg .
Albrecht Schrick (1532–1598)	S.	3½	1571/72, 1578/79, 1581, 1598/99,	Elected in 1581 by the Catholic party, replaced by Johann von Lontzen after a new election on June 5, 1581, in 1598 after the ostracism of the originally elected mayors Bonifacius Colin and Simon III. Engelbracht was elected as a successor, died while in office and was replaced by Wilhelm von Wylre on September 24, 1598
Peter Holzmaert	Z	1	1571/72
Johann Fiebus	Z	2	1574/75, 1581/82	Macco Feibus named in the source , elected by the Catholic party in 1581, confirmed in a new election on June 5, 1581
Johann Rulandt (1520–1579)	Z		1575/76, 1578/79	Representatives of the Reformed
Simon II. Engelbrecht	Z	3-7	1577/78, 1579/80, 1581 1582/83, 1584/85, 1586/87, 1588/89	Son of Simon I. Engelbrecht ; converted to the Reformed, elected by the Evangelical Party in 1581; it is unclear whether some of his last terms in office were given to his nephew Simon III. are attributable.
Peter von Zevel (* 1530)	Z	5	1580/81, 1583/84, 1585/86, 1587/88, 1589/90	Representatives of the Reformed;
Bonifacius Colyn (1533–1608)	S.	7½	1582/83, 1584/85, 1586/87, 1588/89, 1590/91, 1592/93, 1596/97, 1598	Son of Melchior Colyn ; Although Catholic, he was ostracized in 1598 for his loyalty to the Protestants and replaced by Albrecht Schick
Anastasius von Segraedt (around 1541 – around 1598)	S.	7th	1587/88, 1589/90, 1591/92, 1593/94, 1594/95, 1595/96, 1597/98	Great-grandson of Gottschalk von Segraedt ; was one of the three mayors elected by the Protestants in 1597, ostracized in 1598
Simon III Engelbrecht (* around 1532)	Z	5-9	1590/91, 1592/93, 1594/95, 1596/97, 1598	Son of Wilhelm Engelbrecht; Representatives of the Catholics; It is unclear whether he had previously held a number of terms in office that can be ascribed to his uncle Simon II Engelbrecht. Outlawed on July 29, 1598 and replaced by Jakob Moll
Dietrich Vercken (* 1539)	Z	4th	1591/92, 1593/94, 1595/96, 1597/98	was one of the three mayors elected by the Protestants in 1597, ostracized in 1598
Matthäus Peltzer	Z	1	1597/98	1597 one of the three mayors elected by the Protestants, ostracized in 1598
Wilhelm von Wylre (1539–1601)	S.	1½	1597/98, 1598/99	Nephew of Wolter von Wylre ; Elected by the expelled Catholics in exile in Jülich in 1597, but could not take up his office, only succeeded Albrecht Schrick in 1598 after his death
Egidius Valenzyn († 1600)	S.	2	1597/98, 1599/1600	Elected by the expelled Catholics in exile in Jülich in 1597, but could not take office
Jakob Moll (1537-1628)	Z	2	1598/99, 1600/01	Representatives of the Catholics; 1598 after the imperial ban for the originally elected mayors Bonifacius Colyn and Simon III. Engelbrecht elected as successor Oil painting in the mayor's office in Aachen city hall
Christian Meess the Elder (1541-1616)	Z	10	1599/1600, 1601/02, 1603/04, 1605/06, 1607/08, 1609/10, 1611/12, (1613/14), (1614/15), 1615/16,	In 1613, Berchem and Meess were officially elected by the Catholic side, but the Protestant mayors Lambert and Jodokus von Beeck exercised the office. After the Spanish troops marched in, Berchem and Meess replaced the mayors, Kalkberner and Schanternel, who were elected in 1614.
Johann Ellerborn († around 1609)	S.	4th	1600/01, 1602/03, 1604/05, 1608/09	Son of Gerhard Ellerborn ; Representative of a strictly Catholic line, was one of the Catholic officials exiled from 1550 to 1558
Joachim Berchem (1572–1648)	S.	18th	1601/02, 1603/04, 1605/06, 1607/08, 1609/10, 1611/12, (1613/14), 1614/15, 1615/16, 1617/18, 1619/20, 1621/22, 1623/24, 1627/28, 1629/30, 1631/32, 1633/34, 1637/38, 1640/41, 1644/45	In 1613, Berchem and Meess were officially elected by the Catholic side, but the Protestant mayors Lambert and Jodokus von Beeck exercised the office. After the Spanish troops marched in on August 25, 1614, Berchem and Meess replaced the mayors, Kalkberner and Schanternel, who were elected in the same year. Coat of arms engraving on the bowl of the Aachener Karlsbrunnen on the market square
Franz Widderath	Z	4th	1602/03, 1604/05, 1606/07, 1608/09
Abraham von Streithagen († 1635)	S.	1	1606/07	Representatives of the Catholics; Streithagen is named in a document dated April 13, 1610 as mayor and lay judge, but at the time Berchem was lay judge mayor. The title thus came from an earlier term of office, for which only 1606/07 comes into question, since no lay mayor is named for this term.
Johann Kalkberner (around 1560 – around 1616)	Z	2	1612/13, 1614	Representatives of the Reformed; replaced and ostracized by Berchem and Meess after the invasion of the Spanish troops on August 25, 1614
Adam Schanternel (1556-1631)	Z	2	1612/13, 1614	Representatives of the Reformed; replaced and ostracized by Berchem and Meess after the invasion of the Spanish troops on August 25, 1614
Lambert von Beeck	Z	1	1613/14	Last representatives of the Reformed and until the Prussian era no longer any representatives of the Reformed in the office of Reich Mayor; completed his term of office, although Berchem and Meess had been officially elected by the Catholic side, then ostracized.
Jodokus from Beeck	Z	1	1613/14	Last representatives of the Reformed and until the Prussian era no longer any representatives of the Reformed in the office of Reich Mayor; completed his term of office, although Berchem and Meess had been officially elected by the Catholic side, then ostracized.
Albrecht Schrick (1573-1640)	S.	10	1616/17, 1618/19, 1620/21, 1622/23, 1624/25, 1626/27, 1628/29, 1630/31, 1632/33, 1634/35	Son of Albrecht Schrick (politician, 1532) ; Representatives of the Catholics; Engraving of the coat of arms on the bowl of the Aachener Karlsbrunnen on the market square;
Johann Schörer († around 1653)	Z	8th	1616/17, 1618/19, 1621/22, 1623/24, 1625/26, 1627/28, 1629/30, 1631/32	Coat of arms engraving on the bowl of the Aachener Karlsbrunnen on the market square
Egidius Bleyenheuft (1566–1622)	Z	3	1610/11, 1617/18, 1620/21	Coat of arms engraving on the bowl of the Aachener Karlsbrunnen on the market square
Dietrich Speckhewer († 1666)	Z + S	8 + 1	Z : 1619/20, 1622/23, 1624/25, 1626/27, 1628/29, 1633/34, 1637/38, 1640/41; S : 1650/51	resigned his office as mayor of the guilds after joining the lay jury in 1641 .; Coat of arms engraving on the bowl of the Aachener Karlsbrunnen on the market square
Kaspar von Löwenich	Z	3	1630/31, 1632/33, 1634/35
Hermann von Ophoven , called Stroyff († 1650)	S.	3	1638/39, 1643/44, 1646/47
Johann Beelen	Z	1	1638/39
Caspar von Schwartzenberg († 1661)	S.	4th	1639/40, 1654/55, 1656/57, 1658/59	Cousin of Melchior von Schwartzenberg , with whom he alternated as mayor in his last three terms of office
Balthasar Fiebus the Elder († 1665)	Z	10½	1639/40, 1641, 1644/45, 1646/47, 1647/48, 1650/51, 1656/57, 1658/59, 1660/61, 1662/63, 1664/65	named in source Macco Feibus ; Brother or cousin of Nikolaus Fiebus ; Representatives of the Catholics; In 1641, after Speckhewers joined the jury, he replaced him as mayor of the guilds. Name engraving in the surround of the chimney in the foremen's kitchen in Aachen town hall
Christian Meess the Younger	Z	1	1643/44	Grandson of Christian Meess, the elder , representative of the Catholics; is also possible for the electoral periods 1635/36, 1636/37 and / or 1641/42
Melchior von Schwartzenberg (1613–1664)	S.	5	1655/56, 1657/58, 1659/60, 1661/62, 1663/64	Cousin of Caspar von Schwartzenberg , with whom he alternated as mayor of lay judges in his first three terms in office.
Leonhard Schleicher	Z	5	1655/56, 1657/58, 1659/60, 1661/62, 1663/64
Johann Bertram von Wylre (1623–1679)	S.	10	1659/60, 1660/61, 1662/63, 1664/65, 1666/67, 1668/69, 1669/70, 1674/75, 1676/67, 1678/79
Johann Wilhelm von Bock	S.	1	1665/66
Gerlach Maw (1622–1681)	Z	5	1665/66, 1666/67, 1668/69, 1670/71, 1672/73	ruled alone in 1672, since between 1671 and 1673 the lay judges did not propose a candidate from their ranks in protest because their candidate for 1670 was not recognized by the council
Nikolaus Fiebus (1622–1672)	Z	3	1667/68, 1669/70, 1671/72	in the source Macco Feibus named, brother or cousin of Balthasar Fiebus, the elder ; Representatives of the Catholics; ruled alone in 1671, since between 1671 and 1673 the lay judges did not propose a candidate from their ranks in protest because their candidate for 1670 was not recognized by the council
Johann Wilhelm von Olmüssen († 1693)	S.	10½	1670/71, 74, 1675/76, 1677/78, 1679/80, 1681/82, 1883/84, 1685/86, 1687/88, 1689/90	Olmüssen had been elected by the council as lay judge in 1670, although he was not proposed by the lay judges. From 1671 to 1673, no lay mayor was elected in protest; for the period of office 1673/74, his election did not take place until March 9, 1674.
Johannes Chorus	Z	11	1673/74, 1675/76, 1677/78, 1679/80, 1681/82, 1683/84, 1685/86, 1687/88, 1689/90, 1691/92, 1693/94	ruled alone in 1673, since between 1671 and 1673 the lay judges did not propose a candidate from their ranks in protest because their candidate for 1670 was not recognized by the council.
Gerhard Schörer († 1677)	Z	2	1674/75, 1676/77	Cousin of Nikolaus Schörer
Nikolaus Schörer († around 1682)	Z	3	1678/79, 1680/81	Nephew of Johann Schörer and cousin of Gerhard Schörer
Johann Wilhelm von Fürth (1648–1698)	S.	1	1680/81
Werner von Broich (1636–1731)	S.	11	1682/83, 1684/85, 1686/87, 1688/89, 1691/92, 1693/94, 1699/1700, 1706-1709, 1710/11, 1712/13, 1714/15	Because of a dispute between lay judges and the council, no election of a lay mayor took place in 1700–1705 and the office remained vacant. In 1706 the office was returned to v. Broich, who kept it until 1709. Only then did the elections for the mayor of the lay judges take place. Engraving of the coat of arms in the lintel of the entrance to Alt-Linzenshäuschen , in the west wall of St. Foillan and in the Remise Haus Ludwigallee 65
Theodor Bodden († 1683)	Z	1	1682/83	Brother of Peter Ludwig Bodden; died at the end of his term; was the first mayor to wear a sword ; Coat of arms engraved on the west wall of St. Foillan
Peter Ludwig Bodden (* 1648)	Z	6th	1684/85, 1686/87, 1688/89, 1690/91, 1692/93, 1694/95	Brother of Theodor Bodden; Engraving of the coat of arms in the lintel of the entrance gate of the Long Tower .
Wilhelm Adolf von Eys (1647–1729)	S.	3	1690/91, 1692/93, 1694/95	Engraving of the coat of arms in the lintel of the entrance gate of the Long Tower
Johann Albrecht Schrick (1646–1702)	S.	2	1695/96, 1697/98	Great-grandson of Albrecht Schrick (politician, 1532) ;
Balthasar Fiebus the Younger (1646–1715)	Z	10	1695/96, 1697/98, 1699/1700, 1701/02, 1703/04, 1705/06, 1707/08, 1709/10, 1711/12, 1713/14	named in source Macco Feibus ; Son of Nikolaus Fiebus ; ruled in the years 1701/02, 1703/04 and 1705/06 alone without a lay mayor, as there was no candidate nomination by the lay chair due to a renewed dispute - like 30 years before - between the lay judges and the council. Engraving of the coat of arms in the lintel of the entrance to Alt-Linzenshäuschen and in the Remise Haus Ludwigallee 65
Tilman Schroeder (1645–1706)	S.	2	1696/97, 1698/99
Mathias Maw (1642–1709)	Z	7th	1696/97, 1698/99, 1700/01, 1702/03, 1704/05, 1706/07, 1708/09	Son of Gerlach Maw, ruled alone in the years 1700/01, 1702/34 and 1704/05 without a lay mayor, because during these terms of office there was no candidate nomination due to a renewed dispute - like 30 years before - between lay judges and the council Alderman came.
Dietrich Joseph Speckhewer (1659–1714)	S.	2	1709/10, 1711/1712
Michael Bodden (1667-1711)	Z	1	1710/11	Son of Theodor Bodden
Arnold Heitgens	Z	2	1712/13, 1714/15
Winand Theodor von Wylre (1665-1717)	S.	2	1713/14, 1715/16
Lambert Xaver Lambertz (1666-1716)	Z	1	1715/16
Hermann Franz Braumann (1686–1750)	S.	3	1716/17, 1718/19, 1720/21
Johann Theodor Richterich (1650–1728)	Z + S	1 + 3	Z : 1716/17; S : 1723/24, 1725/26, 1727/28	Was sworn in as a lay judge in 1720
Leonhard Joseph von Lamberts zu Cortenbach (1686–1764)	S.	3	1717/18, 1719/20, 1721/22
Cornelius de Fays († 1728)	Z	5	1717/18, 1719/20, 1722/23, 1724/25, 1726/27
Peter Dahmen (1647–1736)	Z	2	1718/19, 1720/21
Johann Kaspar Deltour (1651-1730)	Z	3½	1721/22, 1723/24, 1728/29, 1730	was initially represented by Martin Lambert de Lonneux due to an illness in 1730 and then replaced after his death
Johann Werner von Broich (1675–1747)	S.	13	1722/23, 1724/25, 1726/27, 1728/29, 1730/31, 1732/33, 1734/35, 1736/37, 1738/39, 1740/41, 1742/43, 1744/45, 1746 / 47	Son of Werner von Broich ;
Martin Lambert de Lonneux (1690–1756)	Z	15½	1725/26, 1727/28, 1729/30, 1730/31, 1732/33, 1734/35, 1736/37, 1738/39, 1740/41, 1742/43, 1744/45, 1746/47, 1748 / 49, 1750/51, 1752/53, 1754/55	Old party; initially represented Johann Kaspar Deltour in 1730 and replaced him on June 25, 1730
Alexander Theodor von Oliva (1691–1767)	S.	19th	1729/30, 1731/32, 1733/34, 1735/36, 1737/38, 1739/40, 1741/42, 1743/44, 1745/46, 1747/48, 1749/50, 1751/52, 1753 / 54, 1755/56, 1758/59, 1760/61, 1762/63, 1764/65, 1766/67	Old party; Mayor with the most terms in office
Jakob Niclas (1678–1755)	Z	14th	1731/32, 1733/34, 1735/36, 1737/38, 1739/40, 1741/42, 1743/44, 1745/46, 1747/48, 1749/50, 1751/52, 1753/54, 1755 / 56	Old party;
Franz von Fürth (1695–1773)	S.	4th	1748/49, 1750/51, 1752/53, 1754/55
Friedrich Wilhelm Beelen (1707–1766)	S.	1	1756/57
Johann von Wespien (1700–1759)	Z	2	1756/57, 1759/60	New party; The facade of the Wespienhaus and the Couvenwand fountain reminds of him
Joseph Xaver von Richterich (1719–1786)	S.	15th	1757/58, 1759/60, 1761/62, 1763/64, 1765/66, 1767/68, 1769/70, 1771/72, 1773/74, 1775/76, 1777/78, 1779/80, 1781 / 82, 1783/84, 1785/86	Old party;
Peter Balthasar Strauch (1728–1802)	Z	3	1757/58, 1759/60, 1761/62	New party;
Franz Augustin de Broe (* 1695)	Z	2	1760/61, 1762/63
Johann Lambert Kahr (1710–1776)	Z	7th	1763/64, 1765/66, 1767/68, 1769/70, 1771/72, 1773/74, 1775/76	Old party;
Cornelius Chorus (1701–1774)	Z	5	1764/65, 1766/67, 1768/1769, 1770/71, 1772/73, 1774	Old party; Chorus was already ill when he took office in 1774 and was sworn in at his home. He died a few weeks later in June 1774
Johann Jakob von Wylre (1707–1793)	S.	11	1769, 1770/71, 1772/73, 1774/75, 1776/77, 1778/79, 1780/81, 1782/83, 1784/85, 1786/87, 1788/89	Old party; Because of disputes between lay judges and council, no lay mayor was initially elected in 1768, Wylre only became mayor on January 16, 1769
Stephan Dominicus Dauven (1732–1797)	Z	5	1776/77, 1778/79, 1780/81, 1782/83, 1784/85, 1786	Old party, Dauven was forced to abdicate shortly after his election in 1786 in the Aachener Mäkelei . Oil painting in the mayor's office in Aachen city hall
Heinrich Josef Freiherr von Thimus-Zieverich (1719–1789)	Z	4th	1777/78, 1779/80, 1781/82, 1783/84	Old party;
Leonhard Brammertz	Z	1	1785/86	Old party;
Martin of Oliva (1738-1816)	S.	1	1787/88	Son of Alexander Theodor von Oliva ;
Franz de Broe (* 1752)	Z	1	1787/88
Franz Carl Nellessen (1752-1819)	Z	1	1788/89	Old party;
Kaspar Joseph von Clotz (1762-1818)	S.	1	1789-1797	New party; After 1789 there were no new elections until 1797, Kreitz and von Clotz remained in office permanently, only interrupted from January to March 1793 by the first French takeover and the appointment of Stephan Wilhelm Joseph Beissel and Joseph Brantten, both from the New Party, as Maires .
Johann Michael Kreitz	Z	1	1789-1797	Old party; After 1789 there were no new elections until 1797, Kreitz and von Clotz remained in office permanently, only interrupted from January to March 1793 by the first French takeover and the appointment of Stephan Wilhelm Joseph Beissel and Joseph Brantten, both from the New Party, as Maires
Vincenz Philipp Freiherr de Witte de Limminghe (1743–1799)	S.	1	1797/98	New party; 1786 co-signer of the letter of complaint against the incumbent mayor Stephan Dominicus Dauven
Andreas Monheim (1750–1804)	Z	1	1797/98	New party; Wilhelm Houben was initially elected, but he did not accept the election. Final repeal of the imperial city constitution

literature

• Philomene Beckers: Parties and party struggle in the imperial city of Aachen in the last century of its existence . In: Journal of the Aachen History Association . tape 55, 1933/34 , ISSN  0065-0137 , pp. 1–40 ( aachener-geschichtsverein.de [PDF; 1.7 MB ]).
• 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, pp. 1-596 ( freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com ).
• 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 , pp. 41-77 ( aachener-geschichtsverein.de [PDF; 1.7 MB ]).

Web links

• Who was actually in charge in Aachen? Collection of online articles on the website of the Aachen History Association (individually available as pdf)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Christian Quix : Description of the city of Aachen and its surroundings. DuMont-Schauberg, Cologne et al. 1829, p. 78; Quote: The Schöppenstuhl, or the high jury in Aachen, probably had its origins under the Carolingians, and will probably have been the first court in Aachen, in time. He asserted imperial immediacy, albeit with some contradiction on the part of the city magistrate. Its jurisdiction was extensive in ancient times. It consisted of fourteen lay judges, some of whom were nobles, some of whom were ennobled by the office itself, and a syndic. The members kept their posts for life and replaced the outgoing ones with their own choice. Father and son, brother and brother could sit next to each other in the jury at the same time.
2. ^ Christian Quix, description of the city of Aachen and its surroundings. DuMont-Schauberg, Cologne et al. 1829, p. 74, quote: The star guild, or that of the nobles, mostly consisted only of lay judges. The canonici of the Münsterstift could be accepted into this guild, which seems to be a remnant of the previous offering and a reminder of the ancient constitution or government of the city, in which government the members of the imaginary monastery participated, and which arose from the free men was. Your Leufe (guild house) was the Haus zum Stern on the LA Nro market square. 1016. They also owned a meadow in front of St. Adalbertsthore on the Worm.
3. ^ Coels: The Mayors of Aachen from 1251 to 1798. 1933/34, pp. 44, 62.
4. ↑ Notes on Beissel in the NDB
5. ^ Wolfgang Müller: Aachen through the ages ; Cape. 4.4, pp. 13-15
6. ↑ For the history of Aachen's mayor lists, see especially Coels: Die Aachener Bürgermeister von 1251 bis 1798. 1933/34, pp. 41–44.
7. ^ Coels: The Mayors of Aachen from 1251 to 1798. 1933/34, p. 52.
8. ^ Coels: The lay judges of the royal chair of Aachen. 1928, pp. 147-148.
9. ^ Coels: The Mayors of Aachen from 1251 to 1798. 1933/34, p. 51.
10. ^ Coels: The Mayors of Aachen from 1251 to 1798. 1933/34, p. 54.
11. ^ Coels: The Mayors of Aachen from 1251 to 1798. 1933/34, p. 57.
12. ^ ^{A b} Coels: The Mayors of Aachen from 1251 to 1798. 1933/34, p. 61.
13. ^ ^{A b} Coels: The Mayors of Aachen from 1251 to 1798. 1933/34, p. 62.
14. ^ ^{A b c} Coels: The Mayors of Aachen from 1251 to 1798. 1933/34, p. 64.
15. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i} Coels: The Aachen Mayors from 1251 to 1798. 1933/34, p. 65.
16. ↑ ^{a b c} Coels: The Aachen Mayors from 1251 to 1798. 1933/34, p. 66f.
17. ^ ^{A b} Coels: The Mayors of Aachen from 1251 to 1798. 1933/34, p. 67.
18. ^ ^{A b} Coels: The Mayors of Aachen from 1251 to 1798. 1933/34, p. 69.
19. ^ Coels: The Mayors of Aachen from 1251 to 1798. 1933/34, p. 70f.
20. ^ Coels: The Mayors of Aachen from 1251 to 1798. 1933/34, p. 72.
21. ^ ^{A b} Coels: The Mayors of Aachen from 1251 to 1798. 1933/34, p. 74.
22. ^ ^{A b} Coels: The Mayors of Aachen from 1251 to 1798. 1933/34, p. 76.
23. ↑ ^{a b c} Coels: The Mayors of Aachen from 1251 to 1798. 1933/34, p. 77.