Berthold Kerkring

This article deals with Lübeck councilor Berthold Kerkring, who died in the 16th century. His grandfather and predecessor in office, who died in the 15th century, is described under Berthold Kerkring († 1405) .

Berthold Kerkring († 1534 in Lübeck ) was councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck .

Kerkring was the son of councilor Wedeke Kerkring . He was elected to the city council in 1500. In the years 1501, 1516–20 and 1523–24 he took on the function of the treasurer in the council. In the period from 1524 to 1530 he headed the administration in the two-city office of Bergedorf . In the summer of 1532 he was a member of the Lübeck embassy in Copenhagen , which advised on the further fate of the deposed Danish king Christian II , who, after trying to recapture Denmark, was taken over by his uncle and successor on the Danish throne, King Friedrich I. . , was captured (and then held until his death). In the last years of his life, when Jürgen Wullenwever had usurped the government in Lübeck, he no longer took part in the council meetings.

Kerkring was married to Heilike, a daughter of the mayor Hermann von Wickede II , and lived in the house at Königstrasse 1. He owned the Groß Steinrade, Schönböken , Roggenhorst estates and four farms in Krempelsdorf. He had been a member of the circle society since 1495. His daughter Mette was married to Ludeke Lüneburg († 1539), a councilor since 1535. His son Klingenberg was a member of the Lübeck Citizens' Committee in 1530 .

literature

• Emil Ferdinand Fehling : Lübeck Council Line, Lübeck 1925, No. 583