Borcholt

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Borcholt is the name of a north German patrician family with the following well-known representatives:

  • Caspar Borcholt († 1599), archbishop of Bremen, episcopal Hildesheim and princely councilor of Lüneburg
  • Georg Borcholt († 1600), Mayor of Lüneburg (1578–1594)
  • Heinrich Borcholt (1531–1585), Chancellor of Verden
  • Johannes Borcholt (1535–1593), German legal scholar
  • Statius Borcholt (1569–1617), son of Johannes, lawyer and chancellor in the service of Duke Friedrich Ulrich of Braunschweig