Caspar Bünsow
Caspar Bünsow (* in Greifswald ; † 1555 ibid) was mayor of the Hanseatic city of Greifswald.
Life
Caspar Bünsow came from the Greifswald council family Bünsow and was a son of the Greifswald mayor Johann Bünsow († 1496). He was elected councilor in Greifswald in 1510. Together with his brother Heinrich, he was the patron saint of the Bünsow Vicariate established by Councilor Caspar Bünsow († 1478) , from which, after the Reformation, the Bünsow Foundation for the benefit of the University of Greifswald emerged through the influence of Duke Philip I of Pomerania-Wolgast . This foundation still existed in the 19th century.
In the course of the civil unrest during the Reformation, he was appointed mayor instead of Wedego Lotze in 1525 . On this occasion he gave a silver jug as a “council treasure”.
Caspar Bünsow was married to Libora Glineke, daughter of the Malchiner mayor Moritz Glineke. He was the owner of a farm in Tremt , which his children sold as heirs to the city of Greifswald after his death. His son Moritz Bünsow also became mayor of the city.
literature
- Carl Gesterding : About Greifswald scholarships for students, as the second continuation of the contribution to the history of the city of Greifswald . Greifswald 1829, p. 1 ff. With notes on the Bünsow genealogy
- Robert Bünsow: Contribution to the family chronicle of the Bünsow line under six centuries. Stockholm 1913, p. 28 ff. ( Online )
Individual evidence
- ^ Robert Bünsow: Contribution to the family chronicle of the Bünsow dynasty under six centuries. Stockholm 1913, p. 17 ff.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bünsow, Caspar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mayor of the Hanseatic City of Greifswald |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Greifswald |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1555 |
| Place of death | Greifswald |