Christoph Laurel

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Christoph Lorbeer or Lorber (* unknown; † October 16, 1555 in Stralsund ) was a German politician and mayor of the Hanseatic city of Stralsund.

Epitaph of Christoph Lorber († 1555) in the St. Nikolai Church in Stralsund

biography

Laurel came from the Lorber family , which allegedly went back to an old Danish knight dynasty. In 1507 he was elected to the city council of Stralsund and soon gained great influence there, also through his father-in-law Zabel Oseborn .

However, after 1523, when the Reformation in Stralsund was spread by Christian Ketelhot , he turned away from Oseborn and, with his friends Roloff Möller and Franz Wessel , pursued a policy aimed at democratizing the Council and consolidating the Reformation. With the support of Mayor Nikolaus Smiterlow , he had Ketelhot and Kureke preach in the Stralsund parish churches and also protected the chronicler Johann Berckmann .

Together with Roloff Möller, he became mayor in 1524 and as such continued the council reform, the introduction of the “48 Committee” and the reform of churches and schools. He had Johannes Aepinus teach in Stralsund and supported Johannes Knipstro .

In 1528, Lorbeer acted as mediator in the dispute between Stralsund and the abbot of Neuenkamp Monastery (later Franzburg ). From 1527 to 1530 he was also a delegate from Stralsund before the Imperial Court of Justice, which was supposed to judge the dismissal of the Catholic clergy.

After Smiterlow's refusal to support the struggle of Lübeck under its mayor Jürgen Wullenwever against Denmark and Sweden , and the subsequent abdication of Smiterlow after the popular anger was raised in Stralsund, Lorbeer initially supported the conflict with money, ships and mercenaries. However, when he saw that the company was in danger of failing, he revoked Stralsund's commitment by cutting off the city's seal. He also had the recesses of 1534 and 1535 withdrawn.

He remained the city's mayor in Stralsund until his death in 1555.

Both Johann Berckmann and Bartholomäus Sastrow mention him in detail in their chronicles.

family

Christoph Lorbeer was the son-in-law of Zabel Oseborn . He had two sons, Olof and Zabel Lorbeer.

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SURNAME Laurel, Christoph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lorber, Christoph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mayor of Stralsund
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH October 16, 1555
Place of death Stralsund