Conrad Spölin

Conrad Spölin (born July 16, 1587 , † January 25, 1643 in Heilbronn ) was mayor of the imperial city of Heilbronn from 1628 to 1643.

Life

Conrad Spölin was a merchant by profession and in 1616 a member of the large, outer council ( from the community ), later in 1618 a member of the more powerful inner, small council ( from the burgers ) and finally from 1628 until the end of his life mayor of Heilbronn . Spölin was given the difficult task of directing the town's fortunes during the Thirty Years War , when Heilbronn was occupied by the French and Swedes and turned into a bulwark . On February 28, 1632 he received the Amorbacher Hof near Neckarsulm as a reward for his services to the Swedes .

He was the son of the mayor Johann Spölin and married to Agnes Aff, the granddaughter of the mayor Balthasar Aff . They had two sons, Johann Conrad Spölin and Johann Ludwig. Johann Conrad also became mayor of Heilbronn, and Johann Ludwig later married Maria Elisabeth Calw, the daughter of the mayor Sebastian Calw . In his second marriage, Spölin was married to Agnes Imlin, the granddaughter of Mayor Clement Imlin . The relationships clearly show how closely the ruling patrician families in the imperial city of Heilbronn were connected to one another and, in particular, to maintain their unrestricted power.

literature

• Bernd Klagholz: Heilbronn and its mayors in the period from the 16th to the 19th century . (Approval work), Tübingen 1980, page 49.