Franz Braßart

Franz Brassart, excerpt from a memorial sheet on the accession to government in 1669.

Franz Braßart junior (also: Brassart ; * June 6, 1598 , † August 4, 1671 in Cologne ) was a German businessman and politician of the early modern period . He was multiple mayor of the city of Cologne in the 17th century . He led the government staff a total of seven times.

Life

Braßart was the son of the Cologne councilor and banner owner Franz Braßart senior (1564-1652) and his wife Agnetha (also called Agnes or Agatha) Mertzenich (1554-1653). After a short study at Cologne University , Braßart successfully devoted himself to a commercial career. Braßart was a member of the Gaffel Himmelreich and became its banner owner .

Braßart married into the Jabach merchant family . He was born on February 10, 1630 with Helena. Jabach (1608–1662) married. The couple had nine children. On August 6, 1630 Braßart was elected eighth in St. Jakob (eight-person representation of the community in addition to the church masters).

From 1636 to 1651 Braßart was a member of the Cologne Council. In 1652/53, 1654/55, 1657/58, 1660/61, 1663/64, 1666/67 and 1669/70 he was mayor of the city of Cologne. From May 20, 1658 to June 18, 1670 he also worked as a provisional at the University of Cologne.

Braßart was the owner of the Turmhof in Widdersdorf . Today, Franz-Braßart-Straße , which is named after him, is nearby .

family

The Braßart (Brassart) family came to Cologne from Cambrai in northern France at the end of the 16th century . She traded in Dutch textiles to Milan and Venice .

literature

Gertrud Susanna Gramulla: Commercial relations of Cologne merchants between 1500 and 1650 (= research on international social and economic history. Volume 4). Böhlau, Cologne / Vienna 1972, ISBN 3-412-92772-4 , p. 288 ff.
Rita Wagner (arrangement), Werner Schäfke (ed.): Kölnischer Bildersaal. The paintings in the holdings of the Cologne City Museum including the Porz Collection and the Cologne High School and Foundation Fund . Kölnisches Stadtmuseum, Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-927396-94-X , p. 350.

Web links

Franz Brassart (the younger) on the family tree of the Merzenich family.

Individual evidence

↑ Peter Paul Trippen: Jabach, the "Fugger family" of the West . Kölner Verlagsanstalt und Druckerei, Cologne 1938, p. 38.
^ Yearbook of the Cologne History Association. Volume 22 (1940), p. 98.
^ Yearbook of the Cologne History Association. Volume 22 (1940), pp. 110f.
↑ Rheinische Vierteljahrsschrift. 74, 2010, p. 82.
↑ Peter Schreiner, Franziskus Berzdorf: The history of the Brauweiler abbey near Cologne. 1024-1802 . (= Pulheim contributions to history / special publication. 30). Association for History and Local Lore, Pulheim 2009, ISBN 978-3-927765-46-7 , p. 167.

personal data
SURNAME	Braßart, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Brassart, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German businessman, Mayor of Cologne
DATE OF BIRTH	June 6, 1598
DATE OF DEATH	4th August 1671
Place of death	Cologne

[1] Peter Paul Trippen: Jabach, the "Fugger family" of the West . Kölner Verlagsanstalt und Druckerei, Cologne 1938, p. 38.

[2] Yearbook of the Cologne History Association. Volume 22 (1940), p. 98.

[3] Yearbook of the Cologne History Association. Volume 22 (1940), pp. 110f.

[4] Rheinische Vierteljahrsschrift. 74, 2010, p. 82.

[5] Peter Schreiner, Franziskus Berzdorf: The history of the Brauweiler abbey near Cologne. 1024-1802 . (= Pulheim contributions to history / special publication. 30). Association for History and Local Lore, Pulheim 2009, ISBN 978-3-927765-46-7 , p. 167.