Gabriel Guetrater

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Gabriel Gutrater , also Gabriel Guetrater (* around 1465 , presumably in Laufen , Salzburg; † February 9, 1527 , presumably in Vienna ) was councilor, clerk and mayor of the city of Vienna, as well as a lawyer and rector of the University of Vienna. To distinguish him from his father Gabriel Gutrater the Elder, he is usually referred to as Gabriel Gutrater the Younger.

origin

Gabriel Gutrater the Younger came from Laufen an der Salzach. His parents were Gabriel the Elder († 1485, buried in the collegiate church in Laufen) and Anna Erlinger. He was married after 1502 to Katrei (Katharina) Sifringer († around 1529) the daughter of Thomas Sifringer (also Suffringer) and widow of the pharmacist Peter Reschl (pharmacist) and the councilor Hieronymus (also Jeronim) Etzlinger.

His coat of arms shows three golden diamonds arranged in a triangle in the black shield.

Beginnings at the University of Vienna

Gabriel Gutrater, who had registered in the general university register as a member of the Rhenish nation in the summer of 1483, studied at the University of Vienna and on June 16, 1485 received his bachelor's degree at the artist faculty. On February 3, 1487 he became a master. In the winter semester 1486/1487 he began studying at the law faculty, in the winter semester 1489/1490 he became a bachelor's degree in law, in the winter semester 1492/1493 he acquired the degree of licentiate in law. Gutrater was procurator of the Rhenish nation at the University of Vienna in the winter semester of 1497/1498 and became its rector in the summer semester of 1500.

Career in the service of the City of Vienna

After the death of the Viennese town clerk Stefan Vorchtenauer , Gabriel Gutrater became his successor. He took this office between August 23 and October 8, 1506 and held it until 1521. During his time as town clerk, important historical events occurred, such as the double wedding of 1515 and the uprising of the estates against the sovereign regime in 1519/1520. After Archduke Ferdinand I put down the uprising led by Mayor Martin Siebenbürger , Gutrater became mayor of Vienna in 1522. In exercising this office he took advice from his friend Johannes Cuspinian , who, as a former imperial diplomat, had the confidence of the Dukes of Austria and who had retained his office as city attorney under Archduke Ferdinand.

After the unexpected death of the town clerk Hans Murringer at the end of 1523, Gutrater resigned as mayor between February 3 and 26, 1524 and again took over the office of town clerk, which he presumably held until his death. During this second term of office as city clerk, the Vienna City Code, which Archduke Ferdinand passed on March 12, 1526, falls.

death

Gabriel Gutrater died on February 9, 1527, probably in Vienna. He found his final resting place in St. Stephen's Church.

Notes on his personality

Gabriel Gutrater's career is relatively unspectacular, but he should have fulfilled the tasks he took on well. He corresponded to the type of capable and reliable civil servant, which may also have been a major reason why he was acceptable to Archduke Ferdinand I as mayor.

Appreciation

In Vienna-Ottakring, Gutraterplatz was named after him on March 19, 1901.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Gabriel Guetrater in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
personal data
SURNAME Guetrater, Gabriel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gutrater, Gabriel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Councilor, clerk and mayor of the City of Vienna, also lawyer and rector of the University of Vienna
DATE OF BIRTH around 1465
PLACE OF BIRTH Running , Salzburg
DATE OF DEATH February 9, 1527
Place of death Vienna