Georg Kühlewein

Georg Kühlewein (* around 1590 ; † 1656 ) was mayor of Magdeburg from 1630 to 1656 .

Life

Georg Kühlewein married Margarete Alemann in 1620 , daughter of one of the most influential families in Magdeburg. The Alemann merchant dynasty had already appointed a councilor in 1287, and eight members of the family were mayors in Magdeburg between 1477 and 1615. Georg and Margarete Kühlewein had two children, the sons Kilian and Johann Georg. The family probably lived in the “Zum Goldenen Löwen” brewery on Breiter Weg 55b, which Kühlewein acquired around 1631.

In 1628, Kühlewein was first mentioned in the annals of Magdeburg as a treasurer . At this time the Thirty Years' War was already ruling , and Kühlewein belonged to the party loyal to the emperor in the Magdeburg Council, which tried to establish a good relationship with Ferdinand II , who was promoting the re-Catholicization . Under the influence of the unrest that broke out in Magdeburg due to the poor economic conditions, Kühlewein was elected mayor together with Martin Brauns in 1630 . Although still belonging to the "imperial faction" in the council, he had to sign an alliance treaty with Sweden on August 1, 1630, under pressure from the citizens , with which Magdeburg sided with the Protestant King Gustav Adolf II . How much he was on the other hand under the influence of his brother-in-law Johann Alemann, who was on the imperial side, is proven by his letter of May 5, 1631, in which he called for a comparison with the imperial besiegers of Magdeburg Tilly . This letter later earned both the reputation of traitors.

After Tilly had conquered Magdeburg on May 10, 1631, Kühlewein fled with other councilors, including Magdeburg's later mayor Otto Gericke (later Otto von Guericke), to the house of his brother-in-law Alemann Alter Markt 11. While Mayor Brauns perished with four other councilors , the refugees around Kühlewein were saved by the intervention of the imperial officer from Walmerode. However, Kühlwein's wife, who stayed in her own house at Breiter Weg 55b, fell victim to the fire that broke out in the city and suffocated in the cellar.

In contrast to his brother-in-law Johann Alemann, who was expelled from the city because of his loyal attitude to the emperor and whose property was confiscated, Kühlewein was quickly rehabilitated. First as second mayor, he was again mayor of the city of Magdeburg from 1638 and held this office for eighteen years until his death in 1656. During this time, the rebuilding of the city, which was completely destroyed in 1631, took place, and the timescales only become clear through that of Kühlewein in 1642 signed the decree on the reconstruction of St. John's Church . Kühlewein was wealthy even after the destruction. As early as 1639 he was able to acquire two houses on the Marstallstrasse property. Later he ran an intensive real estate business, so in 1640 he bought the property "Zur Goldenen Lanze" Georgenplatz 11-12, only to sell it two years later, the same thing happened with the "Goldenen Helm" Breiter Weg 159 in 1647/49 in one Trade with the businessman Matthias Wrede.

Honor

Today in Magdeburg the Kühleweinstrasse commemorates the mayor of the city during the Thirty Years' War.

literature

• Ingelore Buchholz , Maren Ballerstedt, Konstanze Buchholz, Mayor of Magdeburg , after 1990, page 10 f.
• Matthias Puhle / Peter Petsch, Magdeburg 805 - 2005 , Verlag Janos Stekovics, 2005, ISBN 3-89923-105-8