Gerhard von Haren, the younger
Gerhard von Haren , the Younger (* around 1407, † 1458) was a lay judge and mayor of the imperial city of Aachen .
Live and act
The son of the married couple Gerhard von Haren and Mette (Mechtildis) Holzappel zu Täsch and brother of Adam von Haren, the elder came from the Haren-Voerendaal line of the old patrician family Van Haren from the former rule of Valkenburg . He appeared for the first time in 1432 as a member of the city council of Aachen and was accepted into the college of aldermen a year later. In 1442 von Haren was appointed Christoffel of the Albrechtsgrafschaft and in 1450 elected mayor .
Van Haren achieved significant prosperity and inherited from his father, among other things, the Lewenberg House , an urban property on the Büchel (formerly no. 1137), which he leased in 1442 for twelve years to the influential Lewenberg company , which later became House "Zum Bock" on the market (house number 44) moved and has been called the Bock Guild ever since. It was the society in which scholars, doctors, lawyers, merchants and civil servants in particular had organized themselves alongside the city patriciate. In addition, von Haren, as a feudal man in the provost office of the Aachen Cathedral Foundation, owned extensive land and acquired several houses in the city of Aachen.
Gerhard von Haren was married to Maria von Bure for the first time and was married to Eva Buck, the daughter of Mayor Lambrecht Buck , for the second time .
Literature and Sources
- Luise Freiin von Coels von der Brügghen: The lay judges of the Royal See of Aachen from the earliest times until the final repeal of the imperial city constitution in 1798 . In: Journal of the Aachen History Association . tape 50 , 1928, ISSN 0065-0137 , pp. 181 ff ., No. 167 ( freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com and freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com ).
- Luise Freiin von Coels von der Brügghen: The Aachen mayors from 1251 to 1798 . In: Journal of the Aachen History Association . tape 55, 1933/34 , pp. 54 ( aachener-geschichtsverein.de [PDF; 1.7 MB ]).
Individual evidence
- ^ Christoffel in Aachen
- ^ Christian Quix: History of the St. Peter Parish Church ; other sources indicate that Fetschin Colyn was mayor for 1450
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Haren, Gerhard von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Alderman and Mayor of the Imperial City of Aachen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1407 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1458 |