Gotthard III. from Hoeveln
Gotthard III. von Hoeveln (* 1468 in Dortmund ; † May 4, 1555 in Lübeck ) was mayor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck.
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Gotthard von Hoeveln came from the old Westphalian noble family von Höveln and, like many merchants of his time, moved from Dortmund to Lübeck around 1508. At the end of May 1527, after successful work and appropriate recognition by the citizens, he was elected to the City Council of Lübeck.
Four years later, on September 9, 1531, he was appointed mayor and held this office with a few interruptions until his death. The special thing about his election as mayor was that it was not made by the council itself, as is usually the case, but in the course of the turbulent introduction of the Reformation through the influence of the people. Half a year earlier, on April 8, 1531, two of the four mayors, Nikolaus Brömse and Hermann Plönnies , had secretly left the city and gone to see the emperor in protest against the intention of the citizens' committee to join the Schmalkaldic League . The city council, which had been exposed to the accusations of the citizens for years due to debts and allegations of corruption, has now finally lost their trust and had to submit when the citizens' committee headed by Jürgen Wullenwever pushed for a reorganization. After eight men from the committees had been elected to the council by lot, it was decided to declare the mayors who had fled as having lost their office. Thereupon Jürgen Wullenwever appointed Gotthard von Hoeveln on September 9, 1531 and Gottschalck Lunte, who had only entered the council by lot a few weeks earlier, as new mayors. Both were known as proponents of the Reformation. Von Höveln was already involved in drafting the new church constitution by Johannes Bugenhagen in 1530 .
After Wullenwever's failure in the count's feud , all so-called "new masters" were forced to resign. Von Hoeveln, who had already been councilor before the riots, resigned in November 1534. However, he was asked to return by Nikolaus Brömse after he was solemnly reinstated in his office on August 28, 1535.
Von Hoeveln was married at least twice and had three children, two of whom died early. The first wife, Wendula Claholt, was a daughter of councilor Hermann Claholt . His son Gotthard IV von Höveln became a councilor in Lübeck after his death.
Gotthard III. von Hoeveln is buried in the Marienkirche in Lübeck . His tomb was in front of the pulpit (destroyed in 1942). His portrait is in the mayor's gallery in Lübeck's town hall .
Literature and Sources
- Georg Wilhelm Dittmer : Genealogical and biographical news about Lübeck families from earlier times , Lübeck 1859, p. 44
- Emil Ferdinand Fehling : Lübeck Council Line . Lübeck 1925. No. 615
- Documents from Hans-Thorald Michaelis
- Working group for family research eV Lübeck
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoeveln, Gotthard III. from |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mayor of Lübeck |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1468 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dortmund |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4, 1555 |
| Place of death | Lübeck |