Gotthard IV of Höveln
Gotthard von Höveln († December 12, 1571 in Lübeck ) was councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck.
Life
Gotthard von Hoeveln was the son of the mayor of Lübeck, Gotthard III, who died in 1555 . from Hoeveln . In 1534 he enrolled at the University of Wittenberg . He was elected to the city council in 1558 and was known for his exceptional piety.
Due to his well-known fortune, he was able to partially finance the new construction of the office building in Antwerp , where the Hanseatic office had moved from Bruges, with 14,000 marks Lübisch. The new Osterlinge house in Antwerp, built under Syndicus Heinrich Sudermann by the architect Cornelis Floris II , was subsidized by the city of Antwerp in 1563 with an investment of 124,000 guilders with 64,000 guilders, but was not handed over to its destination until 1569 due to the troubled times.
Gotthard von Hoeveln was married to Margarethe Brömse, daughter of the mayor Nikolaus Brömse , both brass epitaphs , created by the Lübeck foundry Matthias Benningk based on a template by the painter Jost de Laval , is preserved in Lübeck's Marienkirche . He lived from 1541 to 1550 at Johannisstrasse 13 (today Löwen-Apotheke ) and from 1550 at Königstrasse 9 (now part of the Behnhaus as Drägerhaus ), which had previously belonged to his father-in-law. His son Gotthard V. von Hoeveln also became councilor and, like his grandfather, mayor of the city. One daughter married the councilor Hermann Klever , another Gottschalk von Stiten .
literature
- Emil Ferdinand Fehling : Lübeck Council Line , Lübeck 1925, No. 667
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Höveln, Gotthard IV of |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Höveln, Gotthard von; Hoevelen, Gotthard from |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Councilor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century or 16th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 1571 |
| Place of death | Lübeck |