Heinrich Borcholt
Heinrich Borcholt (also: von Borcholt, von Borchold, von Borcholten, von Borcholden; * 1531 in Lüneburg , † August 1, 1585 in Mainz ) was Chancellor of Verden in the 16th century .
family
He came from the patrician family Borcholt , who later came from Borcholt, v. Borchold, v. Borcholten and v. Borcholden was called. His parents were the future councilor Statius Borcholt the Elder. Ä. (died 1569) and his wife Hille von der Mühlen. He himself married the Lüneburg patrician daughter Gertrut Schomaker, who gave birth to six sons and a daughter.
Working life
He studied in Cologne (1548), Orleans (1549), Leuven (1551) and Bologna (1556) and completed his studies there as Dr. jur. utr. (1557). Later, he was Councilor of Archbishop George of Bremen for the pins Minden and Verden since 1559, since 1563 first commissary of Provost St. Johannis to Lueneburg and 1566 even provost, appointed by Bishop Eberhard von Holle , but without him the stipend from the cathedral chapter received because he was married. Already before 1564 Georg made him Chancellor of Verden Monastery, and Bishop Eberhard kept him in this position in 1566, in which he, an avid Protestant, probably appointed Archbishop Georg initially to promote Protestantism (albeit more after the Confession of the Reformed) and finally induced to take the Lord's Supper in both forms. The excellent government of Bishops Georg and Eberhard is mainly due to the wisdom, loyal diligence and business customer of Borcholt, who came to the fore in all negotiations of that time, accompanied Eberhard to the Reichstag and died on the way home in Mainz after a visit to the Reich Chamber of Commerce.
family
His brothers were the mayor of Lüneburg (1578–1594) Georg Borcholt († 1600), the Rostock professor Johannes Borcholt (1535–1593) and the archiepiscopal Bremen, episcopal Hildesheim and princely Lüneburg councilor Caspar Borcholt († 1599).
The knightly family v. Borcholte, a branch of the v. Stade , has nothing to do with the patricians.
swell
- Karl Ernst Hermann Krause: Borcholt, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 154.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Borcholt, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Borcholt, Heinrich von; Borchold, Heinrich von; Borcholten, Heinrich von; Borcholden, Heinrich von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chancellor of Verden |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1531 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Luneburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 1, 1585 |
| Place of death | Mainz |