Heinrich Hochreutiner

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Heinrich Hochreutiner ; and Heinrich Hochrütiner ( was the first time about 1490 St. Gallen mentioned, † 1513 ) was a mayor of St. Gallen ( Switzerland ).

Life

Heinrich Hochreutiner was born the son of his father of the same name Heinrich Hochreutiner (* unknown; † 1495), councilor in St. Gallen, and his wife Else vom Steig.

He was one of the owners of a canvas company active in long-distance trade, the Hochrütiner'sche Handelsgesellschaft , which he had probably already taken over from his father and which is documented as trading in Spain and France from 1474 to 1523

In 1490 he was one of the city ambassadors at the peace negotiations in Einsiedeln over the Rorschach monastery quarry during the St. Gallen War .

In 1497 he had a house, the Falkenburg , built on the Bernegg slope , which was acquired by the city in 1660 and served as a summer residence for the ruling mayors. Today there is a restaurant in the house.

In 1499 he was the highest captain of the St. Gallen over a contingent of 200 St. Gallen in the Swabian War .

In 1496 he became sub-mayor, in 1499 court judge , and from 1505 to 1509 he alternated with Caspar Rugg , Hans Studer and Hans ab der Rüti and then alternated with Jakob Krum and Caspar Schlumpf until 1513 every three years as mayor , old mayor and imperial bailiff .

In 1501 the future Emperor Maximilian I raised him to the nobility and he received a letter of coat of arms.

Heinrich Hochreutiner was married, his daughter Kleophea was married to the mayor Ambrosius Schlumpf .

Memberships

  • As a canvas dealer he was also a member of the tailors' guild and became a guild master in 1496
  • From 1492 he was a member of the Society for the Notenstein

literature

  • August Naef : Chronicle or Memories of the City and Landscape of St. Gallen. With the epitome of the related Appenzell events. From the oldest to the more recent. Friedrich Schulthess, Zurich, Scheitlin, St. Gallen 1867, p. 64 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
  • Heinrich Hochreutiner. In Albert Bodmer: The Hochreutiner. Fates of a notable St. Gallen family. In: The Swiss genealogist. Volume 22, Issues 3-5. 1955, p. 28 (PDF; 4.87 MB).
  • Building history research «Falkenburg» - Falkenburgstrasse 25. In: Contributions to the preservation of monuments. No. 49, January 2018 (PDF; 3.23 MB).
  • Heinrich Hochrütiner. In: General Helvetic / Federal or Swiss Lexicon. Volume 10. Zurich 1756, p. 200 ( limited preview in Google book search)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Guild Constitution of the City of St. Gallen. Retrieved December 29, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Hochreutiner, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hochrütiner, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss businessman and mayor
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century
DATE OF DEATH 1513
Place of death St. Gallen