Heinrich Köhler (businessman)
Heinrich Köhler (* 1495 in Stadthagen ; † May 24, 1563 in Lübeck ) was a Lübeck merchant and councilor.
Heinrich Köhler was born as the son of the mayor of Stadthagen, Johann Köhler. He was elected to the Lübeck Council in 1537 and is proven as a combiner for the years 1548–1553 and 1556–1559 .
He founded a poor house at Aegidienstraße 65 in Lübeck's old town. On the street side, this was given an eclectic new building in 1872 , in the courtyard there is still a building from around 1700. The Köhler-Stift , which is a listed building, has been used as a student residence since another renovation in 1982.
His epitaph with a half-length portrait was in the Marienkirche in Lübeck . He is the grandfather of Lübeck's mayors Heinrich Köhler and Anton Köhler , who founded the so-called Köhler ancestral gallery .
literature
- Georg Wilhelm Dittmer : Genealogical and biographical news about Lübeck families from earlier times , Dittmer, 1859, p. 52 ( digitized version )
- Emil Ferdinand Fehling : Lübeck Council Line . Lübeck 1925, no.648
- Schaumann, Gustav; Bruns, Friedrich (editor): The architectural and art monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck , ed. from the building deputation. Volume 2, part 2: The Marienkirche. Nöhring, Lübeck 1906, p. 337.
- Rosemarie Wesnigk: To the Köhler ancestral gallery. In: Der Wagen 1955, pp. 76–83
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koehler, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Koler, Hinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lübeck merchant and councilor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1495 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stadthagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 24, 1563 |
| Place of death | Lübeck |