Heinrich Zobel
Heinrich Zobel , also Henrich Zobel (* before 1558 in Bremen , † after 1597, probably around 1615) was councilor and mayor in Bremen .
biography
The merchant Heinrich Zobel was elected to the Bremen council in 1583 and mayor in 1597. In 1591 he started his office as building owner at the St. Martini Church in Bremen, to which he donated a portal with an epitaph to the Neander house in 1597 . After Heinrich Zobel's death, his son Johann Zobel (1578–1631) was elected to the city council, and later also to the office of mayor.
Portal to the Neander house in the Martini Church
Detail: Sable epitaph in Martini Church
Detail: Henrich Zobel's coat of arms in the stained glass window of the Martini Church
Heinrich Zobel's coat of arms on the Bremen town hall
literature
- Wilhelm von Bippen : The Mayors of Bremen Heinrich and Johann Zobel . Paper presented at the meeting of the Hanseatic Historical Society to Quedlinburg 1886, in: HGbll 1886, pp 51-78.
See also
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zobel, Heinrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Zobel, Henrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German businessman, builder, councilor and mayor in Bremen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1558 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1615 |