Heinrich Zwick
Heinrich Zwick was first mentioned in St. Gallen in 1437 († around 1458 ibid) and was a mayor of St. Gallen ( Switzerland ).
Life
Heinrich Zwick was the son of his father of the same name, Heinrich Zwick, a cloth merchant. His brother was Othmar Zwick, from 1435 to 1437 Stadtammann in Konstanz .
He made a considerable fortune as a cloth merchant and worked several times as a hospital nurse, sieve maker and fish appraiser. He was one of the leading people in the Diesbach-Watt-Gesellschaft, a leading international trading company at the time, founded by Niklaus von Diesbach from Bern and the brothers Peter and Hug von Watt.
From 1437 to 1458 he alternated with Konrad Curer (elected 1436), Rudolf Gelter (elected 1439), Ulrich Säri (elected 1440), Konrad Hör (elected 1444), Konrad von Anwyl (elected 1444), Andreas Vogelweider (elected in 1447) and Johannes von Widenbach (elected in 1454) mayor, former mayor and imperial bailiff of St. Gallen every three years .
Memberships
Heinrich Zwick was a member of the Notenstein Society .
Web links
- Rezia Krauer: Zwick, Heinrich. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernd Moeller: Johannes Zwick and the Reformation in Constance . Gütersloher Verlagshaus G. Mohn, 1961, OCLC 1056605611 , p. 13 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zwick, Heinrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Mayor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th century |
| Place of death | St. Gallen |