Hermann Falcke
Hermann Falcke († 1530 in Lübeck ) was mayor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck. He became known as the longstanding commander of the Lübeck fleet.
Hermann Falcke was elected to the city council in 1509. He was in the spring of 1510 under the councilor Hermann Messmann , in the summer of 1510 under the councilor Berend Bomhover and in 1511 with the councilor Fritz Grawert commander of the Lübeck fleet in the war against Denmark . This sea war was ended by the Peace of Malmö (1512) . In 1522 he led the Lübeck fleet together with councilor Joachim Gercken against the Danish fleet under Søren Norby in the naval battles near Bornholm and off Hela .
Hermann Falcke lived in the house at Breite Straße 33 in Lübeck. His son Hermann Falke also became mayor of Lübeck.
literature
- Emil Ferdinand Fehling : Lübeckische Ratslinie , Lübeck 1925, No. 598
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Falcke, Hermann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mayor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 15th century or 16th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1530 |
| Place of death | Lübeck |