Hermann Westphal (Councilor)

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Hermann Westphal , also Westval († April 26, 1433 in Lübeck ) was councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck.

Life

Hermann Westphal was a citizen of Lübeck and a merchant. In 1406 he was elected to the Lübeck council and in 1408 he was one of the council members of the old council who stayed in the city when he was expelled by the new council in the wake of the civil unrest in the city . However, he refused to participate in the election of new council members. However , he did not join the suit of the old council before the Reichshofgericht . In the middle of 1409 he also left the city; two of his house plots were confiscated and expropriated by the New Council. In 1416 at the latest, he returned to Lübeck with the Old Council and resumed his work as councilor. In 1419 he negotiated with the cathedral chapter at Lübeck Cathedral about land near the chapter village of Genin . In 1429 he was in the war against King Erik VII of Denmark because of the sound tariff raised by him, commander of the Lübeck fleet.

Hermann Westphal was a member of the patrician circle society in Lübeck at Trinity 1429 . He was married twice. First marriage to Margarethe, a daughter of the Lübeck citizen Hinrich von Alen and sister of the mayor of the New Council Hermann von Alen , and the second marriage to Taleke Möller. His oldest son Johann Westphal became mayor of Lübeck , the younger son Arnold Westphal became a university professor and bishop of Lübeck ; both come from the first marriage. He first lived in Mengstrasse 10 in Lübeck, later at Breite Strasse 28 and finally at Breite Strasse 47. He is listed several times as a documentary witness in Lübeck citizens' wills .

Hermann Westpahl is considered to be the likely founder of the family chapel in the Katharinenkirche (Lübeck) . The chapel in the south aisle was redesigned in the 18th century as a burial place for Claus von Reventlow in the Rococo style.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The war only ended with the Peace of Vordingborg (1435) .
  2. ↑ Gunnar Meyer: “possessing citizens” and “miserable sicknesses”: Lübeck's society in the mirror of their wills 1400–1449 (publications on the history of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck, published by the archive of the Hanseatic city, series B, volume 48) Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild 2010 ISBN 978-3-7950-0490-3
  3. ^ S2, Chapel of the Westfal Family , Antje Grewolls: The chapels of the north German churches in the Middle Ages: Architecture and function. Ludwig, Kiel 1999, ISBN 3-9805480-3-1 , p. 218
personal data
SURNAME Westphal, Hermann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Westval
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Councilor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
DATE OF DEATH April 26, 1433
Place of death Lübeck