Hermann Woldt

Hermann Woldt (* 1684 in Lübeck ; † November 6, 1756 there ) was a merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck.

Life

Large bell of the Holy Spirit Hospital from 1745 with inscriptions by the board members Balemann and Woldt

Hermann Woldt was the son of Lübeck councilor Heinrich Woldt . He was a member of the merchant company and was elected to the Lübeck council in 1732 at their suggestion. In 1736 he was together with the Lübeck mayor Heinrich Balemann church chairman of the Lübeck Marienkirche ; both gave her a silver baptismal font. During his term of office as councilor, the self-completion of the Lübeck council, forced by the citizens, fell in 1739 . In 1745 he was together with the Heinrich Balemann, Heinrich Rust and Mattheus Rodde the great bell of the rulers Holy Spirit Hospital by the council caster Lorenz beam Born in or whose son Dietrich Ratsgießhaus recast. Due to bankruptcy , he resigned as councilor on August 30, 1748.

He was married to Elisabeth (Elsabe) Marie, geb. Wolffradt. One of the couple's daughters, Henrietta, married the pastor and senior Adde Bernhard Burghardi .

literature

Gustav Schaumann , Friedrich Bruns (editor): The architectural and art monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck. Edited by the building deputation. Volume 2, part 2: The Marienkirche. Nöhring, Lübeck 1906, p. 430 ( digitized version ).
Wilhelm Plessing: The Holy Spirit Hospital in Lübeck in the 17th and 18th centuries , Lübeck 1914, p. 79 ff ( digitized version )
Emil Ferdinand Fehling : Lübeckische Ratslinie , Verlag Max Schmidt-Römhild , 2nd edition Lübeck 1925, No. 864. Unchanged reprint Lübeck 1978. ISBN 3-7950-0500-0

Web links

Commons : Hermann Woldt - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Fehling, Council Line No. 845
^ Inscription by Adolf Clasen : Misunderstood treasures: Lübeck's Latin inscriptions in the original and in German , Lübeck 2003, pp. 184/185 ISBN 3-7950-0475-6
^ Friedrich Bruns †: The Lübeck Council. Composition, addition and management, from the beginning to the 19th century. In: ZVLGA , Volume 32 (1951), pp. 1–69, p. 63 (Chapter 9: Conclusion of Council Membership )

personal data
SURNAME	Woldt, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
DATE OF BIRTH	1684
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lübeck
DATE OF DEATH	November 6, 1756
Place of death	Lübeck

[1] Fehling, Council Line No. 845

[2] Inscription by Adolf Clasen : Misunderstood treasures: Lübeck's Latin inscriptions in the original and in German , Lübeck 2003, pp. 184/185 ISBN 3-7950-0475-6

[3] Friedrich Bruns †: The Lübeck Council. Composition, addition and management, from the beginning to the 19th century. In: ZVLGA , Volume 32 (1951), pp. 1–69, p. 63 (Chapter 9: Conclusion of Council Membership )