Jacob Holk
Jacob Holk (* in Kolberg ; † after 1416) was a merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck .
Life
In 1379 Holk was one of the founders of the circle society . He was elected to the city council in 1387 and represented Lübeck at several Hanseatic days . In 1387 he is said to have been in command of the Lübeck fleet. In connection with the civil unrest in 1408, he left Lübeck with a previously unexplored destination. In 1416 he is mentioned as still alive, but after the return of the old council he did not rejoin the council “out of nonchalance”, but stayed in Kolberg. He is listed several times as a documentary witness in Lübeck citizens' wills .
He was married to a daughter of councilor Segebodo Crispin († 1388) and lived in the house at Königstraße 11 in Lübeck (today the Behnhaus ).
literature
- Georg Wilhelm Dittmer : Genealogical and biographical news about Lübeck families from earlier times , Dittmer, 1859, p. 46 ( digitized version )
- Emil Ferdinand Fehling : Lübeckische Ratslinie , Lübeck 1925, No. 423
Individual evidence
- ^ 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. 61 (Chapter 9: Conclusion of Council Membership )
- ↑ 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
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| SURNAME | Holk, Jacob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kolberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | 15th century |