Jakob Colyn († 1381)
Jakob Colyn (also: Jakob Colyn in Sint Jakobstrass ; * 14th century ; † 23 August 1381 in Aachen ) was lay judge and mayor of the imperial city of Aachen .
Live and act
Jakob Colyn was named to distinguish it from his relatives and possible cousins of the same name, Jakob Colyn at the market, or Jakob Colyn van Herle , also called Jakob Colyn in Sint Jakobstrass , because he was based there. Colyn held the office of Christoffel of the Jakobstorgrafschaft in 1349 and 1364 and was elected to the city council of Aachen in 1351 and 1364. In the jury of the Landfriedensbündnis Maas-Rhein, Jakob Colyn held the office of jury from October 8, 1369 to March 30, 1375 as one of the three representatives of the city of Aachen. This alliance, founded in 1351 between Kurköln and the Duchy of Brabant and the cities of Aachen and Cologne , campaigned, among other things, for the abolition of unjust customs duties and the protection of traveling merchants and pilgrims.
Ultimately, Colyn was elected mayor of the Free Imperial City in 1368, 1371, 1376, and 1379 . During his first term of office, he and the mayor Konrad von dem Eichhorn were responsible for the suppression of the uprising of the weavers and cloth walkers who campaigned for better working conditions and pay. On July 6, 1376, Colyn was in his third term of office together with the mayor Reinhard von Moirke, the elder, host at the celebrations for the coronation of Wenceslaus of Luxembourg as Roman-German king in Aachen.
The obviously unmarried Jakob Colyn was murdered by an assassin on August 23, 1381, according to a note from the chronicler Karl Franz Meyer near his house on Jakobstrasse.
Literature and Sources
- Luise Freiin von Coels von der Brügghen: The lay judges of the Royal See of Aachen from the earliest times until the final repeal of the imperial city constitution in 1798 . In: Journal of the Aachen History Association . tape 50 , 1928, ISSN 0065-0137 , pp. 120/121 , No. 122 ( freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com ).
- Luise Freiin von Coels von der Brügghen: The Aachen mayors from 1251 to 1798 . In: Journal of the Aachen History Association . tape 55, 1933/34 , pp. 48/49 ( aachener-geschichtsverein.de [PDF; 1.7 MB ]).
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Colyn, Jacob |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Colyn, Jakob in Sint Jakobstrass |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German aldermen and mayor of the Free Imperial City of Aachen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 23, 1381 |
| Place of death | Aachen |