Joachim Klinkow

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Joachim Klinkow , called the boy (* 1518 in Stralsund ; † 1601 ibid), was mayor of Stralsund .

Life

Joachim Klinkow was the son of the councilor of the same name Joachim Klinkow (1497–1551), known as “the old man”, and his first wife Taleke, daughter of the mayor Heinrich Schütting. Michaelis he was enrolled in the law faculty of the University of Rostock in 1534 . In 1534 at the age of 16 he became council secretary in Stralsund. In 1550 he became councilor and in 1559 mayor of Stralsund. In 1534 and 1538 he was envoy to the Hanseatic Days and participated as mayor in those in 1559, 1562 and 1566. Klinkow took part in Stockholm in 1561 at the coronation ceremony for Erik XIV of Sweden . After the state parliament of Wolin he became one of eight commissioners who were charged with regulating the coinage in Pomerania . In 1570 he was envoy to the Peace Congress in Szczecin , which ended the three-crown war . Since he always campaigned for peaceful relations between the city of Stralsund and the dukes of Pomerania , he was well respected by them and, among other things, was one of the godparents of the daughter Hedwig Maria of the duke Ernst Ludwig von Pommern-Wolgast in 1579 .

Joachim Klinkow was married twice, both marriages remained childless. His widow Anna († 1609), daughter of the Greifswald councilor Johann Völschow, had an epitaph built for him in his burial chapel in the Nikolaikirche after his death at Pentecost 1601 . His brother Caspar (I.) Klinkow (1521–1560) is the ancestor of the von Klinckowström family, who were ennobled in 1678/84 .

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  1. ↑ Entry in the Rostock matriculation portal
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SURNAME Klinkow, Joachim
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mayor of Stralsund
DATE OF BIRTH 1518
PLACE OF BIRTH Stralsund
DATE OF DEATH 1601
Place of death Stralsund