Johann Broling

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Johann Broling (* probably in Aachen ; † April 17, 1464 in Lübeck ) was a Lübeck merchant and councilor.

Life

As a businessman, Johann Broling was a member of the Lübeck Schonenfahrer . He was elected to the Hanseatic City Council in 1447. As councilor, Broling represented the interests of the city in Hamburg in 1457 in a dispute between the cities of Stade and Stendal with various merchants and also in Wismar . In 1459 he participated in the peace negotiations between Denmark and Poland. 1461 representative of Lübeck in a dispute with the city of Kolberg . In Lübeck citizens' wills he is listed several times as a documentary witness and guardian . As early as 1460 he had become a member of the very influential patrician circle society in Lübeck . He lived in the house at Breite Straße 13 in Lübeck. The verse goes to him

"Lubeke, all steden beautiful, van riker eren draggestu de krone."

back.

testament

In his will, the childless Broling left several legacies:

  • The financing of the middle Holsten Gate was secured on the basis of a legacy of 4,000 Marks from Luebisch. In 1464, the council builder Hinrich Helmstede began building today's landmark, which was completed in 1478.

The liquidation of his estate was in dispute and Emperor Friedrich III. appointed the City of Hamburg as arbitrator between the executors and members of the Broling family.

Honor

In Lübeck, Brolingstrasse and Brolingplatz in the St. Lorenz-Nord district are named after him.

literature

  • Emil Ferdinand Fehling : Lübeckische Ratslinie , Lübeck 1925, No. 525
  • Johannes Baltzer , Friedrich Bruns: The architectural and art monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck. Issued by the building authorities. Volume III: Church of Old Lübeck. Dom. Jakobikirche. Aegidia Church. Publishing house by Bernhard Nöhring, Lübeck 1920, pp. 374–377. Unchanged reprint 2001: ISBN 3-89557-167-9
  • Gustav Lindtke: Lübeck bronze baptisms of the Middle Ages. In: The car . 1966, pp. 53-62.
  • Manfred Eickhölter: When they built a new Holsten Gate in Lübeck in: Lübeckische Blätter from July 2nd, 2016, pp. 229–231

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ see chapels of the Petrikirche in Lübeck ; 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 1: St. Petri. Nöhring, Lübeck 1906, p. 25
  3. ↑ RI XIII H. 5 n. 286, ( Memento of the original dated February 29, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in: Regesta Imperii Online @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.regesta-imperii.de
personal data
SURNAME Broling, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Broyling, Johan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lübeck merchant and councilor
DATE OF BIRTH 14th century or 15th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen
DATE OF DEATH April 17, 1464
Place of death Lübeck