Johann Gerwer
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Johann Gerwer (* before 1390; † 1460 in Lübeck ) was councilor and envoy of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck.
Life
Gerwer was the son of the Lübeck citizen Johann Gerwer († 1404). He was married to Gertrud, daughter of Tidemann Ascheberg.
In 1416 he was elected to the council of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck. In the years 1428 and 1429 he was bailiff of the two cities Bergedorf .
As a representative of the council he mediated between the old and new councils in Bremen in 1433 and negotiated in Emden in 1434 with representatives of the cities of Hamburg, Groningen, the bishop of Münster and the Frisians. Also in 1434 he traveled to Marienburg to negotiate with the Grand Master of the Teutonic Order about complaints from German Hanseatic merchants from Flanders, England and Denmark. At the Hanseatic Days of 1434 and 1441 he represented Lübeck as the host city for day trips. In wills of Lübeck citizens he is mentioned more often as a documentary witness and as a guardian .
literature
- Emil Ferdinand Fehling : Lübeck Council Line , Lübeck 1925, No. 503
- Harald Richert: Castle captains and officials in Bergedorf . In Lichtwark issue No. 59. Verlag HB-Werbung, Hamburg-Bergedorf, 1994, ISSN 1862-3549 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gerwer, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Councilor and envoy of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1390 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1460 |
| Place of death | Lübeck |