Johann Schöning
Johann Schöning , also Johann Schöninck (* unknown; † after 1499 in Riga ) was mayor of the Hanseatic city of Riga.
Johann Schöning immigrated from Germany to Riga in Livonia in 1458 . He has been a councilor in Riga since 1473. In 1487 he was mayor of the city. In 1492 and 1495 he was Archvogt (city bailiff ) of Riga with confirmation from the Lord Master of the Teutonic Order and the Archbishop of Riga.
Schöning was one of Riga's outstanding mayors in the late Middle Ages. He represented the city on the day trips to Hanseatic days and on the Livonian state parliaments . As the city's ambassador, he traveled to the Swedish and Russian courts. Between 1486 and 1498 he left a handwritten annotation book in the form of a chronicle, the Grott Real Bock . He kept a diary of the Hanseatic Day in Lübeck in 1487, which is reproduced in the Hanseatic Trials . In recognition of his services to the city of Riga, in 1488 he received a manor on the other side of the Daugava as a fief.
The Rigian Archbishop Thomas Schöning was his son.
literature
- Arend Buchholtz : Schöning, Johann . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 32, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1891, p. 309.
- Johann Friedrich von Recke , Karl Eduard Napiersky : General writers and scholars lexicon of the provinces of Livonia, Esthland and Courland. 4th volume. JF Steffenhagen and son, Mitau 1832, p. 110 ( digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Section III, Vol. 2, p. 192 ff.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schöning, Johann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schöninck, Johann |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mayor of the Hanseatic City of Riga |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th century or 15th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1499 |
| Place of death | Riga |