Johann Werner von Broich
Johann Werner von Broich (baptized September 22, 1675 in Aachen ; † April 10, 1747 there ) was lay judge and mayor of the imperial city of Aachen .
Life
Johann Werner von Broich was baptized on September 22, 1675 in Aachen. He came from the Jülich noble family von Broich and was the son of the lay judge and multiple mayor Werner von Broich (1636–1731).
On May 8, 1693, Johann Werner Richmodis married Anna Margareta von Siegen.
At the beginning of 1715 Johann Werner von Broich was elected lay judge, on February 23 of this year he joined the star guild, which formed the professional representation of the Aachen lay judges. His election was initially declared invalid because father and son could not be lay judges at the same time. However, the resignation of his then 80-year-old father removed concerns about the election. Between 1722 and 1746 Johann Werner was mayor a total of thirteen times, until 1728 in two-year alternation with Johann Theodor Richterich , then in two-year alternation with Alexander Theodor von Oliva .
The von Broich family were the owners of the former knight residence Broicher Hof in the Eschweiler district of Dürwiß , where the alliance coat of arms of Johann Werner von Broich and his wife is immured above the archway . Johann Werner von Broich died on April 10, 1747 in Aachen and was buried on April 12 in St. Nikolaus .
literature
- 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. 1-596, here pp. 448-450 f . ( P. 448/449 and p. 450 online on rootsweb ).
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SURNAME | Broich, Johann Werner von |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mayor of the imperial city of Aachen |
DATE OF BIRTH | baptized September 22, 1675 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Aachen |
DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 1747 |
Place of death | Aachen |