Johann Westken

Johann Westken (portrait of his epitaph, destroyed in 1942)

Johann Westken (born September 22, 1639 in Lübeck ; † July 31, 1714 there ) was a lawyer and mayor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck.

Life

Johann Westken was the son of the Lübeck businessman Heinrich Westken. He studied law at the universities of Rostock, Helmstedt, Leipzig and Jena. His Grand Tour took him through the Netherlands, England and France. Then he became a lawyer in Lübeck. He had been the head of the orphanage since 1674. In 1680 he was elected to the city council. In 1701 he belonged together with the Lübeck Syndicus Johann Georg Gutzmer and the councilor Joachim von Dale to a commission which was supposed to forbid the Reformed parish, which was only tolerated in Lübeck, to preach in German; however, this initiative did not prevail. In 1703 Westken was appointed one of the mayors in the council.

epitaph

In Lübeck's Marienkirche , an epitaph created by Hieronymus Hassenberg was placed on the sixth wall pillar of the south aisle. It was destroyed by the air raid on Lübeck in 1942 and is only preserved as a ruin.

literature

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 2: The Marienkirche. Nöhring, Lübeck 1906, p. 377 ( digitized version ).
Emil Ferdinand Fehling : Lübeck Council Line. Lübeck 1925, no.810

Individual evidence

↑ See the entry of Johann Westken's matriculation in the Rostock matriculation portal

↑ Johann Rudolph Becker : Circumstances history of the Kaiserl. and salvation. Roman Empire Freyen City of Lübeck, Volume II, Lübeck 1784, p. 137 (digitized version)

↑ Latin inscription text with explanation and translation by: Adolf Clasen : Verhabene Schätze - Lübeck's Latin inscriptions in the original and in German. Lübeck 2002, p. 21 ff. ISBN 3795004756

personal data
SURNAME	Westken, Johann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German lawyer and mayor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
DATE OF BIRTH	September 22, 1639
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lübeck
DATE OF DEATH	July 31, 1714
Place of death	Lübeck

[1] See the entry of Johann Westken's matriculation in the Rostock matriculation portal

[2] Johann Rudolph Becker : Circumstances history of the Kaiserl. and salvation. Roman Empire Freyen City of Lübeck, Volume II, Lübeck 1784, p. 137 (digitized version)

[3] Latin inscription text with explanation and translation by: Adolf Clasen : Verhabene Schätze - Lübeck's Latin inscriptions in the original and in German. Lübeck 2002, p. 21 ff. ISBN 3795004756