Johann von Spreckelsen (Mayor)

Johann von Spreckelsen (* around 1460 in Hamburg ; † February 25, 1517 there ) was a Hamburg councilor and mayor .

Live and act

Spreckelsen was elected councilor in 1498 and mayor on February 28, 1512, as the successor to the late mayor Carsten Barschampe († 1511).

On May 12, 1505, he founded the so-called Pfingsthöge . This family festival was celebrated every year at Pentecost "to maintain good friendship and unity" . The menu for meals was laid down. For example, venison was not allowed to be eaten at this festival . If someone made changes to the regulations, they had to pay for a keg of beer. Those who were late for the fixed meals had to pay a fine, the money with which wine was bought. The Pentecost was initially held at his own expense. But as more and more family members participated, it was decided that everyone should contribute to the expenses. In 1574 a foundation was set up into which everyone paid a contribution and the interest of which was used to finance the family festival. In 1625, the Pentecost was celebrated for the last time and then canceled because of too many participants. By 1688, the capital of this foundation had increased to over 50,000 Mark Banco , so that on July 3, 1688, the family members met under the chairmanship of a councilor and negotiated the determination of the funds. 24,000 Mark Banco were handed over to the finance department for the construction of an armory , which was later built on the Ellerntorsbrücke , 10,000 Mark Banco were invested and the interest was paid to the main pastor to Sankt Jacobi and professor at the Academic Gymnasium Johann Friedrich Mayer , as long as he held lectures at the Gymnasium, paid off. After Mayer left Hamburg again, half of this invested capital was used for the orphanage and half of the penitentiary . Another 7,090 Mark Banco were immediately awarded to the orphanage and penitentiary. 4,253 Mark Banco were paid out to needy family members and 860 Mark Banco were invested in converting the Jews in Hamburg. On November 21, 1688, this distribution of funds was established by a decree of the council. The main pastor at Sankt Katharinen and two other citizens should take over the administration of this foundation.

On May 17, 1986, the Pfingsthöge was brought back to life by the namesake of Spreckelsen and has been held annually at Pentecost ever since.

family

Spreckelsen was a son of Heino von Spreckelsen and Wöbbeke Ghervers, daughter of the Hamburg councilor Johann Ghervers.

Spreckelsen's wife was Gertrud Schulte. Of his daughters, Wöbbeke was married to the senior citizen and councilor Meino von Eitzen († 1559), Margaretha to the mayor Johann Wetken († 1538) and Gesche to Evert Huge, son of the Hamburg mayor Johann Huge († 1504). Of the sons, Peter († 1553) also became mayor of Hamburg.

literature

Theodor Anckelmann : Johan. a Sprekelsen . In: Inscriptiones antiquißimæ et celeberrimæ urbis patriæ Hamburgensis . No. LVI . Wilhelm Walter, Heidelberg 1663, OCLC 475459015 ( digitized from Google Books [accessed December 12, 2014]).
Arnold Christian Beuthner : von Spreckelsen, Iohann, Mayor . In: “Hamburgisches Staats- und Schehrten-Lexicon, which lists the names, lives and merits of those men of spiritual and worldly class who, from the wholesome Reformation up to the present day, in this world-famous city and the same areas, are honored -Office, or a high dignity clothed made famous by writings, born there and received in the foreign promotion, but have already blessed the temporal " . Christian Wilhelm Brandt, Hamburg 1739, OCLC 46285036 , p. 364 ( digitized version on the website of the Hamburg State and University Library [accessed on December 13, 2014]).
Spreckelsen, (Johann von). In: Johann Heinrich Zedler : Large complete universal lexicon of all sciences and arts . Volume 39, Leipzig 1744, column 480.
Johann Paul Langermann : II. Historical story. To Num. I. (“A commemorative coin for the mayor election of Mr. Lucas von Spreckelsen, JUD from 1750.”) . In: Hamburg Coin and Medal Pleasure . Two and seventieth piece. Hamburg 1752, p. 571-574 ( digitized from Google Books [accessed December 12, 2014]).
Johann Dietrich Winckler (Ed.): Messages from Lower Saxony famous people and families . First volume. Nicolaus Conrad Wörmer, Hamburg 1768, OCLC 229947366 , p. 59–60 ( digitized from Google Books [accessed December 12, 2014]).
Nicolaus Wilckens : Johan von Spreckelsen . In: Christian Ziegra (ed.): “Nicolaus Wilckens Hamburgischer Ehrentempel, in which a lot of credible and as much as possible complete descriptions of lives of learned and deserving men, some of whom were born outside Hamburg, and there in the spiritual and secular class of the city have served, or have stayed in a private life, or have been promoted abroad, are set up ” . Christian Simon Schröder, Hamburg 1770, OCLC 165979830 , p. 100 ( digitized from Google Books [accessed December 12, 2014]).
Friedrich Georg Buek : Genealogical and biographical notes on the mayors of Hamburg who died after the Reformation . Johann August Meißner, Hamburg 1840, OCLC 166067441 , p. 21–22 ( digitized from Google Books [accessed December 12, 2014]).
Otto Beneke : The Pfingsthöge of the von Spreckelsen family . In: Hamburg stories and memorabilia . Perthes-Besser & Mauke, Hamburg 1856, OCLC 837867979 , p. 53–58 ( digitized from the Internet Archive [accessed December 12, 2014]).
Adam Tratziger : Tratziger's Chronica of the City of Hamburg . Ed .: Johann Martin Lappenberg. Perthes-Besser & Mauke, Hamburg 1865, OCLC 682023341 , p. 246 ( digitized from the Internet Archive [accessed December 12, 2014]).
Johann Martin Lappenberg, Hermann Gries : Johann von Spreckelsen . In: The mild private foundations in Hamburg . Second revised and changed edition, No. 254 . W. Mauke's Sons, Hamburg 1870, OCLC 845783823 , p. 151–152 ( digitized from Google Books [accessed December 12, 2014]).
Wilhelm Sillem : Spreckelsen . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 35, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1893, pp. 285-288.

Web links

Johann von Spreckelsen on Hamburg personalities (accessed December 12, 2014).
Whitsun heights of those von Spreckelsen (accessed December 12, 2014).

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Johann Martin Lappenberg (Hrsg.): Hamburg Chronicles in Lower Saxony . Perthes, Besser and Mauke, Hamburg 1861, OCLC 475040614 , p. 15 ( digitized version in the Internet Archive [accessed December 12, 2014]).
^ Nicolaus Wilckens: Meno von Eitzen . In: Christian Ziegra (ed.): “Nicolaus Wilckens Hamburgischer Ehrentempel, in which a lot of credible and as much as possible complete descriptions of lives of learned and deserving men, some of whom were born outside Hamburg, and there in the spiritual and secular class of the city have served, or have stayed in a private life, or have been promoted abroad, are set up ” . Christian Simon Schröder, Hamburg 1770, OCLC 165979830 , p. 101 ( digitized from Google Books [accessed December 12, 2014]).
^ Friedrich Georg Buek: Meino von Eitzen . In: The Hamburg Oberalts, their civil effectiveness and their families . Perthes-Besser & Mauke, Hamburg 1857, OCLC 844917815 , p. 14 ( digitized from Google Books [accessed December 12, 2014]).
^ Nicolaus Wilckens: M. Johan Wetken . In: Christian Ziegra (ed.): “Nicolaus Wilckens Hamburgischer Ehrentempel, in which a lot of credible and as much as possible complete descriptions of lives of learned and deserving men, some of whom were born outside Hamburg, and there in the spiritual and secular class of the city have served, or have stayed in a private life, or have been promoted abroad, are set up ” . Christian Simon Schröder, Hamburg 1770, OCLC 165979830 , p. 15-16 ( digitized from Google Books [accessed December 12, 2014]).
^ Friedrich Georg Buek: Johann Wetken . In: Genealogical and biographical notes on the mayors of Hamburg who have died since the Reformation . Johann August Meißner, Hamburg 1840, OCLC 166067441 , p. 14-15 ( digitized from Google Books [accessed December 12, 2014]).
^ "Evert, H. Johan Hugen the mayor son" . In: Mayor Kellinghusen's Foundation (ed.): "Dat Schlechtbok." Gender register of the Hamburg family Moller (vom Hirsch), written in 1541 by Joachim Moller , Rathmann. With addenda up to 1612, as well as documented enclosures . Hamburg 1876, p. 50 ( digitized version on the website of the University and State Library Düsseldorf [accessed on December 12, 2014]).

personal data
SURNAME	Spreckelsen, Johann von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Spreckelsen, Johan von; Sprekelsen, Johann von; Spreckelsen, Johannes von; Spreckelsen, Johannes van
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hamburg councilor and mayor
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1460
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH	February 25, 1517
Place of death	Hamburg

[Hamburgische_Chroniken-1] A ^b Johann Martin Lappenberg (Hrsg.): Hamburg Chronicles in Lower Saxony . Perthes, Besser and Mauke, Hamburg 1861, OCLC 475040614 , p. 15 ( digitized version in the Internet Archive [accessed December 12, 2014]).

[2] Nicolaus Wilckens: Meno von Eitzen . In: Christian Ziegra (ed.): “Nicolaus Wilckens Hamburgischer Ehrentempel, in which a lot of credible and as much as possible complete descriptions of lives of learned and deserving men, some of whom were born outside Hamburg, and there in the spiritual and secular class of the city have served, or have stayed in a private life, or have been promoted abroad, are set up ” . Christian Simon Schröder, Hamburg 1770, OCLC 165979830 , p. 101 ( digitized from Google Books [accessed December 12, 2014]).

[3] Friedrich Georg Buek: Meino von Eitzen . In: The Hamburg Oberalts, their civil effectiveness and their families . Perthes-Besser & Mauke, Hamburg 1857, OCLC 844917815 , p. 14 ( digitized from Google Books [accessed December 12, 2014]).

[4] Nicolaus Wilckens: M. Johan Wetken . In: Christian Ziegra (ed.): “Nicolaus Wilckens Hamburgischer Ehrentempel, in which a lot of credible and as much as possible complete descriptions of lives of learned and deserving men, some of whom were born outside Hamburg, and there in the spiritual and secular class of the city have served, or have stayed in a private life, or have been promoted abroad, are set up ” . Christian Simon Schröder, Hamburg 1770, OCLC 165979830 , p. 15-16 ( digitized from Google Books [accessed December 12, 2014]).

[5] Friedrich Georg Buek: Johann Wetken . In: Genealogical and biographical notes on the mayors of Hamburg who have died since the Reformation . Johann August Meißner, Hamburg 1840, OCLC 166067441 , p. 14-15 ( digitized from Google Books [accessed December 12, 2014]).

[6] "Evert, H. Johan Hugen the mayor son" . In: Mayor Kellinghusen's Foundation (ed.): "Dat Schlechtbok." Gender register of the Hamburg family Moller (vom Hirsch), written in 1541 by Joachim Moller , Rathmann. With addenda up to 1612, as well as documented enclosures . Hamburg 1876, p. 50 ( digitized version on the website of the University and State Library Düsseldorf [accessed on December 12, 2014]).