Johannes Osthusen
John Osthusen (* 1425 in Erfurt ; † 1. September 1506 in Lübeck ) was a German lawyer, syndic of Lübeck and canon at Lübeck Cathedral .
Life
Osthusen was the son of the Erfurt merchant and councilor of the same name († before 1463). From 1442 he studied at the University of Erfurt , where he received his master's degree in 1452, followed by law. He completed his studies in 1458 as a bachelor's degree in both rights. From 1455 to 1465 he was a member of the Collegium beatae Mariae virginis. 1463 became a licentiate and doctor of both rights.
In 1465 he became the successor of Syndicus Simon Batz , who had died of the plague in Lübeck , who had also studied in Erfurt and was also rector of the university. He took up this office in April 1466. As Syndicus he also represented the interests of Lübeck and the Hanseatic League diplomatically, on the one hand at the Reichstag, on the other hand in relation to the royal courts in the vicinity of the city as well as in the kingdoms of Denmark and Sweden. In 1467 he brought about the reinstatement of the deposed mayor of Wismar, Peter Langjohann . He reached 1470 at the court of Emperor Friedrich III. the sole jurisdiction of the Reich Chamber of Commerce for matters of the imperial-free city of Lübeck, i.e. the exclusion of all competing jurisdictions in the empire, and was raised during this one-year mission from the emperor to court palatinate count .
He was one of the central figures in the negotiations for the Peace of Utrecht (1474) , where he and the mayor of Lübeck, Hinrich Castorp, and the mayor of Hamburg, Hinrich Murmester, achieved a result that was generally very favorable for the Hanseatic League, including the rights to the London Hanseatic office and Stalhof the trading offices in Boston (Lincolnshire) and King's Lynn , confirmed old privileges and included a large amount of compensation.
Pope Sixtus IV appointed him canon of Lübeck in 1475. At the Lübeck Marienkirche he was given the post of pleban (first pastor) around 1476/77 . Since 1490 he was thesaurary of the Lübeck cathedral chapter.
As Syndicus he was temporarily supported from 1486 to 1491 by Syndicus Albert Krantz, who had left Rostock's services . 1495 Mattheus Packebusch became another Lübeck Syndicus.
Osthusen was buried in Lübeck Cathedral. The second Lübeck Council Secretary and Lübeck Canon Henning Osthusen († 1530) appointed in 1496 was probably his nephew.
In 1468 he donated a library to the Marienkirche as a memoria for his soul's salvation , whose books together with those of the other main churches (with the exception of the cathedral) and the council library formed the basis of the city library in 1619 .
literature
- Friedrich Bruns : The Lübeck syndicists and council secretaries until the constitutional amendment of 1851 in ZVLGA Volume 29 (1938), pp. 91–168.
- Gerhard Neumann: Johannes Osthusen. A Lübeck syndic and canon in the second half of the 15th century. In: Zeitschrift des Verein für Lübeckische Geschichte und Altertumskunde , Volume 56 (1976) pp. 16–60
- Antjekathrin Graßmann : Osthusen, Johannes. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-428-00200-8 , p. 628 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- "Johannes Osthusen (ID: 1738691013)", in: RAG, Repertorium Academicum Germanicum. URL: http://www.rag-online.org/gelehrter/id/1738691013 (accessed: May 11, 2016).
Individual evidence
- ^ Ad salutem anime sue , dedication in one of the volumes quoted by Jacob von Melle , see Jacob von Melle: Thorough message from the Kayserlichen, Freyen and the H. Römis. Imperial City of Lübeck 3rd edition 1787 edition. by Johann Hermann Schnobel ( digitized version), p. 369f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Osthusen, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer, Syndicus of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck and Canon at the Lübeck Cathedral |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1425 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Erfurt |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1, 1506 |
| Place of death | Lübeck |