Kaspar Schlumpf (Mayor, 1510)

Kaspar Schlumpf (also Caspar Schlumpf ; * 1510 in St. Gallen ; † 14 May 1587 ibid) was a Swiss merchant and mayor of St. Gallen (Switzerland).

Life

Kaspar Schlumpf was the son of city ​​judge Hans Schlumpf and his wife Elisabetha Hag from Feldkirch. His grandfather was Caspar Schlumpf , also mayor of St. Gallen.

He was a member of the weavers' guild. 1554 he became jailer (the one who has the prisoners under his supervision) and was from 1556 to 1558 Stadtammann and 1559-1562 councilor . In 1562 he was elected mayor of St. Gallen and was together with Ambrosius Schlumpf (elected 1548), Ambrosius Aigen (elected 1551), Andreas Mörlin (elected 1587), Konrad Friederich , Hans Wetter (elected 1580) and Jacob Spengler until 1587 Triennial mayor , former mayor and Reichsvogt ; During this time he was from 1562 to 1577 church caretaker of St. Leonhard's Church and from 1578 to 1587 also Panner captain .

With the canvas export he laid the foundation stone for the trading house Kaspar Schlumpf and other relatives and later had branches in Nuremberg and Lyon .

Kaspar Schlumpf was married to Anna Schirmer (* unknown, † January 13, 1598 in St. Gallen) since January 15, 1536; together they had eight children, several of whom are known by name:

• Hermann Schlumpf (born January 10, 1539 in St. Gallen; † April 21, 1603 ibid), merchant whose fortune reached over 60,000 guilders in 1589 ; married several times
• Daniel Schlumpf (born June 10, 1550 in St. Gallen; † October 4, 1600 ibid), wealthy merchant, married to Elisabeth Rütlinger (1552–1632)
• Hans Schlumpf, had the town house built in St. Gallen in 1589 (today the seat of the local community of St. Gallen) and was one of the 20 richest citizens of the town in his time; married to Sabina Zollikofer (1545–1585)

In 1559 Kaspar Schlumpf bought Weinstein Castle from his brother-in-law Nikolaus Varnbuler .

literature

• August Naef : Chronicle or Memories of the City and Landscape of St. Gallen. With the epitome of the related Appenzell events. From the oldest to the more recent. Friedrich Schulthess, Zurich, Scheitlin, St. Gallen 1867, p. 64 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

Web links

• Patric Schnitzer: Schlumpf, Caspar. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .