College of the elders

The College of the Elderly is an association of three parish elders from each of Hamburg's main churches :

St. Petri
St. Nikolai (Harvestehude), formerly St. Nikolai (Altstadt)
St. Catherine's
St. Jacobi
St. Michaelis , better known as "Michel"

The college has existed since 1528.

history

The Reformation found its way into Hamburg in the 1520s . Johannes Bugenhagen's book On Christian Faith and Right Good Works initially prompted the Nikolai parish to set up a divine box order to care for the poor. The donations were administered by 12 deacons elected from the community . The other three parishes (St. Michaelis did not exist at that time) joined them. In the Long Recess of 1529, the Hamburg citizenship appointed the 48 poor carers as permanent representatives of the citizens to the council. In the church ordinance of 1529, a "main box" was added to the four parish boxes. In addition, there was the administration of the Heilig-Geist-Spital , the Franciscan monastery converted into a poor house and other foundations. From among the deacons of each parish, four senior elders were to be elected in a complicated election process by the council and the deacons college , three of whom kept the keys of the community's poor box, while the other four jointly supervised the main box. Bugenhagen also designed a similar system for Lübeck , where the role of political representation was to be taken over by the citizens' committee of the 64, while the task of the senior elders was limited to caring for the poor. The failure of Mayor Jürgen Wullenwever meant that this model was never used. In Hamburg, however, the political influence of the elders grew in the following centuries.

While the first senior elders had been the leaders of the Reformation movement in Hamburg, the college recruited a generation later from the same circles as the council. The deacons soon recruited new members like the council through self-completion. The senior elders were selected from the circle of deacons according to the seniority principle , which is why the college, whose members were formerly elected for life, soon grew old and was ridiculed as "the elderly".

With the Hamburg constitution of 1860, the senior elders lost their political function. Today it forms the board of trustees for the Hospital of the Holy Spirit , a large Hamburg senior citizens' residence. Its members leave after their 75th birthday.

Oberalte 1528 to 2000

16th Century

1528: Götke Möller, Hermann Soltow, Detlev Schuldorp, Joachim Möller, Joachim von der Fechte, Carsten Keding, Meino von Eitzen, Hinrick Davorde, Joachim Wullenweber, Hans Hartmann, Dierich Bödeker, Hans von Bergen
1529: Claus Rodenborg, Nikolaus Hartiges, Cord Goldener, Tolen Anckelmann, Michael Panning, Hinrich Schowenborg
1531: Hinrich Rademaker
1532: Johann Rentzel , Thomas Koppen, Friedrich Ostra, Peter Hesterberch
1533: Carsten Sander, Hans Hesterberch, Claus Hollmann
1534: Claus von der Hoye
1535: Jacob Shiphower, Hermann Verken
1536: Joachim Rentzel
1537: Herbert von der Hude
1540: Cordt Kruse, Werner Werneken, Lüdeke Rull
1543: Hermann Schele
1544: Hans Kalenberch
1546: Hinrich Rheder
1547: Hinrich Schütte
1548: Anton Ehlers, Dierk Berstenborstel, Hans Eggers
1549: Paul Gerckens
1551: Reineke Reineken, Joachim Amelinghusen
1552: Klaus Korvemaker
1555: Joachim Brand
1558: Christoph Kellinghusen
1559: Lucas Beckmann, Johann von Spreckelsen
1561: Johann Hartig
1562: Lorenz Witteneven
1563: Paul Vaghet, Hinrich Wittekop
1564: Jürgen Witte
1566: Hinrich Koep , Meino von Eitzen the Elder J., Cord Besteborstel
1567: David Grote
1568: Reymer Tuusen
1569: Hinrich Tamme, Jakob von der Peltzen
1570: Jakob Prigge
1571: Hinrich Rode
1572: Antor Peters
1574: Barteldt Busch
1577: Wilhad Hartken
1578: Simon van Dulmen
1579: Hans Eggers, Johann Moller
1581: Franz Jügert
1582: Hans von Bergen, Jürgen vom Holte
1583: Claus Scharmbecke
1586: Daniel von Eitzen
1589: Hieronymus Reinstorp
1590: Eberhard Esich
1591: Lucas Beckmann, Joachim Langermann
1592: Albert Hackmann
1593: Peter Muhle
1595: Albert von der Fechte
1596: Albert Willers, Claus Stemshorn
1597: Hans Scherrenberch, Paridom vom Kampe
1599: Erich Soltow

17th century

Ditmar Koel (also Dithmar Kohl , grandson of Mayor Ditmar Koel ), upper age 1619, painted in 1606 by David Kindt

Paul Amsinck, Oberalter 1681

1600: Henning Heldt
1602: Johann Wetken, Albert Wittekop
1604: Jakob Eggers
1605: Otto Sillem
1606: Johann Koep , Johann Münden
1607: Johann Tunemann, Frederik Telemann
1608: Vincent von Spreckelsen
1609: Johann vom Kampe, Johann Langenbeck, Hans Schaffshausen
1610: Jeronymus Knakerugge
1611: Andreas Schröder
1612: Diederich Suermann, Hinrich Stampeel
1614: Jochim Busch, Peter Röver, Hinrich Bekendorp
1615: Meino von Eitzen, Wilhelm von Düten
1616: Johann Spitzenberch
1617: Jochim Mule
1618: Diederich Moller, Peter von Spreckelsen , Joachim Hartiges, Albert Bekendorp
1619: Joachim Wichmann, Hinrich Herinck, Dithmar Kohl
1621: Eler Esich, Joachim Bare
1622: Johann Frederichs
1623: Johann Rump
1625: Caspar von der Fechte
1626: Hinrich Schwelund, Joachim Twestreng, Jürgen Schrötteringk
1627: Jochim Elvers, Johann Garmers
1628: Matthäus Sillem, Johann Wetken
1629: Claus Schulte
1631: Andreas Tegge
1632: Peter Juncker
1633: Hermann Rentzel
1634: Johann Wichmann
1637: Jürgen vom Holte
1638: Johann Hanses, Hermann von Eitzen
1639: Friederich Hartken, Detleff Heldt
1641: Andreas Schroeder, Hans Landerhusen , Jakob Stenwick
1642: Hermann Langenbeck, Hein Sillem, Johann Lütkens
1643: Detleff Heldt
1644: Jochim Beckmann, Jürgen Stampeel
1645: Jürgen Möller
1647: Hinrich Wichmann
1648: Albert Schulte
1649: Magnus Hornmann
1650: Garleff Langenbeck, Diederich Schrötteringk , Johann Moller, Nikolaus Sillem
1652: Nikolaus von der Fechte, Jürgen vom Holte
1653: Peter von Spreckelsen , Heinrich Busch, Jürgen Schrötteringk
1655: Paulus Langermann, Hieronymus Meurer
1657: Diederich Basmer
1658: Basil of the Bostel
1660: Johann Bostelmann
1661: Hinrich Sillem
1662: Peter Kentzler, Hermann Rentzel
1663: Lorenz Wördenhoff, Jobst von Lengercke
1665: Joachim Anckelmann
1666: Otto Sillem, Georg Becceler
1667: Hinrich Grote, Diederich Hoppe, Hinrich Kentzler, Jobst Brandt, Nikolaus Krull
1668: Albert Wulff
1669: Jürgen Schrötteringk
1670: Cornelio Langermann, Diederich Schelhammer, Casten Busch, Johann Stael
1671: Johann Möllmann, Jürgen Kellinghusen
1673: Hinrich Matfeldt
1674: Cord Vegesack
1675: Johann Pape
1676: Hans Erlenkamp, Hans Bickel
1677: Marcus Peters
1678: Diederich Stael, Nikolaus Ludwig Rulant
1679: Detleff Brasche, Anton Wagener
1680: Zacharias Sökelandt, Johann Koch, Daniel Witte, Johann Rumpff, Jochim Stemann, Nikolaus von Beseler, Claus Dee, Hinrich Jacobsen
1681: Wilhelm Stadlander, Paul Amsinck
1682: Joachim von Spreckelsen , Hans Christoph Weissbach
1684: Wilcken Willer
1685: Hieronymus Lustig, Hans Christoph Mackh, Hans Jacobsen
1687: Christian Köthen, Jürgen Helmcke, Christopher Nootnagel
1688: Claus Wiegerss
1690: Caspar Anckelmann, Guilliam Vegesack, Johann Pell, Johann Kentzler, Hans Lambrecht
1691: Ludwig Becceler
1693: Johann Hering (Herinck), Johann Cordes, Albert Oldenburg, Johann Sellhoff
1694: Hartwig Stael, Albert Cohlbrant
1695: Roloff Knust, Hinrich Schlicht, Paulo Goldener
1696: Andreas Dathe
1697: Peter Carstens, Gerd Lente
1698: Hans Witte
1699: Hans Heydtmann

18th century

1700: Berend Krop, Christoffer Meyer
1702: Nikolaus Wunderlich, Johann Hökenkamp, Friedrich Wahn
1704: Georg Kopp
1706: Jakob Brommer
1707: Johann Prigge
1710: Matthias Mutzenbecher, Daniel Junker, Eibert Tieffbrunn, Conrad Ester
1711: Albert Schrötteringk
1712: Georg von der Meden, Johann Corfinius, Frans Bostelmann
1714: Christoff Darnedden, Andreas Meckenhäuser, Carl Peinhorst
1715: Johann Christoph Pfautzsch
1716: Patrik Bey
1719: Vincent Moller, Claus Stolley
1720: Peter Jacobsen, Jochim Steinkopff, Eberhard Pacher, David Geissmer
1721: Cord Rohde, Jochim Brüning
1722: Claes Makens, Joachim Persent
1723: Barthold Johann Bauch, Paridom vom Kampe, Hinrich Peter Kentzler
1726: Johann Caspar Weber
1727: Arnold Brüning, Hieronymus Lustig, Reinhold Brandt
1729: Johann Guhl, Johann Conrad Steckelmann, Cord Meyer, Samuel Klug, Philipp de Dobbeler, Matthias Böchmann, Nikolaus Jante
1734: Christoffer Lüttmann, Johann Behrmann
1735: David Doormann, Johann Friedrich Natorp
1738: Lucas Beckmann
1739: Christian Seyler
1740: Johannes Dresky, Daniel Schiebeler
1741: Johannes Dominicus Gaartz
1743: Johannes Diederich Cordes, Christian Brockes, Wilhelm Matfeldt
1744: Johann Hinrich Paulsen
1746: Eibert Tieffbrunn, Johann Stöver
1747: Philipp Hinrich Stenglin
1749: Jakob Singelmann, Andreas Jacobsen
1750: Ratje Richters
1751: Peter Neuhaus, Diederich von Spreckelsen
1752: Martin Gabriel Tielcke
1753: Johann Joachim Bühring, Hinrich Otto Seumnicht, Lorenz Poppe, Bernhard Hieronymus Luyders
1754: Hans Albers
1755: Christian Ludwig Fürstenau
1756: Raetcke Grotjan
1757: Diederich Heymann, Jürgen Schultz, Claus Dee
1758: Johann Philipp de Dobbeler
1759: Peter Johann Movers
1760: Joachim Kähler, Joachim von den Steenhoff, Johann Jürgen Berndes, Philipp Boetefeur
1761: Joachim Kellinghusen, Matthias Klefeker
1764: David Friedrich Klug, Christian Rohde, Johann Fleischmann
1766: Diederich Brandenburg, Martin Bernhard Printz, Hinrich Strunck, Bernhard Riecke, Hermann Christian Printz
1768: Walther Thode, Hinrich Reese, Johann Peter Trappe, Johann Koep , Daniel Poppe
1769: Lorenz Spieckerhoff
1770: Johann Christian Giese
1771: Peter Gülich
1772: Matthias von Döhren
1773: Andreas von Beseler
1774: Paul Hinrich Trummer, David Doormann
1776: Johann David Petzold, Vincent Cramer
1777: Lucas Hinrich Eding , Julius Peter Stampeel
1778: Albert Möller, Vincent Bulle, Nikolaus Adolph Schmidt, Johann Hinrich von Essen
1779: Johann Lustig, Johann Friedrich Schrader
1780: Johann Conrad Klinck
1781: Thomas Hoffmann, Johann Georg Feistkorn, Philipp Schlüter, Jacob Hinrich Hudtwalcker, Garlieb Amsinck, Johann Gottlieb Gerhard
1782: Johann Bostelmann
1783: Hinrich Jönsen, Franz Andreas Prale, Marcus Oldenburg, Friedrich Justus
1784: Detlof Nordthoff, Christian Reiners
1786: Adolph Schlüter, Joachim Friedrich Cunitz, Joachim Matthias Hasse, Johann Philipp Tietjens
1787: Peter Joachim Heymann, Moritz Nikolaus Hartung, Paridom Daniel Korn, Johann Nicolaus Kahrs
1789: Peter Wortmann, Peter Hinrich Jürgensen, Johann Christoph Carl Meyer, Rudolph Amsinck, Heino Christian Brandenburg
1790: Hans Jürgen Schröder, Simon Henning Brauer
1791: Balduin Balthasar Goedecken
1792: Friedrich Carstens, Johann Joachim Tecklenburg
1793: Johann Peter Seydler
1794: Michael Harmensen
1795: Johann Friedrich Tonnies, Heinrich Kühl, Paul Köster, Johann Rudolph Berndes
1797: Claes Bartels
1799: Franz Klefeker, Joachim von den Steenhoff

19th century

Georg Johann Heinrich Siemers, Oberalter 1847, lithograph by Friedrich Wilhelm Graupenstein

Johann Roosen-Runge, Oberalter 1857, lithograph by Friedrich Wilhelm Graupenstein

1800: Johann Nikolaus Kiesewetter, Johann Heinrich Matthias Färber, Marx Grave, Wilhelm Hinrich Ide
1802: Johann Hockmeyer, Nikolaus Mertens, Johann Matthias Bargmann
1803: Johann Jakob Mylius
1804: Johann Ludwig Fürstenau
1805: Friedrich Carl Herrmann, Michael Feldtmann
1806: Julius Diederich Flickwier, Johann Gotthard Martens
1807: Adolph Friedrich Minder
1808: Siegmund Diederich Rücker, Gottlieb Gerlach
1809: Hermann Riecke, Johann Friedrich Droop
1810: Frans Doorman, Hinrich Haanwinckel
1814: Heinrich Kühl , Otto von Axen , Christian Hinrich Lohmann, Johann Gottfried Schramm, Johann Caspar Gläser, Hermann Flügge
1816: Peter Daniel Prale
1817: Peter Bauch
1818: Christoph Hasse
1819: Walther Peter Möller
1820: Christian Gottfried Ulrich
1821: Johann Benjamin Neumann, Johann Wilhelm Möller, Johann Lucas Krüger, Walther Philipp Schlüter
1823: Andreas Ehrenfried Martens, Johann Anthon Schmidt, Johann Conrad Sievert
1824: Johann Diedrich Söhlmann
1825: Johann Hinrich Böckmann
1826: Vincent Matsen
1827: Peter Jakob Petersen, Johann Andreas von Beseler
1828: Zimbert Joachim Steetz, Georg Ehlert Bieber, Johann Otto Bieber
1829: Georg Nikolaus Mohr, August Schwalb
1831: Diederich Masendorff
1832: Jürgen David Meyer, Hermann Friedrich Justus, Johann Peter Westermann
1833: Georg Knorre
1834: Friedrich Heeren
1835: Carsten Wilhelm Soltau
1836: Johann Nikolaus Christian Brandenburg
1837: Peter Friedrich Röding
1838: Nikolaus Heinrich Burmester, August Wilhelm Geier
1840: Diederich Heinrich Moenck
1841: Georg Tiedemann, Johann Jürgen Nikolaus Albrecht
1842: Jakob Hinrich Gläser, Jürgen Nikolaus Sthamer
1843: Johann Joachim Schmidt, Carl Philipp Heinrich Möring, Gerhard von Hoßtrup
1844: Anton Diedrich Schröder
1845: Johann Carl Jacobj , Johann Christian Brockmann, Carl Andreas Prale
1846: Johann Christian Hinsch, Carl Philipp Kunhardt
1847: Georg Johann Heinrich Siemers, Johann Martin Stoppel, Friedrich Jakob Tesdorpf
1849: Michael Garben
1850: Friedrich Hinrich Suse
1851: Gustav Schmidt, Carl Friedrich August Loehr
1854: Johann Schäffer, Frans Heinrich Schlüter
1855: Johann Georg Friedrich Goering, Johann Heinrich Gläser
1856: Heinrich Friedrich Oldermann, Octavio Rudolph Schröder
1857: Diederich Bieber , Ernst Albers, Johann Roosen-Runge
1858: August Laurentius Koch
1861: Wilhelm Weinkauf
1862: Johann Christian Söhle , Georg Wilhelm Hinrichs
1863: Johann Hinrich Martin, Nicolaus Brandt
1867: Guido Wolff, Johann Friedrich Ludwig Riedel
1870: Hinrich Böckmann
1871: Johann Carl Sasse, Johann Conrad Warnecke , Johannes Eduard Paul
1872: Wilhelm August Schmidt
1873: Carl Ludwig Daniel Meister , Wilhelm Gossler
1874: Carl Woermann , Cipriano Francisco Gaedechens
1875: Alexander Friedrich Wilhelm Röpe
1876: Rudolph Christian Brockmann
1877: Eduard von Ewald, Adolph Oberdörffer
1880: August Cordes, Heinrich Brauss
1882: Otto Fehlandt
1884: Johann Nicolaus Stiller, Heinrich Bösch
1886: Anthon Schröder
1887: Hermann Binder, Georg Heinrich Ferdinand Creutzburg
1890: Friedrich Carl Matthias Marcus
1891: Hermann Theodor Brauer, Anton Heinrich Kellinghusen
1892: Otto Luck
1893: Oskar Ruperti
1894: Hermann Wehncke, Edmund Krüss
1895: Christopher Remmers, Martin Söhle, Eduard Brackenhoeft
1896: Otto Meier
1897: Georg Eduard Lembcke, Wilhelm Nottebohm, Adolph Klentzke
1899: Hugo Krüss

20th century

1900: Arthur Lutteroth, Julius Völschau
1901: Georg Ahrens
1903: Max Lorenz-Meyer
1904: Johannes Heinrich Georg Biehl, Gustav Crasemann
1905: Theodor Kelting, Edmund Siemers , Caesar Marquard
1906: Christian Stegelmann
1907: Caesar Amsinck, Alphons Mittelstrass
1911: Conrad Hermann Tietgens, Hermann Bruntsch
1912: Oscar Völckers
1913: Oscar Booth
1914: Jens Jacobsen
1915: Peter Heinrich Nölting
1919: Heinrich von Reiche, Hermann Theodor Messtorff, Heinrich Carsten Schultz
1922: Julius Otto Fahr, Heinrich Adolf Johannes Griem
1923: Wilhelm Fromm, Hennig Schween, Paul Winter
1924: Heinrich Schröder
1925: Bruno Schröder, Ernst Bauer
1926: Carl Mathies
1929: Max Räuper
1930: Alfred Müller, John von Berenberg-Gossler , Theodor Rosenbaum
1931: August Schröder
1932: Theodor Eggers
1934: Johannes von Karpf
1935: Eduard Hallier
1936: Theodor Grapendorf, Kurt Siemers
1938: Arnold Brock, Paul Sieveking, Johannes de Voss
1941: Hugo Dölberg, Alfred Beyerlein
1942: Hans Otte, Hermann Albers
1943: Fritz Rabe, Ernst Landgraf
1944: Hans-Henning von Pressentin
1945: Peter Christiansen, Gerhard Luetkens
1946: Edmund Krüss, Wilhelm Nottebohm
1948: Hermann Willink
1949: Emil Vorwald, Karl Hartwig, Rudolf Moeller
1950: Peter Schmidt
1953: Jeannette Ertel b. Behrmann
1956: Ulrich Beukemann
1957: Eduard Buhbe
1958: Bertram Krause
1959: Herbert Hey, Wolf Harm
1960: Hans Ehlers, Heinrich Lappenberg
1963: Mildred Felix-Gossler b. Gossler, Erwin Krohn
1966: Hans-Reimer Sievers, Edgar Uhle
1968: Walter Christiansen
1970: Ilse Schrader b. Greeven, Margot Krahn b. Bögel, Reinhard Krahn
1973: Heinz Stark
1974: Heino Hauschildt , Rudolf Haas
1975: Johannes Sieveking
1978: Kurt Meyer, Martin Schöffel, Hans-Jürgen Casper, Herbert Schröder
1979: Fritz-Lorenz Rabe, Kurt Meissner
1980: Werner Klie, Georg Wiarda
1981: Helmut Haeckel
1983: Hans-Jürgen Gehrts, Wilfried Lobsien
1985: Erika Sierig born Waiter
1988: Ivo von Trotha , Jens Warnholtz
1989: Christiane Nelle
1990: Detmar Brandi
1992: Paul Gerhard Fiebig
1994: Jutta Wieters-Schrader b. Schrader, Gerd Meißner, Martina Krüss-Leibrock geb. Krüss
1997: Hans-Joachim Seeler , Hans Günther Caspar
1999: Jürgen Timme
2019: Michael Labe, Martina Krüss-Leibrock, Detlev Burkart, Alk Friedrichsen, Ulrich Hagenah, Sophie Hanzig, Christiane Hoffmann, Daniel Kaiser, Roland Keich, Birgit Pagels, Axel Pfeifer, Sabine Stratmann, Bernd Struß, Karin Frfr. Voith von Voithenberg, Doris Wittlinger

literature

Friedrich Georg Buek : The Hamburg upper elders, their civil effectiveness and their families . Perthes-Besser & Mauke, Hamburg 1857, OCLC 844917815 ( digitized from Google Books [accessed on January 16, 2015]).
Herwarth von Schade: On the harmony and welfare of this good city: 475 years of senior citizens' council in Hamburg . Convent, Hamburg 2003, OCLC 53903206 .

Web links

Website of the Oberalten
The College of the Elderly. Information from the main church of St Michaelis
A ceremony in the town hall to mark the 475th anniversary. Article from September 30, 2003 published in the world (online)
On the role of the senior elders in Hamburg, see the factual information on the Hamburg constitution in force in 1848 ( memento from June 20, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
Oberalte in the German legal dictionary of the research center of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences

Individual evidence

↑ Tim Lorentzen: Johannes Bugenhagen as a reformer of public welfare ; Mohr Siebeck, 2008; P. 269, 512
↑ Tim Lorentzen: Johannes Bugenhagen as a reformer of public welfare ; Mohr Siebeck, 2008; P. 272
↑ MH: Oberalte. In: Franklin Kopitzsch , Daniel Tilgner (Ed.): Hamburg Lexikon. 4th, updated and expanded special edition. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-8319-0373-3 , p. 356.
↑ Wullenwever, the brother of Lübeck's mayor Jürgen Wullenwever , lost his post after his overthrow and execution in 1536. His relationship with Agneta Willeken , the lover of Marx Meyer , who was also executed in 1536 , raised suspicions against him of betraying Hamburg.
^ With Gustav Bolland, The Bramfelder Brücke in Barmbek. In: Hamburgische Geschichts- und Heimatblätter , born 1970, issue 8, pages 217-277, he is called Albert van der Vechte .

[1] Tim Lorentzen: Johannes Bugenhagen as a reformer of public welfare ; Mohr Siebeck, 2008; P. 269, 512

[2] Tim Lorentzen: Johannes Bugenhagen as a reformer of public welfare ; Mohr Siebeck, 2008; P. 272

[3] MH: Oberalte. In: Franklin Kopitzsch , Daniel Tilgner (Ed.): Hamburg Lexikon. 4th, updated and expanded special edition. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-8319-0373-3 , p. 356.

[4] Wullenwever, the brother of Lübeck's mayor Jürgen Wullenwever , lost his post after his overthrow and execution in 1536. His relationship with Agneta Willeken , the lover of Marx Meyer , who was also executed in 1536 , raised suspicions against him of betraying Hamburg.

[5] With Gustav Bolland, The Bramfelder Brücke in Barmbek. In: Hamburgische Geschichts- und Heimatblätter , born 1970, issue 8, pages 217-277, he is called Albert van der Vechte .