Lienhard Hirschvogel
Lienhard III. Hirschvogel (born June 21, 1504 in Nuremberg , † between February and May 1549 in Augsburg ) was a German merchant and long-distance trader.
Lienhard (III.) Hirschvogel (also Hirsvogel) was the son of Bernhardin Hirschvogel and Barbara, nee Imhoff , long-distance merchant and patrician in Nuremberg. After the death of his father, his uncle Lienhard II. Hirschvogel took care of him . He completed his training at the Hirschvogel trading company in Venice, Antwerp and Lisbon. In 1522, after being handed over by his guardians , he inherited from his father Bernhardin. After Lienhard II's death, he had a strong influence on the Hirschvogel trading company, which was run together with his cousin Endres II. Hirschvogel . Lienhard III. Hirschvogel believed that he had inexhaustible funds all his life. Through ill-considered land purchases of immense proportions and his courtly lifestyle - old chronicles show that lavish parties and drinking bouts were the order of the day - he created high burdens for himself, which was countered by stagnating business in the trading house, which he was not particularly interested in. In 1531 Lienhard III acquired the property "housing and farm riding" on Hirschelgasse in Nuremberg and a number of neighboring properties in loose succession in order to build a city residence based on the model of Italian city nobility. He is known as the builder of the Hirsvogelsaal (actually Hirschvogelsaal), an early Renaissance building that he had elaborately built there for private parties.
In 1535 he married Sabine Welser , a daughter from the Augsburg patrician family of the same name. In 1536, Hirschvogel caused a scandal when he sent his wife back to Augsburg after her father had not paid the agreed dowry . Anton Welser, father of the bride, tried to have the marriage declared invalid by the Bamberg consistory . In 1538 the marriage was divorced in favor of the woman; the previously indebted Hirschvogel was relieved of his office as named ( councilor ) of the imperial city of Nuremberg in 1539 . With the decline in his reputation came the decline in commercial transactions. Lienhard III. Hirschvogel continued his lavish lifestyle by permanently selling real estate and taking out loans. In order to save the rest of his property, he transferred it to Lienhard Kobold. The transfer contested by the Welsern before the Reichsgericht was canceled and Lienhard III. Hirschvogel had to pay for the immense costs of the years of processes. Little is known about the last years of his life; Lienhard III. Hirschvogel spent it in Joachimsthal in Bohemia. In 1549, at the age of 45, he traveled again to Augsburg, presumably to be reconciled with the Welsers. Lienhard III died completely over-indebted, destitute and broken. Hirschvogel, once one of the richest men of his time, in Augsburg in early 1549.
Individual evidence
literature
- Christa Schaper: The Hirschvogel von Nürnberg and their trading house , Verlag für Geschichte der Stadt Nürnberg, Nürnberg 1973.
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| SURNAME | Hirschvogel, Lienhard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hirschvogel, Lienhard III. (Full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German merchant and long-distance trader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1504 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |
| DATE OF DEATH | between February 1549 and May 1549 |
| Place of death | augsburg |