List of Council Secretaries of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck

Lübeck city seal

The Lübeck Council Secretaries should not be confused with the Lübeck Syndici . The Lübeck council secretaries, as town clerks, had been responsible for the management of the council's chancellery with Henricus de Brunsvic since 1242 . Like the Syndici, they were also trained lawyers. The first council secretary in Lübeck was called Protonotar based on the imperial and Vatican language usage and was already the oldest council secretary in 1361 with the status of notarius noster senior . The council secretaries kept the upper and lower town books . Some of them are among the most important chroniclers of the city's history. From the office of the registrar of the chancellery, the position of the third (youngest) council secretary emerged from the 16th century, who from 1809 was also officially designated as the city archivist . He was also responsible for the bar in Lübeck's Marienkirche . There were council secretaries in Lübeck until the constitutional amendment in 1851, the list is based on the work of Friedrich Bruns until 1851 .

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Middle Ages up to the Reformation in Lübeck

Name and dates of life	Education	Order	Special features and comments	Illustration
Henricus de Brunsvic († after 1259)		1242-1259	Lübeck's first occupied Council Secretary
Alexander († before 1284)		1258-1277
Ludolfus de Samecowe		1268	only attested as the father of Johannes de Samekowe
Hinricus de Wittenborne († 1289 or later)		1270-1289	Ordered for life in 1270
Johannes de Samekowe († 1322)		1268-1313	Son of his predecessor Ludolfus de Samecowe; 1314 councilor
Alexander Huno († 1325)		1284-1317	1318 councilor, chronicler, author of the Lübische annals
Hinricus de Molne († before 1293)		before 1290	1290 no longer in office
Luderus de Rameslo († after 1317)		1295-1298	Priest, envoy to Riga in 1297/98
Johannes Ruffus († 1349 or later)	Orleans	1307-1349	Lübeck chronicler, author of Lubeck Stade Chronicle
Gherardus sacerdos (probably † 1337)		1316-1336
Hinricus notarius (probably † 1350)		1329-1350
Johannes de Sternberghe (after † 1345)		1334-1345
Johannes Dannenberg († 1372)		1338-1372
Nicholaus Magnus (after † 1346)		1339-1346
Hinricus Swerk (after † 1350)		1346-1350	Brother of the Wismar town clerk Nicolaus Swerk
Hermannus de Caminata (after † 1346)		1346
Martinus de Golnow († 1372)		1350-1363	also Scholasticus of the Schwerin cathedral chapter, then pastor in Wismar
Gherardus Radeymyn († 1363 or 1364)		1353-1364	Nephew of the Council Secretary Johannes Dannenberg.
Johannes Vritze († 1408)	probably Prague	1362-1386	Sp. Canon in Hamburg. 1408 Donor of the two lectures at Hamburg Cathedral .
Jacobus de Cynnendorp		1365-1376
Albert Rodenborch († 1421 or later)	Prague	1377-1385	Bachelor degree. Envoy to Flanders. Later canon in Lübeck. Grave slab preserved as an (extremely worn) grave slab behind the high altar area of Lübeck Cathedral.
Johann van der Haven		1379-1395
Gotfridus van der Krempen	University notary in Prague	1384-1407	Lübeck Canon. An earlier grave slab in Lübeck Cathedral is documented.
Gherlacus de Bremis	Prague	1394-1408	Resigned shortly after the old council was driven out and the new council was installed in 1408.
Hinricus de Vredelant	Prague	1396-1408 and 1418	previously taught politics at the University of Prague. Caesura during the time of the New Council
Paulus Oldenborch		1408-1436	1418 Protonotary
Borchardus de Osta	Erfurt Bologna	1408-1412	1416–1443 Canon in Lübeck.
Dietrich Zukow († 1442)	Prague	1410-1416	Sp. Rector of the University of Rostock; 1432 Syndicus of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck
Johannes Voss († after 1432)	Erfurt	1414-1418	Protonotary. Previously Rector of the University of Erfurt, sp. Rector of the University of Rostock
Hermannus vam Hagen	./.	1417-1449
Johann Hertze († 1476)	Rostock	1436-1454	1436 Protonotary, resignation from office in 1454. 1460–1476 councilor in Lübeck. Chronicler, author of the Lübische Ratschronik (section up to 1469)
Johannes Bracht († 1487)		1451-1481	Retired in 1481.
Hildebrand		1454
Johannes Arndes		1455-1478	Dismissed in 1478 due to debts
Johan Wunstorp	Erfurt	1455-1483	Chronicler, author of the Lübische Ratschronik (section 1469 to 1480)
Liborius Meyer († after 1497)	Cologne	1475/1476	Scholarship holder of the Dwerg Foundation named by Lübeck . 1478 Rector of Rostock University for the first time.
Peter Schulteti	Erfurt	1476/1477
Johannes de Bersenbrugge		1478-1493
Theodericus Brandes	Rostock Cologne	1481-1500	Son of the Lübeck merchant Hermann Brandes. Scholarship from the Dwerg Foundation. Chronicler.
Reynerus Holloger	Rostock	1483-1492	From the Rostock council family. Protonotary.
Hartwich Brekewoldt	Rostock	1493-1513	Son of councilor Konrad Brekewoldt .
Johann Lebrade	Rostock	1495
Henning Osthusen († 1530)	Erfurt	1496-1513	Second Secretary of the Council. Nephew of the Syndicus Johannes Osthusen
Johannes Rode († 1532)	Rostock	1500-1517	Canon in Schwerin, dean of the Lübeck cathedral chapter. Preserved figure tombstone in the cathedral.
Bernt Heineman	Rostock	1510-1532	.
Johann Badendorp	Rostock	1514-1517
Paulus van dem Velde	Rostock	1517-1529
Ludolf Hawenkel	Rostock Wittenberg	1519-1521
Bartramus de Rentelen	Rostock	1521-1529	Son of councilor Eberhard von Rentelen .
Herman Rover	Rostock Greifswald	1523-1529	sp. Hamburg Council Secretary and Councilor
Lambert Becker († 1562)	Rostock	1529-1552	1529 Secretary of the Council, 1544 Protonotary. 1552 Lübeck councilor.
Andreas Stholp	Wittenberg	1531-1538	previously Council Secretary in Bremen.
Johannes Tostede		1535/1536	Sp. Notary of the Lübeck Cathedral Chapter.
Sebastian Ersam		1537-1569
Herman Boitien		1538-1547	Sp. Lübeck councilor and bailiff in Ritzerau .

Early modern times to the 19th century

Name and dates of life	Education	Order	Special features and comments	Illustration
Nicolaus Wulff	Rostock Wittenberg	1549-1564
Christoph Messerschmidt	Rostock Wittenberg	1558-1573
Johann Engelstede († 1579)	Rostock Wittenberg	1562-1578	1562 protonotary. 1578 Lübeck councilor. Died on a legation trip to the Hanseatic Office in Antwerp.
Jacobus von der Ahe	Leipzig Wittenberg	1564-1570
Nicholas Popping	Wittenberg Rostock	1565-1583
Arnold Bonnus ? (1542–1599) only in Fehling (1925), not in Bruns (1938)	Rostock	1572-1578	Elected to the city council in 1578, mayor in 1594
Thomas Rehbein († 1610)	Rostock Leipzig	1573-1593	since 1573 Lübeck council secretary. 1593 Lübeck councilor and protonotary. Brother of the chronicler Heinrich Rehbein .
Franciscus Knockert	Leipzig	1573-1619
Tilemann Kenckel	Wittenberg	1581-1583	Son of the Mayor of Bremen, Detmar Kenckel . Gest. on an embassy trip to Vienna.
Werner Starke	Rostock	1584
Daniel Frisius	Rostock	1586-1588	Protonotar, previously professor in Leipzig and Strasbourg.
Petrus Engelbrecht	Helmstedt Wittenberg Basel	1596-1602
Johan Brambach	Erfurt	1591-1616	1617 preposition at the cathedral. 1619 3rd Council Syndicate.
Thomas Plaß	Erfurt Helmstedt	1597-1608
Friedrich Popping	Rostock	1602-1640
Theodor Glazer	Rostock	1609-1617
Johann Grensin	Strasbourg	1609-1612	Son of councilor Gerd Grensin
Johann Feldhusen (1577–1643)	Rostock	1613-1637	1613 council secretary, 1634 protonotary. 1637 councilor in Lübeck.
Johan Braunjohan	Helmstedt Cologne Rostock	1618-1648
Johannes Conradus	Rostock Koenigsberg	1627-1648
Hinrich Balemann	Rostock Angers	1639-1656	Son of councilor Heinrich Balemann (councilor, 1580) , 1652 Comes Palatinus.
Johann Pöpping (1608–1657)	Königsberg Groningen Orléans	1640-1646	Elected to the city council in 1646
Johann Havelandt	Frankfurt / Oder Wittenberg Rostock	1645-1676
Johannes Heinrichs (lawyer)	Rostock	1647-1664
Arnold Isselhorst († 1695)	Rostock	1650-1695
Johannes Feldthausen	Rostock	1657-1671	Son of the Council Secretary and Councilor Johann Feldhusen
Johann Siricius (1630–1696)	Strasbourg Leiden Giessen	1668-1669	1669 councilor, 1687 mayor of Lübeck
Joachim Friedrich Carstens (1632–1701)	Strasbourg Basel Geneva Orleans Rostock	1669-1687	1687 councilor in Lübeck
Christoph Siricius	Rostock Giessen Wittenberg	1673-1682	Brother of the council secretary, councilor and later mayor Johann Siricius
Adolf Mattheus Rodde (1655–1729)	Kiel Leipzig Leiden	1682-1701	1682 council secretary, 1695 protonotary. 1701 councilor, 1708 mayor of Lübeck.
Gotthard Marquart jun.	Rostock	1692-1694	Son of the mayor Gotthard Marquard .
Joachim Lothar Carstens (1655–1727)	Rostock Königsberg Frankfurt / Oder	1694-1715	1694 council secretary, 1701 protonotary. Elected to the city council in 1715 and its mayor in 1722.
Daniel Müller (1661-1724)	Giessen Strasbourg	1695-1708	In 1695 he became council secretary in Lübeck. 1708 Lübeck councilor and appointed mayor in the council in 1717.
Thomas Friedrich Carstens	Rostock Königsberg Frankfurt / Oder	1702-1734	Son of the Syndicus, younger brother of the council secretary and councilor
Heinrich Balemann	Altdorf Hall	1702-1717	Elected to the council in 1702 and to the council in 1717. 1724 Mayor of Lübeck.
Gotthard Arnold Isselhorst	Rostock Jena	1715-1728	1728 councilor in Lübeck and 1744 mayor
Johann Rodde	Helmstedt Jena	1717-1720
Georg Heinrich Gercken	Kiel Jena Leipzig	1718-1735	1718 council secretary, 1734 first council secretary (protonotary). 1735 councilor of the city.
Johann Friedrich Carstens	Altdorf Strasbourg	1720-1738	1720 council secretary, 1735 protonotary. 1738 councilor, 1750 mayor.
Heinrich Diedrich Balemann	Altdorf Hall Utrecht	1728-1750	1728 Council Secretary, 1738 Protonotary. With the death of his father in 1750 he was elected to the city council and in 1761 mayor.
Hermann Adolf le Févre	Jena Leipzig Strasbourg	1735-1745	Son of councilor Adolf Lefèvre .
Joachim Hinrich Dreyer	Jena hall	1735-1745	Son of the mayor Johann Heinrich Dreyer .
Johann Arnold Isselhorst	Rostock	1745-1765	1745 council secretary and registrar in Lübeck, 1750 protonotary. 1765 councilor, 1781 mayor of the Hanseatic city.
Johann Joachim Carstens	Jena Göttingen	1749-1790	Son of councilor Johann Friedrich Carstens
Christian David Evers	Jena	1750-1769	1769 Syndicus of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck
Hermann Diedrich Krohn	Frankfurt / Oder Leipzig	1759-1773	1759 Council Secretary. 1773 councilor, 1786 mayor.
Nicolaus Henricus Evers	Jena	1765-1816	1802 ennobled. Brother of Syndicus Christian David Evers. Father of the mayor Christian Nicolaus von Evers .
Adolph Friedrich Dehns	Jena Harderwijk	1796-1806
Johann Matthaeus Tesdorpf	Goettingen	1773-1794	1773 Third council secretary and registrar, initially received a training trip to Wetzlar, Regensburg and Vienna approved. 1794 councilor, 1806 mayor of Lübeck.
Johann Nicolaus Bünekau	Kiel Goettingen Strasbourg Basel	1790-1806	Council Secretary. 1806 councilor in Lübeck, resigned from the council in 1807.
Christian Heinrich Lembke	Jena	1796-1810 and 1814-1842	Son of Mayor Gabriel Christian Lembke . 1802 one of the founders of the seaside resort in Travemünde .
Bernhard Heinrich Frister	Goettingen	1806-1810 and 1814-1821	1806 Second Council Secretary, 1818 First Council Secretary. 1821 councilor, 1833 mayor of Lübeck,
Nicolaus Binder	Tübingen Göttingen Heidelberg	1809-1810	In 1823 he was elected to the Hamburg council and worked primarily as a police officer. In 1855 he was elected First Mayor for the first time within the Hamburg Council.
Karl Ludwig Roeck	Heidelberg Dijon	1814-1832	1832 Lübeck councilor, 1855 Lübeck mayor, 1864 commemorative coin Bene Merenti
Matthias Sievers	Heidelberg Dijon Göttingen	1817-1825	Council secretary in 1817, councilor in 1825.
Carl Hermann Gütschow	Göttingen Jena	1821-1850
Ludolph Heinrich Kindler	without a university degree	1825-1851	Son of the mayor Christian Heinrich Kindler
Eduard Balthasar Winckler	Goettingen	1833-1871	1854 first Secretary of the Senate
Martin Nicolaus Christian Wunderlich		1843-1854

Senate secretaries from the Senate Constitution in 1849 to conformity with the law in 1933

Selection of articles available in Wikipedia. The office of Senate Secretary was newly created in 1854.

Name and dates of life	Education	Order	Special features and comments	Illustration
Christian Theodor Overbeck		1850-1870	1850 Second Secretary of the Senate. 1870 Senator of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck
Johann Georg Eschenburg		1871-1885	1871 First Senate Secretary. 1885 Senator in Lübeck. In 1905/1906 , 1909/1910 and 1913/14 Eschenburg was mayor of Lübeck three times .
Eduard Hach		1871-1917	1871 Second Senate Secretary, 1885 First Senate Secretary (Protonotarius)
Wilhelm Brückner		1905/1906	1910 to 1912 first mayor of the city of Schleswig and from 1915 to 1917 chairman of the Schwerin Citizens Committee. 1921 to 1923 Minister of State for Justice in the Free State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
Johannes Kretzschmar		1907-1932	First specialist archivist at the archive of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck .
Paul ghosts		1909-192?	1926 honorary senator
Friedrich Wilhelm Lange	Rostock, Erlangen, Leipzig	before 1918-1919	1919–1933 State Councilor

literature

Friedrich Bruns : The Lübeck town clerks from 1350–1500 , in: Hansische Geschichtsblätter 31, 1903, pp. 43–102
Emil Ferdinand Fehling : Lübeckische Ratslinie , Verlag Max Schmidt-Römhild , 2nd edition Lübeck 1925. Unchanged reprint Lübeck 1978. ISBN 3-7950-0500-0
Friedrich Bruns: The Lübeck syndicists and council secretaries until the constitutional amendment of 1851. in: ZVLGA Volume 29 (1938), pp. 91–168.
Hanno Brand, Sven Rabeler, Harm von Seggern: Lived norms in urban space: On the social and cultural-historical analysis of legal sources in cities in the Hanseatic region (13th to 16th centuries) , Uitgeverij Verloren, 2014

Individual evidence

↑ Lübeck Document Book (LUB) Volume 1, No. 244 ff.

[1] Lübeck Document Book (LUB) Volume 1, No. 244 ff.