List of town clerks in Eppingen

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The list of town clerks in Eppingen lists the town clerks of the city of Eppingen in the Heilbronn district in northern Baden-Württemberg from the 15th to the 19th century.

meaning

City clerk referred to the medieval or early modern head of a city chancellery . Due to his education, experience and long service, he was often able to exert a more significant influence on urban development than the mayor, who only held office for a short time. For Eppingen a legally trained town clerk can be proven as early as 1489. The town clerk was at the head of the town's administration and was also one of the most influential men in the medieval city ​​of Eppingen. His business experience and legal knowledge made him an indispensable advisor.

Term of office

It was common practice to appoint town clerks for a long time. As long as nothing came in between, there was usually a position in life. The intention was to ensure continuity in city politics. The official city leaders, the mayors , could not guarantee this demand given their short term of office and the short-term change.

List of town clerks

The earliest evidence of a town clerk in Eppingen dates back to 1489, in a copy from 1544. In the period from the 15th to the 17th century, the series of town clerks can only be represented incompletely, after which the names are known in continuous order.

  • 1489 Johannes Cober
  • 1503–1525 Melchior Markart
  • 1544 Frantz Dieffenbacher
  • 1577–1591 Johann Walter
  • 1595 Gregorius Kleiver
  • 1598–1603 Joseph Aschawer
  • 1620–1633 Johannes Philippus Ölinger (Böllinger?)
  • 1640–1641 Johannes Erbermann
  • 1642–1644 Christian Junghans
  • 1651–1655 Hanß Jacob Lumpert
  • 1656–1662 Johann Jakob Steinbach
  • 1663–1673 Johann Jörg Dieffenbacher
  • 1674–1679 Johann Thomas Berntz
  • 1680–1682 Dionysius Rottengatter
  • 1682–1693 Geord Ernst Hunerhag (?)
  • 1693-1718 Johann Jacob Doll
  • 1719–1757 Johann Sebastian Werner
  • 1757–1762 Andreas Rancke
  • 1763–1788 Wolfgang Dieme (or Diemar) (born June 10, 1713; † August 15, 1788 in Eppingen)
  • 1774 Ludwig Dick
  • 1802 Staaden (1812 clerk and town clerk)
  • Jan. 7, 1813 Fitzer (counselor)
  • April 7, 1813 Grimmer (Ratschreiber)

literature

  • Karl Wieser: The Eppinger patrician family Diemar . In: Around the Ottilienberg. Contributions to the history of the city of Eppingen and the surrounding area , Volume 3. Heimatfreunde Eppingen, Eppingen 1985, pp. 359–362.
  • Franz Gehrig : The offices of the city of Eppingen and their owners . In: Around the Ottilienberg. Contributions to the history of the city of Eppingen and the surrounding area , Volume 2. Heimatfreunde Eppingen, Eppingen 1982, pp. 24–40.