Lorenz Bokholt (Provost)

Lorenz Bokholt , also Laurentius Bokholt († September 27, 1501 in Greifswald ) was a German lawyer, Roman Catholic clergyman and university professor. He was Greifswald provost and rector of the University of Greifswald .

Life

The son of the mayor of Greifswald, Lorenz Bokholt, from his second marriage, was born at the beginning of the 15th century. After his father's death in 1417, he was under the tutelage of his older brother Otto Bokholt and several councilors in 1421. In 1437 he was enrolled at the University of Rostock , which at that time was in exile in Greifswald.

1456, the founding year of the University of Greifswald, he enrolled in Greifswald with the academic degree of Baccalars of Roman law . At the same time he received three benefits , for which he undertook to hold lectures on Roman law as an associate professor. From 1457 to 1464 he was thesaurar of the collegiate monastery at the Nikolaikirche . In 1461 he received a full professorship in law. In 1465 he received his master's degree in the artist faculty . In the same year he gained in the law faculty at the degree of licentiate of canon law . He also got into a dispute with the rector Gervinus Ronnegarwe , who therefore appealed to the Roman Curia .

In 1482 Lorenz Bokholt was promoted to Dr. iur. PhD . In 1483 he took over the post of Greifswald provost, recommended by Duke Bogislaw X. In the same year he took part in the rectorate dispute at the university. In 1484 he became dean of the faculty and rector of the university. He was also awarded the title of sub-conservator. In 1486 he represented the collegiate foundation in a comparison with Bogislaw X. In 1488 he became vice chancellor and again rector of the university. In the following year he went to court against the abbot of the Belbuck monastery , Konrad von Winterfeld, who claimed the office of sub-conservator. In 1490 he was an assessor in the court proceedings against Bernd Maltzan .

He died of the plague in 1501. He was buried in the Bokholt chapel in the Nikolaikirche. His gravestone has been preserved.

See also

• List of rectors at the University of Greifswald

literature

• Theodor Pyl : History of the Greifswald churches and monasteries, as well as their monuments, together with an introduction to the origin of the city of Greifswald. Vol. 2, Bindewald, Greifswald 1886, pp. 817-819.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry 1437 in the Rostock matriculation portal
2. ↑ ^{a b} DI 77: Greifswald (2009), No. 209 St. Nikolai 1501. In: Inscriptions catalog: Greifswald. German inscriptions online, accessed October 13, 2013 .