Ludwig Schumacher

Ludwig Schumacher, mayor of the city and republic of Lucerne

Ludwig Schumacher (* 1594 in Lucerne ; † 1639 ibid) was mayor of the city and republic of Lucerne. He came from the Lucerne patrician family Schumacher of the Lucerne patriciate of the same name .

Statesman and landed property

Ludwig Schumacher was a son of Niklaus II. Schumacher ( minor councilor and captain) and Elisabeth Krebsinger (daughter of Jost Krebsinger, mayor and knight, colonel in France and captain in Savoy). Ludwig's grandfather (and father of Niklaus II) was the small councilor and delegate of the daily statutes Niklaus I. Schumacher.

Before Ludwig Schumacher became mayor in 1635, he was Seckelmeister and Bailiff of Münster and Rothenburg as well as Venner of the big city. Furthermore, he was twing and court lord of Wauwil and Schötz, captain (military contractor) in the service of France, Spain and Savoy, several times delegate of the diaries and delegate to King Philip IV of Spain. He was a council colleague of Christoph Pfyffer, the later victor of Villmergen and envoy to King Ludwig XIV . Ludwig Schumacher owned goods in Kriens and on the Halde as well as the corner houses on Kapellplatz opposite the Hertenstein House with the Holbein frescoes. Schumacher also had frescoes attached to his house. After him it came to the Balthasar patrician family and through them to the Willmann family , who had the frescoes removed.

French award

In 1635 Ludwig Schumacher had a regiment for Ludwig XIII. equipped. His brother-in-law Alt-Schultheiss and Colonel Jost Bircher took command. The king asked for 6,000 men, but the Swiss sent him 12,000 (the Bircher / Schumacher, von Erlach, d'Affry and d'Estavayer regiments). The King and Cardinal Richelieu were enthusiastic and showed their generous side. From then on, Ludwig Schumacher had a French lily in the coat of arms. A corresponding document is said to have been lost since the French invasion of 1798.

portrait

On a portrait of Ludwig Schumacher with a Spanish ruff, the medallion of the knight chain Heinrich IV . It bears the inscription: Friend of the brave journeymen of the Swiss leagues and reminds of the alliance treaty of 1602. This treaty was solemnly renewed under Louis XIV.

Studied in Paris

It was the golden age of the city and republic of Lucerne, which had had excellent relations with France since the "Swiss King " Ludwig Pfyffer . That is why Ludwig Schumacher had also studied in Paris, which happened through the mediation of his grandfather Schultheiss Krebsinger, who was a colonel in France and served with Ludwig Pfyffer.

Sons

After Ludwig Schumacher's death, his sons sold the twing rights of Wauwil and Schötz to the Council of Lucerne. They were castle bailiffs of the Wikon lordship and owned the Dietschiberg estate and the Alps in the Eigental, of which the book is still owned by the family today. They donated a pane of glass for the town hall and for the court church, together with cousin Leodegar, guard officer in Lucca, the Leodegar altar for the butchers and tanners - businesses like the ones that mayor Ludwig Schumacher owned, but whose craft he did not practice himself. Another son equipped a company of the Swiss bodyguard regiment for the Duke of Savoy.

literature

• H. Schumacher: Outline of a family story . Lucerne 1935/36.
• R. Schumacher: Short biographies of some representatives of the Lucerne patrician Schumacher family . Lucerne 2010, Central and University Library, Lucerne State Archives.
• R. Schumacher: The Lucerne patrician family Schumacher . Lucerne 2010, Central and University Library, Lucerne State Archives.
• R. Schumacher: Gentlemen's portraits of the Lucerne patrician Schumacher family . Lucerne 2005, Central and University Library, Lucerne State Archives.
• P. de Vallière: Loyalty and honor . Neuchâtel, 1912, Lausanne 1940.

Web links

• Markus Lischer: Schumacher, Ludwig. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Markus Lischer: Schumacher [from]. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Website Schumacher (from)