Martin Heuseler

Martin Heuseler (also Martin (us) Heussler, Heusler ; † May 14, 1555 in Dresden ) was a Saxon lawyer, Dresden councilor and mayor .

Life

Act as town clerk, councilor and mayor

Martin Heuseler studied law, probably at Leipzig University , and was a doctor of both rights . In 1526 he was appointed chief town clerk in Dresden, which meant that, in addition to drawing up official documents and documents, he was also responsible for all legal tasks of the council. In 1540 he is mentioned in the documents as chief town clerk and syndic . Three years later he handed over the office to Jobst Kettwig , who later also became mayor of Dresden.

From 1539 Heuseler belonged to the Dresden council and is listed as a licenciat in the council files. In 1546 he was appointed treasurer and in 1554 was the governing mayor. The following year he died in Dresden, the regulation of his estate can be found in the council book of 1557.

Act as a bridge master

In addition to his council work, Martin Heuseler was also the bridge master of the stone Elbe bridge and responsible for its maintenance and necessary construction work. During his tenure, extensive renovation work was carried out in 1547, during which existing wooden components were replaced by stone ones. The bridge office treasury , which was subordinate to him, took over the financing , the building material was made available by the elector. In honor of the sovereign Moritz von Sachsen , a triumphal arch was also built on the bridge on the Altendresdner side .

According to tradition, was on the bridge until its demolition and new construction in 1727 a stone with a shield and a picture of a snail and the letter DODA This meant in German translation I give, give you too and like you me so I you , so As the founder of this memorial stone, Heuseler referred to the prevailing political conditions in Saxony. Roman dates and the initials M. H. L. (= Martin Heuseler Licenciat) are reminiscent of the renovation of the Elbe bridge that he led.

literature

• Sieglinde Richter-Nickel: The venerable council of Dresden , in: Dresdner Geschichtsbuch No. 5, Dresden City Museum (ed.); DZA Verlag for Culture and Science, Altenburg 1999, ISBN 3-9806602-1-4 .
• Otto Richter : Constitutional and administrative history of the city of Dresden , Volume 1, Verlag W. Baensch, Dresden 1885.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wilhelm Schäfer: Chronicle of the Dresden Elbbrücke, together with the annals of the greatest Elbe floods from the earliest to the most recent times . Adler & Dietze, Dresden 1848, p. 35 f . ( Digitized in the Google book search).
2. ^ Martin Bernhard Lindau: History of the capital and residence city of Dresden , Volume 1, Verlag R. Kuntze, 1859, p. 492.
3. ↑ The stone on the Dresden bridge. In: Johann Georg Theodor Grasse : The treasure of sagas of the Kingdom of Saxony , Verlag Schönfeld, 1855, pp. 79/80.

predecessor	Office	successor
Michel Wedelich (1553)	Mayor of Dresden 1554	Andreas Pfeilschmidt (1555)