Martin Pasche
Martin Pasche (born December 18, 1565, presumably in Berlin , † December 7, 1626 in Berlin) was a German lawyer and mayor of Berlin .
Youth and student days
Martin Pasche was born as the third son of Joachim Pasche , Kurbrandenburg court preacher and provost of Berlin, and his wife Elisabeth Sydow, presumably in Berlin, but grew up in the Brandenburg town of Wusterhausen an der Dosse, where his father was pastor and superintendent from 1576. After the early death of the father (1578) and the mother (1579), the Berlin mayor Johann Agricola Eisleben was appointed guardian of Martin Pasche. This persuaded Pasche to start studying law at the University of Frankfurt (Oder) . Before the outbreak of the plague , Pasche fled first to Wittenberg in the same year and later to Leipzig , where he continued his studies. After the end of the plague epidemic, he returned to Frankfurt (Oder) and studied three more years at the university there. This was followed by a year of study at Rostock University in the winter semester of 1588/1589 and a trip to Lithuania in 1590 . He then continued his studies in Königsberg (East Prussia) . Pasche earned his studies and living there through private lessons and later through an employment at the Königsberg court. In 1593 Pasche returned to Frankfurt (Oder) and taught law at the university there until 1595.
Berlin time
Also in 1595, Martin Pasche married the Guben councilor Eva Richter, with the permission of his older brother Joachim (1563-1618), and moved to Berlin, where he established himself as a lawyer. A short time later he was included in the Berlin register of officially recognized lawyers and appointed as the court and chamber court lawyer of the Electorate of Brandenburg . From 1602 he also held the function of an ordained, later of the syndic , of the Middle and Uckermärkischen as well as Ruppin cities, the u. a. the duties of a tax inspector were incumbent. He also exercised the function of the syndic for Berlin. Also in 1602 Pasche was appointed mayor of Berlin. During his term of office came the escalating conflicts between the Protestant faiths of the Lutherans and Calvinists . The highlights were the religiously motivated riots around the Berlin Cathedral and the Cölln Petrikirche on April 3 and 4, 1615, during which the electoral governor Prince Joachim Georg of Brandenburg was wounded and had to withdraw from the city. After the return of Elector Johann Sigismund , citizens, councilors and mayors of Berlin and Cölln had to undertake in writing to refrain from or to prevent such excesses in the future. With the outbreak of the Thirty Years' War in 1618, the situation of the city council led by Pasche deteriorated. Billing of soldiers and unjust taxation exacerbated tensions between the citizens and authorities. As mayor, Pasche was in the crossfire of the parties: on the one hand, he had to ensure that the taxes required by the elector were raised, and on the other, he was supposed to represent the interests of the city towards the sovereign. In addition to the burden of war, Berlin / Cölln was hit by the plague in 1626/1627, which claimed around 500 lives. Since the burdens threatened to become too great for him, Martin Pasche asked several times in vain for his replacement as mayor.
Mayor Martin Pasche probably died of the plague on December 7, 1626 . He was buried in the Nikolaikirche in Berlin . His marriage to his wife Eva had four daughters. His daughter Magdalena married the future mayor of Berlin, Erasmus Seidel .
literature
- Berlin monthly magazine . Edition Luisenstadt, 4th year, issue 11, Berlin 1995, pp. 55-57, ISSN 0944-5560
Web links
- Martin Pasche . In: At the top of Berlin on the website of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pasche, Martin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pasha, Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer and mayor of Berlin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1565 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | unsure: Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 7, 1626 |
| Place of death | Berlin |