Martin Schreyer

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Martin Schreyer (also Martinus, Merten Schreyer or Wogmeyster ) was a Dresden councilor and mayor in the 16th century .

Life

Martin Schreyer, whose origin is unknown, was the tenant of the council scales, which were housed in an extension of the old town hall on the Altmarkt , and was therefore first mentioned in 1505 as Martinus Wogmeyster . Here the goods intended for sale were weighed. A copper bushel was used to measure hops. It was the job of the balance master to control measure and weight and to prevent manipulation.

In the same year he joined the council and took over the office of lord of interest. In 1508 he was again provided for this office. However, Duke George the Bearded did not confirm the new advice and refused Martin Schreyer, as there were inconsistencies in his accounting, which should first be investigated. Eventually, however, he was confirmed and was able to take over his office.

In 1510 Schreyer was treasurer and became the governing mayor for the first time the following year. According to the council regulations of 1470, they were elected for life, whereby the year as governing mayor is one year as "seated", i.e. H. Associate Mayor joined. The third year was the year of rest in which no office was held. Then the three-year cycle began again. Only at old age could the mayors be released from their office by the sovereign, but remained council members until the end of their lives. Schreyer became mayor again in 1514 and 1517. It remains unclear why he later no longer held this office, but is mentioned in the council register as a master builder in 1521 and again as chamberlain in 1525. He was last mentioned as a councilor in 1526.

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. ^ Heinrich Butte: History of Dresden up to the Reformation time . In: Central German Research . Volume 54, Böhlau Verlag, 1967, p. 133
  2. ^ Otto Richter: Constitutional and Administrative History of the City of Dresden , Volume 1, Verlag W. Baensch, Dresden 1885, p. 174
  3. ^ Heinrich Butte: History of Dresden up to the Reformation time . In: Central German Research . Volume 54, Böhlau Verlag, 1967, p. 218
predecessor Office successor
  Donat Conrad (1510, 1513, 1516) Mayor of Dresden
1511 , 1514 , 1517 		  Matthes Koler (1512, 1515)
Greger Byner (1518)
personal data
SURNAME Schreyer, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schreyer, Martinus; Wogmeyster, Martinus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dresden councilor and mayor
DATE OF BIRTH before 1505
DATE OF DEATH after 1526