Melchior Schweling
Melchior Schweling (born October 23, 1629 in Bremen , † July 1, 1712 in Bremen) was a German lawyer and mayor of Bremen .
biography
Schweling was the son of the legal scholar, Privy Councilor of the Bremen Archbishop and Councilor Johannes Schweling (1596 / 97–1678). He attended the pedagogical museum and from 1647 the grammar school in Bremen . He began studying at the Academia Julia Carolina in Helmstedt and occasionally teaches the young Count von der Lippe in Brake (probably Kasimir (Lippe-Brake) ). From 1657 he studied law at the University of Jena again and received his doctorate in 1658. jur.
From 1678 he became councilor of Bremen in place of his late father and from July 1682 a judge. From April 17, 1689 to 1712 (†) he was mayor of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen . He was Bremen mayor's successor to Mayor Johann Heerde (1638–1689) in the so-called 2nd line; Werner Köhne (1656–1737) followed him.
The sandstone coat of arms of the Bremen mayors Melchior Schweling, Fredericus Casimirus Tilemann, Henricus von Aschen and Hermanus Dwerhagen was attached to the then newly built third Michaeliskirche in front of the Doventor in 1700. Today it is located at the fourth Michaeliskirche .
Schweling was married and had a daughter.
literature
- Heinrich Wilhelm Rotermund : Lexicon of all scholars who have lived in Bremen since the Reformation; along with news of bored Bremen residents who held honorary posts in other countries . Volumes 1-2. Schünemann, Bremen 1818. ( digitized version )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schweling, Melchior |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lawyer, Mayor of Bremen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 23, 1629 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bremen |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 1, 1712 |
| Place of death | Bremen |