Paul von Blankenfelde

Paul von Blankenfelde (* around 1365 ; † October 22, 1436 ) was Berlin's mayor . He comes from the Blankenfelde patrician family in Berlin , who provided a total of seven Berlin mayors. His father Peter von Blankenfelde and his sons Wilhelm von Blankenfelde and Johannes II von Blankenfelde were also mayors of Berlin. He himself held the highest state office in the years 1401/1402, 1403/1404, 1405/1406, 1407/1408, 1419/1420, 1421/1422, 1423/1424, 1425/1426, 1427/1428 and 1429/1430 in the mandatory annual change.

The Blankenfelde House on Spandauer Strasse in 1871

He was a feudal lord and landlord in Seefeld and received lease and interest income from the villages of Herzfelde , Werder , Rüdersdorf , Altena and Hennickendorf . He had the family's ancestral house at Spandauer Strasse 49, which was destroyed in the conflagration in the summer of 1380 , rebuilt using massive stone construction.

Around 1390 Blankenfelde married Anna, a member of the Strohband family in Brandenburg . He had five sons and five daughters with her. This shows a votive painting donated by him in the monastery church, on which he is depicted with his wife, with coat of arms, five sons and five daughters. Only five of his children reached adulthood. The two sons also became mayors.

Blankenfelde had the reputation of being a capable city politician. In disputes between the city of Frankfurt (Oder) and the Elector, he was responsible for the role of arbitrator. In the role of captain of the Berlin army he was sent in 1403 against the dukes of Pomerania , with whom Brandenburg was in constant feud.

In 1426 , Blankenfelde, together with Mayor Sebastian von Welsickendorf and Henning Strohband and Thomas Wins from Cölln, moved again against the Pomerania, which had taken Prenzlau through betrayal , and they were defeated. The successful alliance finally led to the merger of the cities of Berlin and Cölln.

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