Philipp Orth

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The coat of arms of Philipp Orth with his initials PO
Epitaph of Philipp Orth, formerly in Kilian's Church in Heilbronn

Philipp Orth (born August 27, 1534 in Heilbronn ; † March 5, 1603 ) was Mayor of Heilbronn from 1574 to 1603 .

Life

Philipp comes from the Orth family , who originally came from Langenselbold near Hanau, had developed into a merchant family in Frankfurt am Main and immigrated to Heilbronn in 1533 with Philipp's father of the same name, Philipp Orth (1509–1555). The coat of arms of the Langenselbold branch of the Orth family depicts a golden lion jumping up and holding an arrow. Philipp, born in 1534, was the oldest of his father's six sons and the first Orth to be born in Heilbronn.

Philipp Orth attended the Latin school in Heilbronn and then completed an apprenticeship as a businessman in order to join his parents' company, where he was responsible for purchasing goods in Italy, the Netherlands and northern Germany. After the early death of his father, he continued the business of his parents' company from 1555 at the age of 21. He gave up the precious metal and silk trade, the products of which he had obtained from Italy, and concentrated on trading in fish, lead and leather. The mother and later a brother were initially still partners in the company, from 1585 it was solely owned by Philipp Orth.

After his marriage in 1559, in whose agreement he had originally agreed to take up his residence in Frankfurt, he became a citizen of Heilbronn in 1560 out of consideration for his mother and his siblings who were still underage. As such, he was elected a member of the court that same year. 1564 became a member of the small council . From 1571 he was Vogt of the imperial city village Flein . 1572 he was mayor and 1574-1603 Mayor of Heilbronn . Several of his descendants followed him in this office until 1795, including his son Philipp Orth the Younger in 1614 . His achievements as mayor include the construction of the Heilbronn water supply through the introduction of water from the Cäcilienbrunnen, the construction of the fortifications at the bulwark tower and the establishment of a municipal library in the buildings of the former Franciscan monastery on the harbor market.

The Orth owned the Maulbronner Hof in Heilbronn and had the Orth'sche House built there in 1551 in what was then Kramstrasse (later: Kaiserstrasse ). Philipp Orth went on numerous trips, which he a. a. after 1575 Rome and 1576 led to London. Inspired by the Roman villas, he built an estate in the east of Heilbronn with a lake, fish farm and lake house, which later became the Trappensee castle . In 1578 Orth belonged to the Heilbronn delegation that received the imperial fief from Emperor Rudolf II in Vienna, and on the way back he visited some Hungarian fortresses.

When he died in 1603, his fortune was estimated at 40,500 guilders, making him the highest taxed citizen in Heilbronn.

An epitaph for Philipp Orth and his wife was once located in the Kilian's Church in Heilbronn . Heilbronner Orthstraße is still named after the family today.

family

On August 28, 1559, he married Maria Bocher, a daughter from the Frankfurt trading house Bocher. The couple had eleven children.

Progeny:

  • Anna Maria (1562–1592) oo Georg Kast , Hachberg country and council clerk
  • Magdalena (1564–1592) oo Jeremias Imlin, Heilbronn wholesaler
  • Philip the Elder J. (1567–1622), Mayor of Heilbronn, oo Anna Imlin
  • Hans Heinrich (1569–1634), businessman, oo Barbara Buhl
  • Margareta (1571–1598) oo Johann Friedrich Gößlin, tax master in Heilbronn
  • Friedrich (1574–1633), merchant, oo Agnes Schnepf
  • Jeremias (1577–1635), merchant, oo (1) Margareta Braun, (2) Margareta Krafft
  • Dominikus (1579–1633), lawyer, oo Barbara Kugler
  • Johann Georg (1585–1627), merchant, oo Lucia von Spreckelsen
  • two children who died young

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Willi Zimmermann: Old Heilbronn half-timbered buildings . In: Historischer Verein Heilbronn , 23rd publication, Heilbronn 1960.
  2. ^ Marianne Dumitrache, Simon M. Haag: Archaeological city cadastre Baden-Württemberg. Volume 8: Heilbronn. Landesdenkmalamt Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-927714-51-8
  3. ↑ Julius Kindler von Knobloch [Hrsg.]: Upper Baden gender book (Volume 3): MR, Heidelberg 1919, p. 283.

literature

  • Moriz von Rauch: The Heilbronn merchant and councilor family Orth . In: Historischer Verein Heilbronn, Heilbronn 1925, p. 57 ff.
  • Max Cramer : Heilbronn families . Rembold, Heilbronn 1903, p. 38.
personal data
SURNAME Orth, Philipp
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mayor of Heilbronn (1574–1603)
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1534
PLACE OF BIRTH Heilbronn
DATE OF DEATH March 5, 1603