Thomas Kerkring

Thomas Kerkring (* 14th century; † Holy Week 1451 in Lübeck ) was councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck.

Life

Kerkring was the son of the Lübeck citizen Gottfried Kerkring. He was elected to the Lübeck Council in 1428. On Trinity 1429 he was already a member of the patrician Lübeck circle society . In wills Lübeck citizen, he is from 1406 often than Urkundszeuge and as guardian listed.

Thomas Kerkring was married three times. The infirmary of the (old) St.-Jürgen-Kapelle (Lübeck) he bequeathed as its chairman the amount of 1000 Luebeck marks so that all family time Kerkring one there Saturday's Salve Regina will sing.

He lived in the house Schüsselbuden 2 in Lübeck's old town . The gothic vaulted cellar of the corner house Schüsselbuden 2 / Mengstraße , which was destroyed in the air raid on Lübeck in 1942, was preserved, as well as a large-format medieval wall painting on the front, southern side wall of the ground floor, which is dated 1331–1338 and shows the adoration of the Magi . This was integrated into the new building of the house in 1958 and is now visible in the local shop. As a pension investment, Thomas Kerkring had acquired the Krempelsdorf farm in 1428 and the Lübschen goods Eckhorst and Groß Steinrade in 1448 .

Lübeck councilor Wedeke Kerkring was his son.

literature

Emil Ferdinand Fehling : Lübeck Council Line, Lübeck 1925, No. 513

Web links

Fig. Of the wall paintings in the historic basement

Individual evidence

↑ Gunnar Meyer: “possessing citizens” and “miserable sicknesses”: Lübeck's society in the mirror of their wills 1400–1449 (publications on the history of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck, published by the archive of the Hanseatic city, series B, volume 48) Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild 2010 ISBN 978-3-7950-0490-3
^ The three kings behind glass , in: Citizens news. (PDF) No. 109 from spring 2012. BIRL , p. 16 , accessed on November 12, 2019 . ,
see also description on Lübeck wall painting

personal data
SURNAME	Kerkring, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Councilor of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck
DATE OF BIRTH	14th Century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lübeck
DATE OF DEATH	1451
Place of death	Lübeck

[1] Gunnar Meyer: “possessing citizens” and “miserable sicknesses”: Lübeck's society in the mirror of their wills 1400–1449 (publications on the history of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck, published by the archive of the Hanseatic city, series B, volume 48) Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild 2010 ISBN 978-3-7950-0490-3

[2] The three kings behind glass , in: Citizens news. (PDF) No. 109 from spring 2012. BIRL , p. 16 , accessed on November 12, 2019 . ,
see also description on Lübeck wall painting