Thomas Störning

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Thomas Störning (born March 26, 1571 in Lübeck ; † October 21, 1641 ibid) was a German merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck.

Life

Thomas Störning was a son of the Lübeck councilor Heinrich Störning , who came from Rendsburg . Störning enrolled on March 2, 1593 to study at the University of Siena . He was elected to the Lübeck Council in 1619. From 1636 he was a treasurer in the council. He died at the age of 71. After his death he received an epitaph from his executor Albrecht von Dassel in Lübeck's Marienkirche , which was made by the sculptor Jakob von Sandten. The epitaph burned during the air raid on Lübeck in 1942. His golden signet ring with the family coat of arms came from his will in 1861 to the collection of antiquities of the Society for the Promotion of Charitable Activities in Lübeck, which later became the Lübeck museums.

He was married to Elisabeth born. Wibbeking, daughter of the Lübeck councilor Joachim Wibbeking .

literature

  • Schaumann, Gustav; Bruns, Friedrich (editor): The architectural and art monuments of the Free and Hanseatic City of Lübeck , ed. from the building deputation. Volume 2, part 2: The Marienkirche. Nöhring, Lübeck 1906, p. 355
  • Emil Ferdinand Fehling : Lübeck Council Line. Lübeck 1925 No. 742

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Report on the development of the collection in 1861, inv. 256 ( digitized version )
personal data
SURNAME Störning, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1571
PLACE OF BIRTH Lübeck
DATE OF DEATH October 21, 1641
Place of death Lübeck