Thomas Wins

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Thomas Wins (* 1385 ; † before February 4, 1465 ) was a Berlin councilor and mayor .

Origin and life

The Wins family was of aristocratic origin and has been traceable in the Mark Brandenburg since the 14th century . There is different information about the origin of the family: According to some sources, she was originally based in Frankfurt an der Oder , from where family members moved to Berlin and Kölln . According to other sources, the noble family Wins came from Winsen an der Luhe . Thomas Wins' father was Nickel Wins, the first name of the mother , who comes from the Blankenfelde family, is not known. Thomas Wins had four brothers: Michael Wins, Thomas Wins, Coppen Wins and Merten Wins. Thomas Wins became a citizen in the first half of the 15th century.

From 1426 Thomas Wins was - with interruptions - mayor of Berlin for ten periods: from 1426 to 1427, from 1428 to 1429, from 1432 to 1433, from 1434 to 1435, from 1436 to 1437, from 1438 to 1439, from 1440 to 1441, from 1443 to 1444, from 1445 to 1446 and from 1447 to 1448.

According to a decree by Friedrich II of Brandenburg , after the dissolution of the joint council of Berlin and Kölln, confirmation from the elected mayors and council members was necessary. The confirmation of Thomas Wins as mayor is dated April 16, 1443.

Because of his involvement in the uprising against Friedrich II of Brandenburg in 1448/1449, Thomas Wins had to answer to court in Spandau . He and his sons lost the fiefs they had been given , but most of them got back a year later. A fine was also imposed and Wins lost his position as mayor, which was later held by members of the family again.

Trivia

The Winsstraße, which gives its name to the Winsviertel in the Berlin district of Prenzlauer Berg, is named after Thomas Wins.

family

5 children

  • with Gertrud Dannewitz (1395 - before 1420)
  • with Gertrud Glienicke (1390 - after 1449)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Thomas Wins on Gäbler Genealogie (accessed January 27, 2012)
  2. ↑ a b Christian Schmitz: Ratsbürgerschaft und Residenz, Berlin, New York: de Gruyter, 2002, p. 47f.
  3. ↑ a b c d Thomas Wins on luise-berlin.de (accessed on January 27, 2012)
  4. ↑ The steep career of Mr. Wins (PDF; 16 kB), on manuscript, without author, without date (accessed on January 27, 2012)
  5. ↑ Christian Robbe: Landowners, labor and peasant leaders and rulers  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: Prenzelberg Views, undated (Retrieved January 27, 2012)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.prenzlberger-ansichten.de  
  6. ↑ 1936 Ziering-Moritz-Alemann clan association by Karl Fritsche
personal data
SURNAME Wins, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Councilor and Mayor of Berlin
DATE OF BIRTH 1385
DATE OF DEATH before February 4, 1465