Volmer in St. Jacobstrasse
Volmer in St. Jacobstrasse (* 14th century ; † around 1397 in Aachen ) was a lay judge and mayor of the imperial city of Aachen .
Live and act
Volmer is always referred to in the documents with his home address as "Volmer in St. Jacobstrasse" and only in the genealogical records of Hermann Friedrich Macco he is referred to as Colyn Volmer in St. Jacobstrasse. He came from an old patrician and lay judge family, whose members held public offices in Aachen at the beginning of the 14th century. This also included the mayors of aldermen Arnold Volmer and Walter Volmer as well as Konrad Volmer , who did not belong to the aldermen's chair but was elected mayor. Volmer was first mentioned in 1382 as a member of the lay judges chair and belonged 1385 to the representatives of the city of Aachen, with the allied troops of the peace alliance Meuse-Rhine , the Burg Reifferscheid besieged. They accused Johann V. von Reifferscheid of numerous raids in the near and far surroundings and of breaking the peace. The siege itself was initially unsuccessful and the Alliance troops withdrew after three months of unsuccessful things. Nevertheless, the Landfriedensbund was able to commit Johann V. von Reifferscheid to an eight-year peace treaty. Subsequently, Volmer represented the city of Aachen several times as a delegate at important consultations and at state parliaments.
Finally, Volmer was elected mayor of the Free Imperial City of Aachen in 1388, 1391 and 1394 . In addition, he held the office of Meier in Burtscheid from 1382 to 1389 . He was married to a lady whose name has not been passed down, with whom he had, among other things, the son and later mayor Walter Volmer.
Literature and Sources
- Luise Freiin von Coels von der Brügghen: The lay judges of the Royal See of Aachen from the earliest times until the final repeal of the imperial city constitution in 1798 . In: Journal of the Aachen History Association . tape 50 , 1928, ISSN 0065-0137 , pp. 137-139 , No. 135 ( freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com and freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com ).
- Luise Freiin von Coels von der Brügghen: The Aachen mayors from 1251 to 1798 . In: Journal of the Aachen History Association . tape 55, 1933/34 , pp. 49/50 ( aachener-geschichtsverein.de [PDF; 1.7 MB ]).
Individual evidence
- ^ Hermann Friedrich Macco: Aachen coat of arms and genealogies. Volume 2, Aachen 1907 ( S.208 and S. 209 ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Volmer in St. Jacobstrasse |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German aldermen and mayor of the Free Imperial City of Aachen |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | around 1397 |
| Place of death | Aachen |