Wilhelm von Elswig
Wilhelm von Elswig (* 1613 in Lübeck ; † August 13, 1680 ibid) was a German merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck.
Life
The merchant Wilhelm von Elswig was a member of the Lübeck Schonenfahrer . As the word leading older man he signed in 1669 for the Schonenfahrer mediated the kingdom Bürgerrezess with the Lübeck Council and was then himself elected on 2 October 1669 for alderman of the city. He worked in the council from 1671 to 1673 as a builder, so he was responsible for the city's building yard .
He owned a courtyard and garden area at the gates of the city, the Elswigshof in today's Lübeck-St. Jurgen . In the course of the settlement in 1871, Elswig-Strasse was named after him and the location of the farm.
literature
- Georg Wilhelm Dittmer : Genealogical and biographical news about Lückeck families from earlier times , Dittmer, 1859, p. 32 ( digitized version )
- Emil Ferdinand Fehling : Lübeckische Ratslinie , Lübeck 1925, No. 800
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Elswig, Wilhelm von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German merchant and councilor of the Hanseatic city of Lübeck |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1613 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lübeck |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 13, 1680 |
| Place of death | Lübeck |