Wirad von Boizenburg
Wirad von Boizenburg was around 1188 the agent of Count Adolf III. from Schauenburg . According to the name and tradition, he was of Slavic origin. At that time, the area around was Boizenburg from the tribe of polabians (the "on the Elbe") inhabited.
In Hamburg he organized the construction of the so-called "old" Neustadt around the Nikolaikirche . He induced colonists from Holland, Friesland and Westphalia to settle the new city according to Lübeck city law . The market place was the hop market at the Nikolaikirche. According to the Count's will, this “Neustadt” was supposed to be a trading colony, to which the first port of Hamburg was built in the Alster arm, now called Nikolaifleet. Wirad is said to have been one of the city councilors.
The council notary Jordan von Boizenburg , who may have been his grandson, was part of his family .
Today the "old" Neustadt belongs to the Hamburg district of Hamburg-Altstadt and includes the former parish of St. Nikolai.
literature
- Otto Benecke: A look at Hamburg's past. Otto Meissner Verlag, Hamburg 1868
- JG Gallois: History of the City of Hamburg. Tramburgs Erben, Hamburg 1853, p. 24 ( digitized version )
- Heinrich Reincke: Boizenburg, Wirad. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 428 ( digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ^ Gerhard Theuerkauf: Jordan von Boizenburg . In: Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Hrsg.): Hamburgische Biographie . tape 1 . Christians, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-7672-1364-8 , pp. 153 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wirad von Boizenburg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | medieval councilor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | before 1188 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 12th century or 13th century |