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Ditmar Koel
Ditmar Koel, also ''Dithmar Koel'', ''Ditmar Kohl'' or ''Dietmar Koehl'' (born around 1500, died 22 September 1563 in Hamburg), was a Captain, successful pirate hunter and Mayor of Hamburg. Biography In 1525 Koel was commander of one of four ships of the fleet of Admiral Simon Parseval. 7 October he came into sea battle with the fleet of the pirate Claus Kniphoff. After 8 hours he managed to take the ship ''Gallion''. He brought the pirates and the loot to Hamburg, and was 1527 elected to ''Ratsherr'' ( councilman). Koel promoted the Reformation and initiated the reformation of the Hansatown. In 1536, as Admiral for a defence fleet, he stopped a raid from Count Palatine Friedrich von Hadeln. From 1542 until 1548 Koel was Amtmann of Bergedorf.,Harald Richert: ''Schloßhauptleute und Amtmänner in Bergedorf''; in '' Lichtwark-Heft'' Nr. 59. Verlag HB-Werbung, Hamburg-Bergedorf, 1994, In 1548 Koel was elected mayor of Hamburg.Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Herausg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Hamburg
The government of Hamburg is divided into Executive (government), executive, Legislature, legislative and judiciary, judicial branches. Hamburg is a city-state and municipality, and thus its governance deals with several details of both state and local community politics. It takes place in two ranks – a citywide and state administration (Senate of Hamburg), and a local rank for the boroughs. The head of the city-state's government is the List of mayors of Hamburg, First Mayor and President of the Senate. A ministry is called ''Behörde'' (office) and a state Minister (government), minister is a ''Senator'' in Hamburg. The legislature is the state parliament, called ''Hamburg Parliament, Hamburgische Bürgerschaft'', and the judicial branch is composed of the state supreme court and other courts. The seat of the government is Hamburg Rathaus. The President of the Hamburg Parliament is the highest official person of the Free and Hanseatic League, Hanseatic City of Hamburg.const ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
