Johannes de Lüde (also known as Johann von Lüde, John of Lude and Johannis de Lüde) was dean of
Hamelin.
His mother was an eyewitness to the children being lured out of the town by the
Pied Piper of Hamelin.
Johannes de Lüde had an uncle named Johannes von Reymbertink, mentioned in his will,
so it could have been a young Fräulein von Reymbertink who watched the children being led away on the Feast Day of Saints
John and Paul
John and Paul (Latin: ''Ioannes, Paulus'') are saints who lived during the fourth century in the Roman Empire. They were martyred at Rome on 26 June. The year of their martyrdom is uncertain according to their ''Acts''; it occurred under Julia ...
, the 26 June 1284.
''National Geographic Portugal'' writes that:
According to the book of notarial documents in the historical archive of Hamelin, the Lüde family was one of the most active in the city's business
Johannes de Lüde, ''decanus ecclesiae hamelensis'', left a rich inheritance in 1378, consisting of jewellery, house furniture and vessels of silver, iron and wood, as well as Hamelin
dinars
The dinar () is the principal currency unit in several countries near the Mediterranean Sea, and its historical use is even more widespread.
The modern dinar's historical antecedents are the gold dinar and the silver dirham, the main coin o ...
. The value is given in the measurement of
talent, and his bequests were worth over 150 talents, amongst them 10 talents to the building of the glorious
Church of St. Bonifatius, 10 talents to the dormitory and 20 talents to the poor, of which 8
solidi
The ''solidus'' (Latin 'solid'; ''solidi'') or nomisma ( grc-gre, νόμισμα, ''nómisma'', 'coin') was a highly pure gold coin issued in the Late Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire. Constantine introduced the coin, and its weig ...
were to be used for bread and the rest for lights for the
holy sacraments.
He is also mentioned in the 1374 or 1384 ''Chronica Ecclesiae Hamelensis''.
[{{Cite book, last=Meibom, first=Heinrich, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qIMxAQAAMAAJ&dq=Chronica+Ecclesiae+Hamelensis&pg=RA2-PA511, title=Rerum Germanicarum Tomi III: I. Historicos Germanicos ab H. Meibomio Seniore primum editos & illustratos, nunc auctiores. II. Historicos Germanicos ab Henrico Meibomio Iuniore e MStis nunc primum editos & illustratos. III. Dissertationes Historicas varii argumenti utriusque Meibomii continet, date=1688, publisher=Hammius, language=la, quote=Quia ergo interea cum Dn. Joanne de Lude & Dn. Bernhardo Lufeken, quod procuravimus citationem contra inclytum principem Ducem Ernestum, patrem dicti Ducis AIberti, quiex mala informatione & prohibuit culturam nostrorum agrorũ & veniebam ad eum in Eimbek & exhibuimus sibi 40. marcas puri argenti, ut desifteret ab omni impetitione, qui consuluit cum Magistro dein Arsvelde Canonico ibidem in Eimbek.]
References
Fictional kidnappers
Fictional musicians
Grimms' Fairy Tales
Hamelin
People from Hamelin