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Date startStart date of the disease.	1415-04-11 Tuesday	+
Date endEnd date of the disease.		+
SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter)
Date otherOther mentioned dates.
PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease.	Lüneburg
RegionHistorical region(s)	Lower Saxony
CountryCurrent country	Germany
RiverMentioned river(s)
Natural eventMentioned natural event(s)
PersonMentioned persons(s)
GroupGroup(s) of people mentioned
VictimIndication of victims		+
AnimalMentioned animal(s)
DiseaseMentioned disease(s)	Plague
Epidemic waveAssociated epidemic wave
Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease
LanguageLanguage of the original text	Latin
KeywordFurther keyword(s)	Inscription
last edited	6. 01. 2026 by EpiMedDat-Bot.

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Funeral inscription of a mayor and his wife from Lübeck, that according to a 16th c. chronicler died of plague in exile in Lüneburg.

Text originalOriginal text

Anno Domini 1415 Feria quinta post Dominicam Quasimodogeniti obÿt Dominus Henricus Westhoff proconsul lubicensis / Anno Domini 1415 Eodem die Ghezeke uxor eius obdormivit in Domino.

DI 100, Stadt Lüneburg, Nr. 42† (Sabine Wehking), in: www.inschriften.net, urn:nbn:de:0238-di100g019k0004207 1

Text translationEnglish translation of the text

In the year of our Lord 1415 on Thursday after Sunday Quasimodogeniti died Heinrich Westhoff, mayor of Lübeck. / In the year of our Lord 1415, on the same day his wife Gheseke fell asleep in the Lord.

Translation by Martin Bauch 2