Christoph Richter (1596 – 24 February 1669) was mayor of Stettin, Swedish Pomerania (now Szczecin, Poland) from 1659 to 1669, and a Landrat.
History Christoph Richter was born in 1596. He studied philosophy at the University of Greifswald.Edmund Lange: Die Greifswalder Sammlung Vitae Pomeranorum. In: Baltische Studien. Ergänzungsband. Greifswald: Abel, 1898, p. 274. In 1659, he became the mayor of Stettin, Swedish Pomerania (now Szczecin, Poland).
Richter's appointment as mayor came in the same year as the Siege of Stettin, during which the city successfully resisted the imperial troops. As a token of the appreciation of their efforts Richter and his two fellow mayors, Heinrich von Braunschweig and Peter Gerike, were all granted knighthoods in 1660.Martin Wehrmann: Geschichte der Stadt Stettin. Stettin: Léon Sauniers, 1911, p. 290.
The same year Richter was one of three representatives of Stettin sent to a meeting between the Pomeranian cities held in Greifswald in connection with the succession of Charles XI as the new king of Sweden. Together with councillor Heinrich Starke Richter then traveled on to Stockholm for meetings with the Regency Council of the young king. The latter resulted in regained access to the city's Zeughaus and the promise of a review of the city's Stapelrecht.Martin Wehrmann: Geschichte der Stadt Stettin. Stettin: Léon Sauniers, 1911, p. 292f.
Richter died in office, on 24 February 1669, and was buried on 15 March 1669.Tadeusz Białecki (editor): Encyklopedia Szczecina, vol. 1 (A-O), Wyd. US-Instytut Historii, Szczecin 1999, pp. 139–141,
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