Bartholomäus Sastrow

Bartholomäus Sastrow, sometimes anglicised Bartholomew (21 August 1520 – 7 February 1603), was a German official, notary, and mayor of Stralsund. He left a culturally and historically important autobiography, written in 1595 when he was 75 years of age. There is a plaque marking the site of his birth at Lange Straße 54 in Greifswald. Provided by Wikipedia