470.Lodowick op den Dyck. Born ca 1492 in Weisel, Rheinland-Pfalz.5 Lodowick died in Weisel, Rheinland-Pfalz on 27 May 1571.5
The first two paragraphs from The Op Dyck Genealogy, pages 26–30:5
Born about 1492; died 27 May, 1571; married AlettaZailen, 1522.
Held the post of Werkmeister, an office corresponding to that of a modern Commissioner of Public Works, and involving the superintendence of the fortification and building done by the city. As Werhmeister Lodowick controlled the disbursement of considerable sums of money, and received a yearly salary of twenty-five thalers. He also served one year, at a like salary, as Municipal Inspector of the master butchers of the city.