Heed salters

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Altar of heed malt with the coats of arms of the then living heed malt families.

The Erbsälzer represented the patriciate of the city of Werl , which consisted of 48 families in the late 14th century.

The first written mention of the Erbsälzer comes from the year 1246, when Archbishop Conrad of Cologne confirmed the special privileges of the Werler Sälzer. The number of families entitled to boil shrank to the eight families Bendit, Bock, Brandis (called Zelion), Crispen, Klingenberg (called Schöler), Lilien, Mellin and Papen by the end of the 16th century. They had the hereditary right to sole salt production in the city. The hereditary right of suffrage only applied to Catholic, male legitimate offspring residing in Werl, the residence obligation later no longer existed. The royal nobility recognition was granted to the Erbsälzer in 1708 by Emperor Josef I on the basis of a document from King Sigismund from 1432. After lengthy quarrels between the Erbsälz and the other council members, Archbishop Hermann IV ordered in 1485 that the Salzers get half of all council seats. So the Sälzer gained a political preponderance in the city. As early as 1382, the sovereign had intervened in the council elections by ordering that an archbishop's commissioner should preside over the council elections. Most of the time this office was given to Drosten , who after the turmoil of the Reformation era also had the task of ensuring that only Catholic men were elected to the council.

The "Collegium of the Erbsälzer zu Werl and Neuwerk" still exists today. The remaining von Lilien and von Papen families meet regularly for the feast of St. Michael on September 29th in Werl to celebrate Holy Mass and to eat together afterwards. In addition, the Collegium manages its property, including part of the spa park in Werl.

literature

  • Johanek, Peter: Salz und Sälzer, in: Rohrer, A./Zacher, H.-J. (Ed.): Werl: History of a Westphalian City, Volume 1, pp. 135–156. Studies and sources on Westphalian history, Volume 31, Paderborn / Werl 1994. ISBN 3-920980-40-9
  • Jolk, Michael: Technology and operation of the salt pans. Life on the Salzplatz, in: Rohrer, A./Zacher, H.-J. (Ed.): Werl - History of a Westphalian City, Volume 2, pp. 1145–1182. Studies and sources on Westphalian history, Volume 31, Paderborn / Werl 1994.
  • Klocke, Friedrich v .: The coat of arms of the Erbsälzer, in: Zeitschrift Westfalen, Issue 2, Münster 1941, pp. 49–62.
  • the same: the patriciate problem and the Werler Erbsälzer. Aschendorffsche Verlagbuchhandlung, Münster, 1965
  • Platte, Hartmut: 750 years of Erbsälzer in Werl: 1246 - 1996, Werl, 1996, ISBN 3-9802779-1-7
  • Rudolf Preising: 700 years of the city of Werl, becoming, growing and the fate of a Westphalian city on Hellweg . Published by the city of Werl. Dietrich-Coelde-Verlag, Werl 1972

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