Neubrandenburg house contract

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The Neubrandenburg house contract regulated the formal division of the Duchy of Mecklenburg after the death of the Mecklenburg Duke Magnus II. His sons Heinrich V and Albrecht VII initially ruled the Duchy of Mecklenburg together. But Albrecht spoke out in favor of a division of the domains. There were differences between the two brothers, among other things, about their attitude towards the Reformation . While Heinrich supported them, initially cautiously, Albrecht refused them.

On May 7, 1520, the Neubrandenburg house contract was signed. The dynastic house contract wrote the division of rule into the partial duchies of Mecklenburg-Schwerin and Mecklenburg-Güstrow , which Albrecht VII sought and now enforced , but which was not concluded until 1621 in the course of the second division of Mecklenburg .

This division already existed with a few interruptions after the death of Heinrich the Dicken in 1477, but only in the form of an assignment of offices for sole usufruct. However, the duchy continued to be viewed as a whole. At the insistence of the united states, the court and regional court, the consistory , the state parliament, the decision on border disputes and the bearing of costs for the Reich Chamber of Commerce remained together.

In addition to the dioceses, cathedral monasteries and large monasteries, the twelve cities of Rostock, Wismar, Parchim, Güstrow, Neubrandenburg, Schwerin, Sternberg, Malchin, Teterow, Röbel, Waren and Friedland remained in the joint government. With the renewal of the treaty of December 22, 1534, Woldegk also came to the jointly governed cities.

This division of power was not recognized under imperial or feudal law. Logically, both rulers of the partial rulers continued to title unchanged and without distinction as dukes of Mecklenburg . The name of the partial rulers was added to this title to make it easier to differentiate.

literature

  • Gustav Hempel : Geographical-statistical-historical manual of the Meklenburger country . Frege, Güstrow 1837, pp. 52-53 ( digitized version ).
  • Georg Christian Friedrich Lisch: The Reformation at Malchin (article 4, vol. 16) , Schwerin, 1851, p. 98 ( digitized version )