Saigerhandel

The Saiger trade dealt with the raw materials and products of the Saiger huts , which have been documented since the 15th century. Saigerhütten won Garkupfer and silver from argentiferous raw copper , predominantly from the Middle Ages in central Germany Mansfeld came. Next was needed lead for Kupellation and charcoal and other aggregates for smelting .

The Saiger trade was often financed through bills of exchange , which were often redeemed in Frankfurt am Main and Nuremberg . Successful Saiger dealers were among others the Welser in Nuremberg, the Imhoffs , Hans Reinicke and Matthäus Landauer .

literature

• Ekkehard Westermann : The Nuremberg Welser and the Central German Saiger trade of the 16th century in its European interrelations. In: Mark Häberlein, Johannes Burkhardt (Hrsg.): The Welser - New research on the history and culture of the Upper German trading house . Akademie Verlag , Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-05-003412-2 ( google.de [accessed on January 20, 2013]).
• Peter Lange: The Saiger trade in Mansfeld . Saigerhütten in Thuringia. In: Museums der Stadt Olbernhau (Hrsg.): Copper silver steel - contributions to the history of metallurgy . Olbernhau 1988, p. 24-26 .