Berlin unwillingness
The dispute between the citizens of Berlin - Cölln and the ruler of the Brandenburg region, Friedrich II, about the building of a castle on the Spree island and the associated obligation to surrender land is referred to as Berlin indignation . In the course of the dispute, which was essentially about the attempt to defend the autonomy of the city with 8,000 inhabitants against the decision-making authority of the sovereigns, the excavation of the castle, the nucleus of the later city palace , was flooded in the spring of 1448 . The compromise found in 1448, as far as urban autonomy was concerned, was more of a loss for the townspeople, because it ushered in a wave of princely actions against urban freedoms throughout the territory of the empire .
At the head of the small party that supported the electoral rulers in the Berlin council against the bourgeoisie stood Balthasar Boytin , whom Friedrich II rewarded for his loyal service in 1449 with the office of mayor of Berlin .
The mayors who revolted against Friedrich II included u. a. Wilhelm von Blankenfelde and his younger brother Johannes and Thomas Wins .
literature
- Wolfgang Ribbe, Jürgen Schmädeke : Small Berlin story . Berlin 1994.
Web links
- Henning straw ribbon on luise-berlin.de
- Berlin's unwillingness from Gerhild HM Komander, Association for the History of Berlin
- Building history - BERLIN history, especially: Schloßplatz on the Spreeinsel by Anne Schäfer-Junker on Spreeinsel.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Berliner Unwillen , Association for the History of Berlin e. V., accessed May 30, 2013
- ↑ What aroused the "Berlin unwillingness". In: Der Tagesspiegel , October 26, 2012