Berndt from Oer

Berndt von Oer (partly also Bernhardt ) (* around 1480; † October 6, 1558 ) came from the old Westphalian noble family Oer . He was droste of the Delmenhorst office and, after the defeat of the Anabaptist rule, governor of the prince-bishop in Münster .

family

Berndt von Oer was the second eldest son of Lambert von Oer zu Kakesbeck and Johannas von MiddAGEN. His first marriage was to Judith Christine von Grimberg zu Wiesche called Altenbochum. Berndt had five children from his marriage (1517–1525) to Christine. Lambert was an imperial officer and was Berendt's successor at Kakesbeck Castle . Heidenreich became a canon of St. Mauritz in Münster .

Between 1526 and 1537 Oer lived with a woman named Luttike zu Senden . With her he had three sons: Heinrich von Oer, called Luttike, Procurator at the Imperial Court of Justice and Hermann von Oer called Luttike, lawyer and rent master at Mallinckrodt zu Küchen. The son Reinhard became pastor of Buldern.

In 1539 Berndt married Oer Gosta von Münster zu Kolvenburg. With her he had the son Bernhard . This was canon of the Aegidi Church , but was suspended when he killed Commander Melchior Droste zu Senden in 1588 at the Aegidii Court.

After Gosta's death, von Oer married her cousin Katharina von Münster zu Botzlar.

Life

Berndt succeeded his father in 1522 and ended his inheritance dispute with Goddert von Harmen, who had claimed the Mechlin estates, through a settlement. On May 1, 1528, Harmen was awarded a severance payment of 4,500 gold guilders. Witnesses at the Lippstadt trial were u. a. Provost Rotger Schmiesing and Duke Heinrich von Braunschweig the Elder. J.

Berndt von Oer was around 1530 by Prince Bishop Friedrich III. appointed by Wied to Drosten von Delmenhorst and enfeoffed with Wels Castle. Friedrich von Wied, who was never ordained bishop, resigned from office on March 24, 1532. His successor Erich von Braunschweig-Grubenhagen died at a banquet on the occasion of his election. His successor, Franz von Waldeck , appointed Berndt von Oer as his advisor.

After the victory over the Anabaptists he became governor of Munster. Around this time he ceded the Drostenamt Delmenhorst to his brother Hermann von Oer zu Bruch.

Hermann von Kerßenbrock writes in “The Anabaptist Frenzy”: "Berndt von Oer was mayor, councilor and city governor in one person and was in charge of the city so that the 24 council members only had empty titles. He wrote laws for the citizens Throw citizens into jail and punish life and limb at will. " The Münster chronicler Röchel reports the following incident: The citizen Jaspar Schrodecken had Johann Knoep from Lübeck as a guest in his garden. German psalms were celebrated and sang, based on Martin Luther's translation, which reminded of New Jerusalem and was frowned upon. Berndt von Oer had the two arrested and taken to prison to sober up. The other day they had to vow to behave “catholic”.

He was instrumental in drafting the city regulations of April 30, 1536 and the police regulations of January 28, 1557. The powers and duties of the governor were also laid down in these regulations. Franz von Waldeck entrusted von Oer with delicate and diplomatic missions. So he represented the bishop at the Reichstag in Augsburg and Regensburg and settled Jews from the Lipperland in Münster in order to promote the construction of Münster. The latter and his shirt-sleeved style earned him the hatred of the people of Münster. His governorship ended with the first restitution in 1541.

In 1547 Anton von Oldenburg used the turmoil of the Schmalkaldic War to conquer Delmenhorst. Since the bishop of Oer assigned the main culprit for the loss of Delmenhorst, he had him arrested. Von Oer was persuaded to come with them to the office, where he spent 17 weeks - in a specially prepared room - in detention and received princely care. Despite Bishop Waldeck's repeated interventions, the city council refused to send him to prison. Berndt von Oer was released through an imperial penalty mandate after he had sworn a primal feud .

Bendt von Oer was a knight capable of state parliament. In this capacity he was commissioner of the knighthood in 1553 at the peace agreement between Duke Heinrich von Braunschweig the Elder. J. and Bishop Franz.

literature

• Wilhelm Kohl : Archive of the House of Kakesbeck in Darfeld Castle. Unpublished work.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wilhelm Kohl: The dioceses of the ecclesiastical province of Cologne. The diocese of Münster 7.4: The diocese (= Germania sacra. NF Bd. 37.4). de Gruyter, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-11-018010-3 , p. 225 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
2. ^ Karl Heinrich Theodor Jochmus: History of the Church Reformation in Münster and its downfall by the Anabaptists. Coppenrath, Münster 1825, p. 222 ( digitized in the Google book search).