Bernese (councilor dynasty)

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The Berner family was a Dresden councilor dynasty that was one of the most influential patrician families in the city in the 14th century . Several members served as mayors and town clerks . Bernerstrasse in the Kleinpestitz district is named after this family .

Significant members

Theodericus Berner

Theodericus Berner is mentioned for the first time in a directory of Dresden council members from 1301. In 1303 he is mentioned as magister civium (mayor), and in 1307 again as a councilor (Theodericus dictus Berner). In the following year his son Hannes also appears in city documents. 1308 Theodoricus Berner gave 1 pound annual interest rate from him fiefdom ceded place Grumbach in the event of his death, the "Holy. Kreuz “( Kreuzkirche ) to a soul device .

Ditherich Berner

In 1308 a Her Ditherich Berner can be found for the first time in the directory of Dresden council members. The first complete list of names of the council comes from this year. In addition to the mayor, there are 11 councilors and 7 aldermen. In 1309 he is called again as Dytherich Berner . In his work on the Dresden city and council constitution in the Middle Ages, the archivist Otto Posse mentions Dietrich Berner as mayor in 1303, 1308, 1309 and 1315. It remains unclear whether the council members Theodericus Berner and Ditherich Berner are the same person acts. In more recent publications, both are listed separately.

Peter Berner

Peter Berner (also Petir Bernher ) was the town clerk of Dresden from 1380 to 1395 and from 1396 exercised the office of mayor.

He was appointed to his office in 1380 as the first city clerk (notary) who can be identified by name. As the council's only scholar, he was responsible for all of the written work. For this he received 6 shock groschen as well as free housing and exemption from all taxes. In addition, he was reimbursed for his expenses for the office's needs and travel expenses. The writing of court judgments brought in additional earnings. His work writing the "Dresdner arbitrariness", a late 14th century adopted urban belonged legal statutes . Until the 18th century, a collection of legal provisions was referred to as arbitrariness.

Peter Berner also appeared as a founder. Among other things, he donated 1380 brewing pans for the Dresden Maternihospital and, together with his wife Barbara, an altar of Mary for the Kreuzkirche . He died in 1402.

literature

  • Sieglinde Richter-Nickel: The venerable council of Dresden , in: Dresdner Geschichtsbuch No. 5, Dresden City Museum (ed.); DZA Verlag for Culture and Science, Altenburg 1999, ISBN 3-9806602-1-4 .
  • Stadtlexikon Dresden A-Z . Verlag der Kunst, Dresden 1995, ISBN 3-364-00300-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e The names of the Dresden council members up to 1500 , in: Contributions to name research , Volume 12, Verlag C. Winter, 1961, p. 81 ISSN  0005-8114
  2. ^ A b Otto Richter : Constitutional and Administrative History of the City of Dresden , Volume 1, Verlag W. Baensch, Dresden 1885
  3. ↑ Otto Posse: City and Council Constitution of Dresden in the Middle Ages , in: Archives for Saxon History , Volume NF2 (1875/76), Verlag Bernhard Tauchnitz, Leipzig 1876 digital (page 204 ff.)
  4. ^ Heinrich Butte: History of Dresden up to the Reformation , in: Mitteldeutsche Forschungen, Volume 54, Böhlau Verlag 1967
  5. ↑ Jörg Oberste: The city books of Dresden (1404–1535) and Altendresdens (1412–1528) , Ed. Thomas Kübler, Leipziger Universitätsverlag, 2007