Binger Kurverein
The Binger Kurverein of January 17, 1424 was an alliance of the electors of the Holy Roman Empire directed against the policy of King Sigismund . With the exception of the King of Bohemia - Sigismund held this office at the same time - the other six electors belonged to him. The aim was to safeguard the rights of the electors and the empire as well as a stronger say in imperial politics.
history
Dietrich II von Moers ( Archbishop of Cologne ), Konrad III met in the form of an Electoral Congress . von Dhaun ( Archbishop of Mainz ), Otto von Ziegenhain ( Archbishop of Trier ), Ludwig III. von der Pfalz , Friedrich I of Saxony and Friedrich I of Brandenburg in Bingen am Rhein .
It was agreed that disputes between the electors themselves would be resolved peacefully in the future. They also decided to fight the Hussites . In the event of a possible new schism in the church, the electors wanted to stick to a common line. They also decided to act together on important matters relating to the empire and matters relating to the electors. To this end, they concluded a covenant that was to last for the life of the signatory partners.
The main reason for this was the criticism of King Sigismund . He was accused, who went to Hungary in 1418, of having abandoned the empire in the face of the Hussite Wars . The electors therefore saw themselves entitled to take on the highest imperial tasks themselves. A permanent change in the constitution of the empire was probably not sought.
How important the class consciousness of the electors was is also shown by the fact that Frederick of Saxony, who had just been appointed by the king as elector, initially joined the Kurverein. The solidarity with the other electors was evidently greater than the gratitude to the king.
However, Sigismund succeeded in winning Friedrich of Saxony and Albrecht of Austria on his side. This weakened the electoral opposition and actually let the Kurverein break up. At a meeting in 1427 only the Rhenish electors were present. However, this did not mean the end of the electoral opposition. In 1425, they did not follow the royal call to Vienna. In 1426 at least the Rhenish electors stayed away and in 1429 the removal of the king was discussed again. After the king's return to the empire in 1430 and the Basel Council , the relationship between king and elector began to change.
literature
- Heinz Angermeier : The Empire and Conciliarism. In: Ders .: The old Reich in German history. Oldenbourg, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-486-55897-8 , p. 172 f.
- Kuno Drollinger: Binger Kurverein. In: Gerhard Taddey (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German history . People, events, institutions. From the turn of the times to the end of the 2nd World War. 2nd, revised edition. Kröner, Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-520-80002-0 , p. 132.
- Otto Heuer : Der Binger Kurverein 1424. In: Deutsche Zeitschrift für Geschichtswwissenschaft , Volume 8 (1892), pp. 207-225 ( online ).
- Christiane Mathies: Association of Electors and Kingship during the Hussite Wars. The electoral imperial policy against Sigismund in the power center Middle Rhine (= sources and treatises on Middle Rhine church history. Volume 32). Society for Middle Rhine Church History, Mainz 1978, especially pp. 137–172 (not evaluated).
