Brechte (family)

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The Brechte family was a patrician family in Hamm . There were family ties to Wesel and Münster .

coat of arms

The coat of arms of the Brechte family contains a green thistle with five red flowers growing out of green lawn. A three-flowered green thistle adorns the helmet.

meaning

Numerous Hammer mayors and renters of Rentei Hamm emerged from the family . In addition, Gerhard Brechte worked temporarily as a treasurer. The family also contributed to the city's welfare through various foundations. Albert Brechte bequeathed a substantial sum of money to the Franciscan monastery in Hamm for the construction of the monastery church, so that the family is considered to be the second founder of the monastery. In 1543 the brothers Werner and Johann Brechte worked as contributors to the misery. In 1601, the couple Rötger Brechte and Anna, geb. In his will, Pfreund bought her house at Weststrasse 23, which is now the Café Extrablatt, for the construction of a poor house.

family members

mayor

The family provided some mayors in Hamm.

  • 1486 Aelbert Brechte
  • 1487 Ailbert Brechte
  • 1554 Werner Brechte
  • 1556 Johann Brecht
  • 1558 Johann Brechte
  • 1559 Albert Brechte
  • 1561 Johann Brechte
  • 1563 Johann Brechte
  • 1564 Albert Brechte
  • 1574 Johann Brechte (documented February 1, 1575)

Rentmaster

Some rent managers at Rentei Hamm also emerged from this family.

  • 1383 Albert v. Brechte (St)
  • 1477 Rotger Brechte (St)
  • 1520 Werner v. Brechte (St)
  • 1580 Diederich Brechte (St)

Relationships within the family and with other families

The Harlinghof files from the end of the 16th century show:

1st generation: NN Brechte oo NN
sons:
1.1 Albrecht Brechte
1.2 Gerhard Brechte

2nd generation
1.1 Albrecht Brechte oo Christina (?)
Son
1.1.1 Johann Brechte

1.2 Gerhard Brechte oo NN
son
1.2.1 Bonaventura Brechte

3rd generation
1.1.1 Johann Brechte oo Margarete Schurckmann
daughter
1.1.1.1 Margarete Brechte

1.2.1 Bonaventura Brechte oo Clara Coth

4th generation
1.1.1.1 Magarete Brechte oo Werner Diethardt († 1625)

This compilation shows the connection between the Brechte u. a. to the Schurckmann family, who also provided the mayor of Hamm.

In addition, the brothers Werner and Johann Brechte from the first half of the 16th century should be mentioned. The former had a son, Johann Brechte.

There is also a connection between the rent master's family and judge Hermann Wilstake. His son Gobbel Wilstake was married to Christine Brechte.

Family foundations in Hamm

Wretched

Misery poor (1741), misery poor house (1781)
location two houses on Büttelstrasse
founding year after 1518
Benefactor 1537: Endowment of the Hartleif Drove; 1543: Donation from the brothers Werner and Johann Brechte
purpose Admission of poor disease sufferers, later accommodation for poor widows
carrier advice
Changes 1781: Sale of the houses
literature Möller: Brief historical-genealogical-statistical history of the capital Hamm, and the original emergence of the Grafschaft Mark, together with some corrections , Hamm 1803 (new print Osnabrück 1975), p. 109;
A [dolf] Schillupp: Milde Stiftungen , in: 700 Jahre Stadt Hamm, ed. from the Magistrat der Stadt Hamm, Hamm 1927, reprint Werl 1973, pp. 267–292., p. 284;
Willy Timm: The city of Hamm from its foundation to the present , in: Hamm. Chronik einer Stadt, Cologne 1965, pp. 29–123, p. 54;
Maria Perrefort: Social commitment Hammer women in the past , in: The forgotten story - 775 years of women's life in Hamm. Workshop reports, ed. by Antje Flüchter-Sheryari - Maria Perrefort, Hamm 2001, p. 156–157, p. 156.

Almshouse Brechte ( Funkenburg )

Poor house Brechte Funckenburg (1781)
location Weststrasse 23 (old: Nro 100)
founding year 1627
Benefactor The couple Rötger Brechte and Anna geb. Pfreund (1601 will); 1627: Contractual agreement between the heirs and the city of Hamm
purpose Accommodation for 10 poor
carrier advice
administration Provisional (document 1772)
Changes 1781 merger with the other reformed foundations
literature Möller: Brief historical-genealogical-statistical history of the capital Hamm, and the original development of the county of Mark, along with some corrections , Hamm 1803 (reprint Osnabrück 1975), p. 108
A [dolf] Schillupp: Milde Stiftungen , in: 700 years city Hamm, ed. from the Magistrat der Stadt Hamm, Hamm 1927, reprint Werl 1973, pp. 267–292, p. 286;
Maria Perrefort: Social commitment Hammer women in the past , in: The forgotten story - 775 years of women's life in Hamm. Workshop reports, ed. by Antje Flüchter-Sheryari - Maria Perrefort, Hamm 2001, p. 156–157, p. 156.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cf. Claudia Schnurmann - Ghen Engellandt: The Wesel steel merchant Franz Brecht and his Cologne competition 1565-1594 , in: Wesel and the Hanse am Rhein, Ijssel & Lippe, ed. by Werner Arand-Jutta Prieur, Wesel 1991, pp. 156–167.
  2. ↑ Diodor Henniges: An island of peace washed away by surging waves. The Franciscan monastery in Hamm (Westphalia) , Hamm 1924, p. 11.
  3. ^ History of the city of Warendorf, vol. 1, ed. by Paul Leidinger, Warendorf 2000, p. 232 (1563 December 20).
  4. ↑ a b Soest City Archive, Findbuch (inventory A)
  5. ^ After Johann Diederich von Steinen: Westphaelische Geschichte 4 , reprint Münster 1964, p. 576 (= St).
  6. ↑ Possibly identical to Rotger Brecht, who had the first steen in 1507 when building the parish church of St. Agnes; see. the building inscription (illustration and text) in architectural and art monuments of Westphalia 43. City of Hamm, Münster 1936, reprint Warburg 1994, p. 98 and P. 100.
  7. ^ Landesarchiv NRW, Rhineland Department, Düsseldorf, Finding aid (122.14.05 Werden, Abbey, files)

literature

  • A. Overmann: The town charter of the county Mark 2. , Hamm, Münster 1903.
  • Johann Diederich von Steinen: Westphaelische Geschichte 4 , Reprint Münster 1964, p. 575ff.

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