Claus Jesup
Claus Jesup (also Nicolaus) († probably between 1448 and 1453 in Wismar ) was temporarily mayor of the Hanseatic city of Wismar.
Life
In the course of the unrest in the cities of northern Germany at the beginning of the 15th century, the Wollenwever Claus Jesup also emerged as the leader of the rebellious craft offices in Wismar. As in other cities with Luebian law , the council consisted exclusively of patricians , while the other citizens had hardly any say.
Jesup became a member of the newly formed 1960s committee and a member of the New Council of the Hanseatic City, which was formed in the course of the uprisings after the old council was ousted. In 1410 he represented them in negotiations in Lübeck , which - just as affected by unrest - was also governed by a new council. In 1411 he became mayor of Wismar and remained in office until the old council was restored in 1416.
In the Danish-Hanseatic War (1426–1435) of the Wendish, Pomeranian and Saxon cities of the Hanseatic League against Denmark , under the leadership of Lübeck's mayor Tidemann Steen in 1427 there were significant losses of the Hanseatic fleet , which Jesup used for his pursuit of political power. He used the dissatisfaction of the city population with what they saw as the unauthorized war intervention of the ruling patriciate, which did not serve the city as a whole, to take power again. First he initiated the illegal executions of the previous mayors Johann Bantzkow and Hinrich van Haren . In the course of this renewed takeover of power he was again one of the city's mayors. The new council paid homage to the politically rather weak Duchess Katharina and was thus recognized by the rulers. Wismar and its population fell due to the events in imperial ban . Only at the instigation of King Sigismund was the old order in the city forcibly restored with the dismissal of this new council in 1430.
It is believed that Jesup died between 1448 and 1453.
Afterlife
- In 1919 Ottomar Enking wrote a historical novel Claus Jesup , which was reprinted in 1930, 1940 and most recently in 2001.
- There is a Claus-Jesu-Straße in Wismar.
- In 1956 the special school in Wismar was named after Claus Jesup.
literature
- Karl Ernst Hermann Krause: Jesup, Nicolaus . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 791.
Individual evidence
- ↑ After Reimar Kock, possibly also Pelzer.
- ↑ First mentioned according to ADB in 1399
- ↑ Claus-Jesup-Schule
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jesup, Claus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mayor of the Hanseatic City of Wismar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 1448 and 1453 |
| Place of death | Wismar |