Conrad Erer

Conrad Erer, detail from the St. Vitus Altar in Flein

Conrad Erer (left) with his wife and newborn son in front of St. Vitus, picture from 1517 from St. Vitus Altar in Flein

Conrad Erer (* around 1453 in Heilbronn ; † February 8, 1539 there ) was mayor of the imperial city of Heilbronn from 1494 to 1528 .

Life

The Erer family originally came from Gmünd and developed into the richest patricians in the city of Heilbronn. Konrad Erer was a scion of this respected family and joined the council in 1478 as councilor and judge. From 1481 to 1490 he was in Speyer , where he is also mentioned as a councilor in 1490. In the same year he returned to the Heilbronn council. In 1494 he became mayor and as such was enfeoffed in 1503 by the German king and later Emperor Maximilian I and in 1521 by Emperor Karl V with the imperial fief of the city.

In 1504, the Swabian Federation fought against the Palatinate in the War of the Bavarian Succession . Both parties demanded troops from the imperial city of Heilbronn. The Swabian Federation on the one hand demanded a cavalry of 9 riders and ground troops of 138 soldiers, and the Palatinate on the other hand demanded 50 soldiers from Heilbronn. Konrad Erer went into a comparison with the parties. He conceded the army to the Swabian Confederation and at the same time gave 700 guilders to the Palatinate as a "honor" on the part of the imperial city of Heilbronn.

In 1510, Konrad taxed an amount of 10 700 guilders and received the imperial fiefs as a representative of Heilbronn. The Erer's competitors were the Nenninger, the Berlin from Dinkelsbühl, and the Mettelbach, because they too represented the city and were able to accept the imperial fiefs.

Conrad Erer which since 1503 also Vogt about the rich urban village as mayor at the same Flein was founded, to 1514 to 1517 or dated Veit altar in the Fleiner Vitus Church , on the predella he is shown with his second wife and a newborn child.

Conrad Erer was replaced in 1528 by the Reformation-minded Hans Riesser in the office of mayor. He remained an old believer and was the only one who did not take the oath when the council declared the Protestant faith on November 18, 1530.

family

Conrad was married to Ursula Nagel († 1501/03) from Hall in his first marriage in 1484, and his second marriage from 1504 to Ursula Nenninger. The marriages had seven sons and four daughters.

• Philipp († 1556), lawyer, oo (1) Agnes N., (2) Katharina Egen
• Hans († 1545), council member in Heilbronn oo Benigna Nenninger
• Kaspar († before 1540), cleric
• Konrad († around 1565) oo Agathe von Stetten (founded the Bodenhofen branch of the family)
• Engelhard († 1548)
• Melchior († 1584), council member in Heilbronn, later Herr auf Sanzenbach , oo Christina Nenninger (founded the Sanzenbach branch of the family)
• Christof († 1579), mayor in Heilbronn, oo Katharina von Frauenberg
• Ursula oo wicker frog
• Barbara, nun in the Rechentshofen monastery
• Anna, nun in the Lichtenstern Monastery
• Katharina oo Eberhard von Böckingen

literature

• Moriz von Rauch : Bl. Histor. Association Hb. 1925, 13 ff.
• Axel Hans Nuber: Heilbronn families in Gmünd-Gmünder families in Heilbronn . In: Histor. Heilbronn Association 23rd publication, 1960, page 154
• Walther Ludwig: The ancestors of the Heilbronner Schultheißen Christoph Erer . In: Histor. Heilbronn Association 30th publication, 1983, page 78