Cord Borg trick

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View of the tower of the city wall named after Cord Borgentrick.

Cord Borgentrick was a citizen of the city of Hanover who on November 24, 1490 thwarted an attack by Duke Heinrich the Elder in Braunschweig and Lüneburg on the city ​​fortifications of Hanover .

Career

The oil beater Cord Borgentrick left the city from Hanover's southeastern city gate, the Aegidientor . When he wanted to return to the city on the evening of November 23, 1490, the city ​​gate was locked. While waiting in front of the gate, at dawn, he discovered armed enemies hidden under covered wagons and in gardens who were about to attack Hanover. As a ruse by the Duke, who was hostile to the city, after the opening of the Aegidientor, a covered wagon with soldiers disguised as a merchant's wagon was supposed to drive under the portcullis and fire a shot there as a sign that the armed enemy could penetrate the city. Cord Borgentrick recognized the danger and warned the guard at a neighboring tower, who put the city on alert with a shot from the rifle and thus lured the armed enemies out of their hiding places. The planned attack on the city of Hanover failed.

Honors

  • To commemorate the heroic deed of Cord Borg tricks, November 24th was later celebrated “like one of the highest church holidays” by singing through the streets of Hanover and telling the heroic deed of Cord Borg tricks to the citizens of Hanover. The source of these events is a record in the Red City Book , which ends with the words: "Et ergo nolite confidere in principibus" (German: "And therefore do not trust the princes").
  • The listed Borgentrick tower , which was incorporated into the later building of the Hanover Adult Education Center, was named after the Hanoverian citizen as part of the historic city ​​wall near the Aegidientor .
  • Herbertstrasse, which was laid out in 1911 in the Hanover district of Döhren , was later renamed Borgentrickstrasse .
  • In 2008 the Heimatbund Niedersachsen eV ( Heimatbund Niedersachsen eV), in cooperation with the state capital Hanover, awarded the Cord Borgentrick stone for the first time in memory of Cord Borgentrick .

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Individual evidence

  1. Source: home country. Journal for local history, nature conservation, cultural care. Year 2010, issue 4, p. 129.
  2. Gerd Weiß, Marianne Zehnpfennig: The fortification of the old town. In: Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany , architectural monuments in Lower Saxony, City of Hanover, part 1 , vol. 10.1, ed. by Hans-Herbert Möller, Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 1983, pp. 51f., ISBN 3-528-06203-7 ; as well as annex to vol. 10.2: Theodor-Lessing-Platz 1 / 1A (remains of the city wall tower, Cord-Borgentrick tower). In: middle. In: Hans-Herbert Möller (Hrsg.): Architectural monuments in Lower Saxony. Volume 10. Wolfgang Neß among others: City of Hanover. Part 2, ISBN 3-528-06208-8 , pp. 3ff.
  3. ^ Helmut Zimmermann : Borgentrickstrasse. In: The street names of the state capital Hanover. Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung , Hannover 1992, ISBN 3-7752-6120-6 , p. 45.