Friedrich Flender from Hardt

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Friedrich Flender von der Hardt (born March 30, 1674 in front of the Hardt; † March 29, 1707 in Siegen ) was a hammer smith from Siegerland. He became known as a freedom fighter against Wilhelm Hyazinth , Prince of Orange and Nassau victories .

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Friedrich Flender came from the Weidenau Flender family in Haardt ; he was the son of the hammer smith Hans Henrich Flender vor der Hardt (1638-1720) and his wife Anna Katarina. Friedrich was married to Katarina Flender (* 1680) since 1701; there are three children from the marriage.

Flender himself was a hammer smith and a shareholder in the Weidenauer trade union under mining law . He was arrested on March 26, 1707 on the orders of Wilhelm Hyazinth, Prince of Orange and Nassau-Siegen, and executed on March 29, 1707 in the Upper Castle of Siegen for refusing to pay taxes. Flender fought against the financial burdens caused by the mismanagement of the Siegen princes, which resulted in protests and tax strikes. Because of his leadership role and his complaint to the Vienna Reichshofrat and Emperor Joseph I , he was arrested and beheaded without a trial. Wilhelm Hyazinth was then deposed on April 20, 1707 on the initiative of Friedrich Wilhelm I Adolf by an imperial commission appointed by Emperor Joseph I himself. Friedrich Flender's family was awarded an honorary debt with confirmation of Friedrich Flender's innocence and a solemn funeral.

Friedrich Flender is considered one of the most important personalities in the history of the city of Siegen. In 2008 he was honored with a plaque in the Upper Castle in Siegen.

literature

  • Hermann Böttger: Friedrich Flender in front of the Hardt; a fighter for the rights and freedom of the Siegerland people. Commemorative publication on the 250th anniversary of his death, March 29, 1707 , publisher: Siegerländer Heimatverein, Siegen, 1957

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  • Marcus Weidner, Flender vor der Haardt, Friedrich, in: The street naming practice in Westphalia and Lippe during National Socialism. Database of street names 1933–1945, Münster 2013ff.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b "Nassauer Annalen, Volume 9", Association for Nassau Antiquities and Historical Research, 1868, p. 77 ff.
  2. ↑ August Gertner: “Myths u. Flowers from the Siegerlande ", Vorländer 1855, p. 164
  3. ↑ “Memorial plaque for Friedrich Flender. Memory of the historical figure of Siegen. ” , Westfalenpost , December 4, 2008, accessed on May 2, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Flender von der Hardt, Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flender, Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Siegerland hammer smith
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1674
PLACE OF BIRTH in front of the Hardt, Siegerland
DATE OF DEATH March 29, 1707
Place of death Wins