Hans Kotericzsch

Hans Kotericzsch (also Kotheritzsch, Kodericzsch) was an electoral Saxon civil servant, Dresden councilor and mayor living in the 15th century .

Life

Kotericzsch, whose origins are unknown, was a member of the Dresden Council for the first time in 1438, but soon left and switched to the service of the elector. In 1445 he is mentioned in a document from May 4th as Vogt in Tharandt .

In the middle of the 15th century there were disputes between the ruling council and the strengthened craft guilds in Dresden . They called for greater participation in the decisions that are important for the city and for a reduction in the remuneration due to the holders of council offices. Elector Friedrich therefore ordered some members of the council and master craftsmen to Meissen on December 26th . Apparently he managed to settle the disputes by the end of 1455. The confirmation document for the newly elected council states:

“In other words, we want to have serious from uch, that uß the crafted and common future keynerlev heuffelung still sampnung with sunderliche reten against our confirmed advice to prepare vein, so villichte furmals was wrong, at the forewarming of our bad grace. "

- Elector Friedrich II . : electoral confirmation document for the newly elected council of January 13, 1456

Hans Kotericzsch was chosen as the new mayor. With the election, which was probably made under pressure, the elector secured his influence on the implementation of his decision and the further urban power relations. This was the first time that an electoral official came to the head of the Dresden council, although Kotericzsch, with the exception of his brief membership in 1438, had not been a councilor.

Despite this decision and an electoral order of July 30, 1457, the existing conflicts were only temporarily resolved. In addition, Kotericzsch, who was reappointed to office in 1459 as a ducal feudal man, claimed certain special rights, which brought him into conflict with his own city council. In 1466 there were again complaints from the craftsmen after the council pledged the city seal in favor of a loan for Elector Ernst and Duke Albrecht the brave without their knowledge and consent . These disputes subsequently led to lengthy negotiations, lawsuits and lawsuits. In 1467/68 the electoral chancellery requested corresponding documents from both parties in order to come to a decision. In the same year, Hans Kotericzsch was again appointed mayor to head the council. In the following year he can be proven for the last time as a council member.

On January 5, 1470, a new council regulation was finally issued, which regulated the election of council members and the mayor as well as the distribution of offices. According to this there was always one ruling and two dormant councilors in the future. The same rhythm also applied to the elected mayors. A supplementary clause stipulated that in future two representatives of the craftsmen were always allowed to sit on the council.

literature

• Sieglinde Richter-Nickel: The venerable council of Dresden , in: Dresdner Geschichtsbuch No. 5, Dresden City Museum (ed.); DZA Verlag for Culture and Science, Altenburg 1999, ISBN 3-9806602-1-4 .
• Otto Richter: Constitutional and administrative history of the city of Dresden , Volume 1, Verlag W. Baensch, Dresden 1885.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Matthias Meinhardt : Dresden in Transition: Space and Population of the City in the Residence Formation Process of the 15th and 16th Century , in: Hallische Contributions to the History of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Times, Akademie Verlag, 2009, p. 517. ISBN 9783050040684
2. ^ Heinrich Butte: History of Dresden up to the Reformation , in: Mitteldeutsche Forschungen, Volume 54, Böhlau Verlag, 1967, p. 127
3. ^ Otto Richter: Constitutional and administrative history of the city of Dresden , Volume 1, Verlag W. Baensch, Dresden 1885, pp. 73-77.

predecessor	Office	successor
Hans Münzmeister (1455, 1458) Lucas Feist (1467)	Mayor of Dresden 1456 , 1459 , 1468	Nickel Proles (1457, 1460) Hans Francke (1469)