Heinrich Meier (politician, 1609)

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Heinrich Meier (born July 15, 1609 in Bremen , † August 30, 1676 in Bremen) was a Bremen lawyer , statesman and mayor of his city .

biography

Meier was elected councilor in the Bremen council on July 28, 1638 and mayor of his hometown on December 2, 1654. Its public effectiveness fell during one of the most difficult periods in Bremen's history , in which the imperial immediacy claimed by the city and repeatedly recognized by the emperor from the last Archbishop of Bremen , Frederick of Denmark , and from his legal successor, the Swedish crown, diplomatically, journalistically and militarily was disputed.

The polemic against the Swedish endeavors, which was considered to be significant in the development of Bremen's constitutional law, comes largely from Meier; it is the “ Assertio 1ibertatis reipubl. Bremensis di the Kayserl. and the h. Rom. Reichs Freyen City of Bremen Freedom of Honor and Rescue. Made for permanent news. Anno 1646 ” , which was also available in print in 1651. It was no longer possible to clearly determine whether Meier was involved again in the other written disputes in 1654 and 1666. Meier is also credited with the second description of the city of Bremen published in Merian's Topographia Saxoniae in 1653 on pages 51 to 70.

In addition, two handwritten diaries (diaries) are known from him. In the first, in addition to events in his own family, he also recorded important public events in Bremen, which span the period from 1638, the year he joined the Bremen council , until shortly before his death in 1676. This diary was then continued by his sons until 1684, it is in the Bremen State Archives . A second diary describes his diplomatic mission from April to September 1654 to the States General , the representation of the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands . Furthermore, he was also involved in the negotiations in The Hague , which led to the conclusion of the Stade settlement between Bremen and Sweden on November 28, 1654 . In the last twenty years of his life, however, the results he achieved in Bremen's external relations were less effective than those achieved by the Bremen Syndicus Johann Wachmann the Younger .

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personal data
SURNAME Meier, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bremen lawyer, statesman and mayor of his city
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1609
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH August 30, 1676
Place of death Bremen