Hermann Dücker

Hermann Dücker (* 1591 ; † March 4, 1670 ) was a cologne - Westphalian head waiter , land pfennig master and Drost of the Menden office .

Life

He came from a branch of the von Dücker family who had lost their nobility status in the past through improper marriages. The father of the same name, Hermann Dücker zu Breeck and Hegen, had his possessions from Kloster Werden zu Lehen. He died in 1606. The family lost their property, probably due to the chaos of war. She then came to Arnsberg .

Hermann Dücker entered the service of the Cologne electors in their capacity as dukes of Westphalia. He was initially secretary of the Landdrosten, that is, the secular deputy of the elector in the duchy. As a result, he held important positions in the service of the elector or the estates . Between 1623 and 1625 he was appointed elector head waiter for the Duchy of Westphalia. He was also electoral councilor, Drost of the Menden office and land penny master. Because the office of land miner was temporarily vacant, Dücker has been responsible for mining law issues since 1670.

He managed to make a significant fortune. When he died, the list of goods consisted of 20 closely written pages in folio format . With this he expanded the manor Obereimer near Arnsberg. Since 1627 he has gradually bought various farms and cottages in Obereimer. He also acquired the associated landlord rights that had previously been owned by the Wrede family , the Wedinghausen monastery and the elector. In addition, there was the acquisition of properties in the Walpke valley . In 1631 he was recognized by the estates of the Obereimer estate as a manor suitable for parliament. Associated with this was the exemption from war contributions and estimates. However, the elector Maximilian Heinrich of Bavaria liked the estate so much that Dücker had to sell it to the elector under gentle pressure in 1652. The purchase price was 12,000 Reichstaler. In Arnsberg he probably built the representative Dücker Hof in 1627 . He also acquired large properties in the Menden area , which are still owned by the family. Therefore he called himself Herr von Ober- and Nieder-Rödinghausen.

After his death he was buried in the family crypt in the monastery church of Wedinghausen. He had two sons. One was Wilhelm Lothar Bernd Dücker, who was the Electorate of Cologne's secret councilor and envoy to the French king. He succeeded in restoring the nobility. The nobility was also passed on to Hermann Duncker's brother and second son Dietrich Gaudenz von Dücker through adoption. The latter succeeded his father as head waiter.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Winfried Reininghaus / Reinhard Köhne: Mining, smelting and hammer works in the Duchy of Westphalia in the Middle Ages and the early modern period. Münster, 2008 p. 88

literature

• Michael Gosmann: On the early history of the Dücker court (until 1670). In: Heimatblätter des Arnsberger Heimatbund 7/1986 p. 44
• Jürgen Schulte-Hobein: The electoral zoo in Obereimer. In: Heimatblätter des Arnsberger Heimatbund 11/1990 p. 63
• Leopold von Ledebur: Dynastic research. Issue 2. Berlin, 1855 p. 14