Hermann Groepeling

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Hermann Gröpeling , more rarely Hermann von Gröpelingen (* around 1400 ?; † after 1464 ), was Bremen councilor and mayor from 1428 at the latest and until at least 1464.

Life

Gröpeling came from one of the wealthiest and most influential families in Bremen, who provided mayors several times, exerted influence at an early stage through Arnd von Gröpelingen , and was mostly represented in the Bremen council . It went back to a family of ministers .

Hermann was mayor at a time when Bremen had passed the height of its expansion policy. As a result, there were power struggles within the city. On March 11, 1428, the old families who later restored their power in the city with the support of the Hanseatic League , King Sigismund and the Imperial Court of Justice, managed to reach a compromise. They were ousted as a result of the loss of the Frisian territories in 1424. But some of them, like the mayors Heinrich Scharhar and Hermann Gröpeling, soon moved to Delmenhorst , where they and six other councilors were accepted by Archbishop Nikolaus . These were Johann Mund , Hinrich Blixen and Hinrich Buseke , Gerd von Varle, Johann Balleer and Daniel Brand . Despite the council's offer of reconciliation, they went to Stade to see Mayor Herbort Duckel, who had fled there in 1425 . This drew Bremen before the Reich Chamber of Commerce, and Bremen was excluded from the Hanseatic League. In 1430 Johann Vasmer was executed in the course of the conflict. Eventually the old families managed to restore their power in the city.

In 1443 Gröpeling was one of Bremen's envoys at the Hanseatic Congress in Lübeck.

In 1461 Herrmann Gröpeling decided in an inheritance dispute with the councilors Diderich Scharhar and Daniel Brand in favor of Gesche, the daughter of the former mayor Gerd von Dettenhusen .

In foreign policy, the security of trade routes played an extremely important role for the predominant group of traders in the city. In some areas, however, the roads were extremely unsafe, and in particular, Langwedel Castle was repeatedly attacked. Bremen complained to the Hanseatic League in 1463. Bremen and Lüneburg were commissioned to take up the feud . Together they besieged and conquered the castle. The Lüneburgers left the castle to the people of Bremen for 2000 gold guilders. Count Gerhard von Oldenburg offered to advance the amount. The majority of the council agreed, but soon there was a dispute with the count. When he asked for his money back, the council tried to raise the sum by lap , but the citizens refused to collect the tax. Instead, the four mayors and those who agreed to the loan were arrested. However, the archbishop was able to broker a peace. In 1464 the three mayors Gröpeling, Jacob Olden and Carsten Steding were considered the richest citizens of the city. They had to bear the costs from their private assets. Langwedel Castle was to be given to the archbishop as a reward for his mediation work.

When the Count of Oldenburg resumed his raids, Bremen and the archbishop raised an army against him. They destroyed the Altona ski jump at the mouth of the Hunte , and the 40-man crew were executed. Then the army besieged Oldenburg. Despite the renewed peace agreement, there were still robberies on Bremen traders.

Hinrich, the son of Hermann Groepeling, died in 1464.

Remarks

  1. ^ For example in the document book of the Osterholz monastery, Bremer Urkundenbuch, 8th section, volume 37, part 5, p. 302 of November 18, 1439.
  2. ↑ Hansische Geschichtsblätter 112-113 (1994) p. 31.
  3. ↑ The Von der Hude Family
  4. ^ Carsten Miesegaes: Chronicle of the free Hanseatic city of Bremen , Bremen 1833, vol. 3, pp. 194–196.
  5. ↑ Bremisches Jahrbuch , Volume 6, Bremen 1872, p. CIII.
personal data
SURNAME Groepeling, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mayor of Bremen
DATE OF BIRTH around 1400
DATE OF DEATH after 1464
Place of death Bremen