Hermann Swerting

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Hermann Swerting (* 1280 in Visby ; † 1342 ibid) was a German-Gotland Hanseatic merchant and mayor of Visby on the Baltic Sea island of Gotland .

Life

Hermann Swerting was born in Visby as the son of the merchant Simon Swerting, who immigrated from Rostock . As a successful businessman, he later became a councilor and mayor. Together with his colleague Johannes Moop and other council members, he was executed in 1342 for paying the ledger to King Magnus II of Sweden. His sons Simon (later mayor of Lübeck ) and Gregor (later councilor in Stralsund ) donated a side chapel in the St. Mary's Church in Visby , the Swertingsche Chapel , which is now also in memory of the victims , from the atonement received for the death of their father of ship accidents.

literature

  • Jürgen Wiegandt: Personal foundations of urban management classes using the example of the Swerting family. In: Visby Colloquium of the Hanseatic History Association 15.-18. June 1984: Papers and Discussion / Klaus Friedland (Ed.), Cologne, Vienna, 1987. (Sources and representations of Hanseatic history: NF, 32) pp. 15–40

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  1. ↑ See Leidang
  2. ^ Emil Ferdinand Fehling : Lübeckische Ratslinie No. 387, Lübeck 1925.
personal data
SURNAME Swerting, Hermann
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hanseatic merchant and mayor
DATE OF BIRTH 1280
PLACE OF BIRTH Visby
DATE OF DEATH 1342
Place of death Visby