Eight men

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The eight men were part of the city administration in Hamburg , Stade and Stralsund, among others . The panel of eight men was responsible for advising and monitoring of the city council in Finance .

Hamburg

On April 5, 1563, the Hamburg city council and the Senate decided that the city's finances should be administered by eight citizens, two from each of the then four parishes . This office had previously been carried out by two members of the Senate, the combing lords . The so-called eight men were elected for six years and were not allowed to be elected to the Senate during this term. In 1667 there was also the fact that the eight men were not allowed to be appointed to senior officials or other offices. When the fifth parish of Sankt Michaelis was added in 1685 and ten citizens now administered the office, the designation of eight men in Hamburg disappeared . From then on, the deputies were called finance citizens .

Stade

After the uprising of 1604, the eight-man institution was established in Stade on January 25, 1606. In each of the four quarters, two eight-men were elected, who were also members of the 48-man committee of the citizenry . They advised and controlled the city council on financial matters. In 1711 the committee of the eight men finally asserted itself as a supervisory body alongside the mayor and the council. Major purchases and sales of municipal property had to be approved by the committee. About a third of the eight men were later elected to the council. The eight men worked on a voluntary basis and carried out their duties until they died or were elected to the council. After the death and advancement of an eight-man, the remaining members proposed three candidates from the remaining 40 members of the 48 committee. One of the candidates was then selected by the council. Since most of the eight men were mostly laypeople in legal matters, they could choose a legally qualified citizen as citizen spokesman, who was also elected for life.

The establishment of the eight men came to an end on October 24, 1824 with the introduction of the new municipal constitution. It was replaced by the citizens' representatives and mayors . The last seven eight men appointed for life automatically became citizens' representatives.

Stralsund

Since 1616 the citizenship had co-determination rights in the city administration of Stralsund. The council itself continued to manage and represent the city. The control of the finances was the responsibility of the eight men who met in the eight-man chamber. The Council and the Hundred Men College each provided four representatives, the former two mayors, a councilor and the treasurer, the latter four citizens.

literature

  • To Hamburg:
    • Johann Klefeker : Chemerey regulations van entfanginge and uthgave of the common incunf of this city. Upgraded in 1563 and revised in 1611 . In: Collection of Hamburg laws and constitutions in civil and ecclesiastical, also Cammer, action and other policey matters and business, including historical introductions. The second part in which the constitutions in the building, brewing, bread, grain and flour essence, the difference between citizens and residents, and the Cammer, Elb, fire and alley regulations are contained . Jeremias Conrad Piscator, Hamburg 1766, OCLC 633911015 , p. 447–458 ( digitized from the pages of the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek [accessed on February 27, 2015]).
    • Friedrich Georg Buek : Combing . In: The Hamburg Oberalts, their civil effectiveness and their families . Perthes-Besser & Mauke, Hamburg 1857, OCLC 844917815 , p. 433-435 ( digitized from Google Books [accessed February 27, 2015]).