Kendenicher recess

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The Kendenicher Rezess or Kendenicher Settlement was concluded on January 2, 1672 between the Archbishop of Cologne and the Mayor and Council of the City of Cologne . It was named after the whereabouts of the Bishop of Münster, Christoph Bernhard von Galen, who played a key role in drafting the contract.

Starting position

The starting point of the dispute were several conflicts. On the one hand, there were still disagreements about the occupation of the pastorate at St. Peter's Church. In order to protect itself from attacks, Cologne had also received troops from the States General in 1671. The fact that the city of Cologne had built a fortress on the city wall , which, since the Cologne city area ended exactly with the city ​​wall , protruded into the territory of the archbishopric , contributed to the conflict.

Course of negotiations and outcome

With the participation of delegates from the Lower Rhine-Westphalian Imperial Circle and other imperial estates, including the Electors of Mainz , Trier and Brandenburg , a settlement was reached in a diplomatic-legal process that was protracted according to the custom at the time:

  • The warring parties will keep peace in the future. Disputes are only settled before the Reich Chamber of Commerce in Speyer .
  • The city of Cologne undertakes to demolish the fortifications or otherwise perform satification.
  • The recruited Dutch regiment is to be released. Instead, the city is secured by district troops.

literature

  • Hans-Wolfgang Bergerhausen: Cologne in an iron age. 1610-1686. Greven, Cologne 2010, pp. 320-330.
  • Bernd Dreher: Free Imperial City. In: Werner Schäfer. The name of freedom. Cologne, pp. 395-397.

swell

  • HAStK KcK 119, pp. 72–79