Commandery of the Teutonic Order in Bremen

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The former Commandery of the Teutonic Order in Bremen was a Commandery of the Teutonic Order and existed from 1230 to 1564. It had its seat in the old town between Ostertorstrasse and Schnoor at today's Komturstrasse . Of the buildings, only the lower church remained.

history

The Teutonic Order , which was founded by crusaders from Bremen and Lübeck during the siege of Akkon (1189–1191) during the Third Crusade, established a commandery in Bremen as early as 1230. A small single-nave church with only two bays and an attached religious house were built near Spittal. The existing Heiliggeist Hospital was taken over and soon referred to as the "German House". The hospital was closed in 1426 and the house was mentioned for the last time in 1519. The Komturstraße reminiscent of the location.

In 1234 the knights of the Teutonic Order took part in the "crusade" against the Stedinger in the Stedinger War .

Only a few friars were in Bremen, and only one or two religious priests were active until 1450. The order turned into a prosperous business enterprise.

Jasper von Münchhausen (around 1470–1519) from the respected family of the same name Münchhausen came to Bremen as Commander of the Teutonic Order. There have been lawsuits against him for arson and robbery. In 1514 a man was executed for forging Bremen coins . Münchhausen was suspected of having commissioned the forger. He was therefore deposed in 1515, but returned to office in 1517 and died of syphilis in 1519 .

In the uprising of 104 men in 1531, Commander Rolf von Bardewisch was accused of hiding documents that could reveal the actual ownership structure in the area of ​​the Bürgerweide . On May 10, 1531 the commander and four of his servants were murdered and the commandery sacked. The Lutheran Franz von Dumstorp (around 1485–1583) was then from 1532 Commander in Bremen.

In 1563 the Commandery was pledged to Bremen and briefly sold to the Commander of Daugavpils. In 1564 Bremen acquired the commandery and the 31 farms belonging to it. The last commander, Franz von Dumstorp, lived and managed the property until his death in 1583.

From 1674 the church was only a warehouse and a packing house. The remains of the building were bombed during World War II and partially demolished in 1956. The lower church remained under the courthouse - from 1976 as the "Commandery" restaurant - and has been a listed building since 1973.

See also : Monasteries in Bremen  and Court of the Teutonic Order (Lübeck)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Monument database of the LfD

literature

• Wilhelm Tacke : Monasteries in Bremen . Edition Temmen, Bremen 2005, ISBN 3-86108-545-3 .
• Herbert Black Forest : The Great Bremen Lexicon . 2nd, updated, revised and expanded edition. Edition Temmen, Bremen 2003, ISBN 3-86108-693-X .
• Holger Stefan Brünjes: The Teutonic Order Commandery in Bremen . In: Sources and studies on the history of the Teutonic Order. Volume 53 . Verlag Elwert, Marburg et al. 1997, ISBN 3-7708-1079-1 .
• HA Schumacher: The Deutschherren-Commende zu Bremen . In: Bremisches Jahrbuch Volume 2 . Bremen, 1866.

Coordinates: 53 ° 4 ′ 24.8 ″  N , 8 ° 48 ′ 40.9 ″  E