Liborius Wichard

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Liborius Wichard (also Liborius Tiemann , Liborius Wichart or Liborius Wichert ; * around 1550 in Paderborn ; † April 30, 1604 ibid) was mayor of Paderborn. He was executed after a conflict between the city of Paderborn and the prince-bishop of the Paderborn bishopric .

Life

Wichard was born as Liborius Tiemann around 1550 in Paderborn. His father was the citizen Jasper Tiemann, who met a violent death before 1571 after a dispute in the wine cellar, his grandfather was named Cort Wichard. Nothing is known about the first 35 years of his life. Presumably he had learned the trade of contract tanner , which he later practiced. Court records testify to numerous disputes.

Around 1586 Wichard left Paderborn after a falling out with the city council. With the bishop's permission, he was allowed to build a house a quarter of a mile from the city, but it was soon destroyed by hostile citizens of Paderborn. He then became an innkeeper in Scherfede , where his first wife died a few years later. He came to Warburg through his marriage to the widow Dornemann , his second wife was first married to an administrator of the St. Petri Hospital there and was therefore very wealthy. In 1601 the family returned to Paderborn, and Wichard had meanwhile become a wealthy tanner.

The fight for Paderborn

Depiction of the battle for Paderborn in Job Ludolf's Allgemeine Schau-Bühne der Welt from 1699

In the years between the beginning of the Reformation and the Thirty Years' War , there was resentment among the Paderborn citizens. The citizens saw themselves and the interests of the city at a disadvantage due to the tax exemption and other privileges of the cathedral chapter and the knighthood, this reached its first climax in 1588 in a process before the Imperial Court of Justice for the sovereign jurisdiction in the city. In the citizenship of Paderborn anti-bishop currents formed, which demanded the independence of the city from the Catholic sovereign, Bishop Dietrich von Fürstenberg, as well as the recognition of the Protestant denomination . This resulted in the "Battle for Paderborn", which came to a head towards the end of 1603. The bishop's endeavors in favor of the Counter-Reformation were supported by Emperor Rudolf II's request to the canons, the knighthood and the cities to obey their bishop and sovereign in spiritual and secular matters, and Dietrich tried to influence the council election. Liborius Wichard, meanwhile one of the leaders of the urban opposition movement, sought the assistance of the Protestant Landgrave Moritz von Hessen-Kassel . The prince-bishop viewed this as a rebellion against his claim to power and as high treason.

On January 10, 1604, Liborius Wichart was elected mayor of Paderborn. In April 1604 the conflict escalated. The citizens of Paderborn had armed themselves militarily and there was a fight against troops that Count Johann von Rietberg had recruited on behalf of the Prince-Bishop. On April 26, 1604, an intrigue led to the arrest of the mayor. He was pilloried , tortured and rushed to trial, which resulted in a death sentence by quartering . On April 30, 1604, the sentence was carried out in the presence of the prince-bishop. As a deterrent, the parts of his body and head were hung from the five gates of the city.

literature

Web links

Wikisource: Reformation and Counter-Reformation in Paderborn  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gesine Dronsz, Martin Leutzsch, Harald Schroeter-Wittke: Between politics and religion. The "Battle for Paderborn" 1604 and its reception . Luther-Verlag, 2006, p. 5
  2. ↑ Martin Hille: Providentia Dei, Empire and Church. Worldview and mood profile of Old Believer chroniclers 1517–1618 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2009, ISBN 9783647360744 , p. 201
personal data
SURNAME Wichard, Liborius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tiemann, Liborius; Wichart, Liborius; Wichert, Liborius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mayor of Paderborn 1604
DATE OF BIRTH around 1550
PLACE OF BIRTH Paderborn
DATE OF DEATH April 30, 1604
Place of death Paderborn