Marten Pechlin

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Marten Pechlin (* 1480 in Burg auf Fehmarn ; † November 3, 1526 off the coast of Hiltungen / Norway) was a German pirate .

Life

Marten Pechlin was a privateer in the service of the deposed King Christian II of Denmark , Norway and Sweden . He was considered one of the wildest pirates in the North and Baltic Seas in the first quarter of the 16th century; Among other things, he was said to have sunk twelve merchantmen and sent 105 seamen over the plank in a single day . On November 3, 1526, under circumstances that could not be exactly reconstructed, he fell off the Norwegian south coast in a battle with three Luebian mountain drivers .

literature

  • Karl Ernst Hermann Krause :  Pechlin, Marten . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 25, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1887, p. 308 f.
  • Johann Martin Lappenberg : The Hans von Göttingen song from the pirate Martin Pechlin . In: Journal of the Association for Hamburg History . No. 2 , 1847, p. 141–156 ( online PDF [accessed February 12, 2013]).
  • Johann Martin Lappenberg : Hamburg's share in the train against Martin Pechlin . In: Journal of the Association for Hamburg History . No. 2 , 1847, p. 592-593 ( online PDF [accessed February 12, 2013]).
  • Kurt Lemke: The pirate Marten Pechlin and his clan. In: Lübeck contributions to family and heraldry 32, 1993, pp. 35–48

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personal data
SURNAME Pechlin, Marten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German pirate
DATE OF BIRTH 1480
PLACE OF BIRTH Castle on Fehmarn
DATE OF DEATH November 3, 1526
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