Römchen (councilor dynasty)
The patrician family Römchen ( Romchin, Romichen ) belonged to the most influential families in Dresden in the 15th century and provided council members and mayors several times .
Economic and political activity
The family is first mentioned in 1410, when a Niclas Romchin is listed in the documents as councilor. In the same year, a still preserved book of the clothing tailor Hans Romchen begins . Accordingly, the family was active in the cloth trade and sold their goods piece by piece or in bulk in places in the Dresden area, such as Dippoldiswalde , Wilsdruff and Mohorn , to nobles such as the Karras family based in Coswig , but also to Magdeburg .
Through this trading activity, the Römchen family gained considerable wealth and political influence. In 1421 Niclas Romchen was elected mayor for the first time. A inheritance contract between Niclas and his brother Erasmus from 1429, which is preserved in the council archives, documents a pilgrimage of the councilor to Rome . In 1434 the citizen's son Fabian Romchen was named as a pupil of the Kreuzschule and was one of the first pupils of this educational institution known by name. For its lectiones publicae and privatae the school received 20 groschen of tuition annually. The family was therefore able to pay for private lessons in addition to regular lessons.
In 1447 Erasmus Romichen joined the council. This councilor seems to have been a free judge at the same time, because in 1454 he and the Vogt of Dresden sued a ducal official before the vein courts in Westphalia. Three years later, Vincencius Romchen also became a councilor and later also mayor. In connection with the strengthening of the craftsmen's guilds, the long-established families, including the Romchen, lost a large part of their influence at the end of the 15th century and are no longer mentioned among the council members after 1500.
The Römchenstrasse in the Dresden district of Kleinpestitz is reminiscent of the Römchen family .
Significant members
Niclas Romchin
Niclas (Niclaus) Romchin belonged to the Dresden council from 1410 and was mayor of the city in 1421 and 1426. On August 10, 1429, he signed a contract of inheritance with his brother Erasmus and submitted it to the council for confirmation. The occasion was his planned pilgrimage to Rome.
Vincencius Romchen
Vincencius Romchen (also Romichen) was first mentioned as a councilor in 1450. Here he held various offices and in 1456 was responsible for collecting the hereditary and capital interest levied by the city . Associated with the office was the task of the master armor, who kept the arms and armor of deceased able-bodied citizens. In 1462 he was elected mayor for the first time, as well as in 1466. In addition, he is named in 1463 as treasurer of the council and in 1468 as hospital master. He died in Dresden in 1483.
literature
- Sieglinde Richter-Nickel: The venerable council of Dresden , in: Dresdner Geschichtsbuch No. 5, Dresden City Museum (ed.); DZA Verlag for Culture and Science, Altenburg 1999, ISBN 3-9806602-1-4 .
- Otto Richter: Constitutional and administrative history of the city of Dresden , Volume 1, Verlag W. Baensch, Dresden 1885.
- Wolfgang Fleischer: The names of the Dresden council members until 1500. In: Contributions to name research . Volume 12, Verlag C. Winter, 1961. ISSN 0005-8114 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heinrich Butte: History of Dresden up to the Reformation , in: Mitteldeutsche Forschungen, Volume 54, Böhlau Verlag, 1967, p. 141
- ↑ Otto Meltzer : The Kreuzschule zu Dresden up to the introduction of the Reformation in 1539 , in: Communications of the Association for History and Topography of Dresden and its Surroundings, Volume 7, P. 19/20, Verlag C. Tittmann, 1886
- ↑ Heinrich Butte: History of Dresden until the Reformation , in: Mitteldeutsche Forschungen, Volume 54, Böhlau Verlag, 1967, p. 153