Nicolaus II of Grönhagen

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Nicolaus II von Grönhagen (also: Claus or Clawes; * probably Lüneburg; † August 24, 1438 Lüneburg ) was a Sülfmeister and patrician in Lüneburg.

family

Nicholas II. Of Grönhagen belonged to going back to Ulrich von Grönhagen Lüneburg patrician family of Grönhagen and indeed to that part of the family with the fleur de lis. He was a grandson of Ulrichs and son of Gebhard / Gevehard I († 1417), Sülfmeister zu Lüneburg, and his wife Catharina von der Möhlen. In 1427 he married Catharina von Grabow, daughter of Tidericus von Grabow and Elisabeth Viscule.

Live and act

Nicolaus II had been Lüneburg councilor since 1414 and became mayor of this city in 1427. “Only once in the history of Lüneburg has it happened that a mayor has an uninterrupted term of office of seven years, namely for Nikolaus Gronehagen - reg. Bgm: 1427-33, 36 u. 38! ”Like his father, he gained great wealth at the Lüneburg saltworks and is one of the leading families in the city. In 1417 we see him as Vogt zu Bardowick , on Bullendorf, pawnbroker of Brietlingen , Barum , St. Dionys and Dreckharburg . In 1432 he acquired the town of Bütlingen , which remained in the possession of his heirs after his death. He was pledge holder of the Harburg Castle on the Elbe and from 1424 of the Lüdershausen Castle on the important Neetze crossing (route to Lübeck). As part of its pawn lock policy, the city of Lüneburg acquired a number of surrounding palaces and castles and appointed allied nobles as well as solvent patricians as city captains. It was about the preservation of city privileges (export bans for grain, salt and cattle) as well as the protection of the merchant on safe routes as well as the free navigation.

The Lüneburg Chronicle of Provost Jacob Schomaker tells us that Nicolaus II was chosen for important embassies, that is, he was also entrusted with diplomatic tasks in the city's foreign policy: “ In Wisby (on Gotland), Lubeck, Hamborch, Luneborch, Wysmar handelden twischen konink Erick and ryke Sweden… Dar wort (on behalf of the council) sent to Johan Semmelbecker and Clawes Gronhagen, both borgemesters . "

Nicolaus II had the necessary reputation to represent the affairs of Lüneburg within the Hanseatic League with King of Sweden Erik VII of Denmark in 1436 . It was probably about salt export (as a preservative) to the large Hansa area. The large-scale trade of the Hanseatic cities was badly affected by Erik VII, as he controlled the connection between the North Sea and the Baltic Sea (especially the " Sund ") and raised the taxes for the merchant ships in his sea area. The Hanseatic cities of Lübeck, Wismar, Rostock, Stralsund, Greifswald as well as Hamburg and Lüneburg had declared war on the Kingdom of Denmark in 1426/27, which was fought for years with raids, fleet burnings, pirates, etc. with different participants and very mutual successes. The mission from Grönhagen was crowned with success, because in 1436 Hamburg, Lübeck, Lüneburg and Wismar managed to completely free themselves from the Sund toll .

He had probably seen his end approaching, because before that he had made pious foundations and founded the Vicarie of St. Viti in St. Johannis in 1438 , as he had endowed the Vicarie Cosmas and Damian in 1431. The stained glass window from 1412 in the leprosy chapel of the St. Vitus Hospital goes back to him and his father Gevehard. Nicolaus II von Grönhagen died on August 24, 1438.

Literature and Sources

  • Johan Henricus Büttner: Genealogiae or stem and sex registers of the noblest Lüneburg noble patrician families ..., 1704.
  • Joachim Lehrmann : The patrician family v. Grönhagen , in Grünhagen-Nachrichten 2011, no. 43, pp. 10–18 and no. 44, pp. 5–12.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Irene Stahl, Lüneburg Council Line - in Nieds. Jb. 59/1987, p. 142 and 166.
  2. ↑ Hans-Joachim Behr: The pawn lock policy of the city of Lüneburg ... , 1964.
  3. ^ Jacob Schomaker († 1563): The Lüneburg Chronicle of Provost Jakob Schomaker , 1904.
  4. ↑ Ulf-Dietrich Korn: The glass paintings from St. Viti in the Holy Spirit Chapel in Uelzen , 1981, p. 36f.
  5. ↑ Anno 1438: Bartolomei (August 24)… her Clawes Gronhagen, borgemeister, starf .
personal data
SURNAME Grönhagen, Nicolaus II. Von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lueneburg patrician
DATE OF BIRTH 14th century or 15th century
DATE OF DEATH August 24, 1438