Peter Langejohann

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Peter Langejohann , also called Lange († August 31, 1475 in Wismar ) was mayor of the Hanseatic city of Wismar.

Life

According to a presumption expressed by Krause, Peter Langejohann was of simple origin and married to Meideborg Meyer, a daughter of the mayor of Wismar, Hermann Meyer, who died in 1420. In 1437 he became a councilor in Wismar and in 1451 one of the mayors of the city, soon becoming the permanent mayor of Wismar.

He became enemies with Duke Heinrich IV of Mecklenburg, not least because of the violent capture of Barnekow Castle , from where the city had been attacked. The disputes with the Duke were settled in Lübeck in 1462 by King Christian I of Denmark and through Hamburg's mediation. However, Wismar was blocked by Heinrich on the country roads and on the Baltic Sea by Christian I and the Wismar merchants from Scania were shot out by the then very important herring trade , which took place in the local Vitten and at the Scandinavian fair on Skanör and Falsterbo . As a result, Langejohann came under pressure in Wismar. Parts of the council and the citizenry used the economic losses of the city to force the mayor to abdicate on December 13, 1463. Promises made against him should he be charged and he was arrested on his escape. His son, the clergyman Johann Langejohann, suffered the same fate; he too was arrested and only got out of custody a few years later. This led to negotiations between the Wendish cities , Duke Heinrich, the Margrave of Brandenburg and finally the intervention of Christian of Denmark, who had been given a free hand by the submission of Holstein after the Treaty of Ripen . By expelling the Wismarans from Skåne again, he forced the city of Wismar to accept a date of atonement, in which, under the chairmanship of the reluctant Duke, the cities of Lübeck, represented by Mayor Heinrich von Stiten and the council syndicate Johannes Osthusen , Hamburg and Rostock on 21. June 1467 made the arbitration award, after which Langejohann was reinstated as mayor in Wismar.

His son Johann Langejohann was also satisfied with the arbitration ruling of the cities. However, he later raised claims for damages to the Ratzeburg cathedral chapter , also argued with Johann Wartberg about the provost office of Ratzeburg and became dean of the Schwerin cathedral chapter in 1478 at the latest and a member of the Lübeck cathedral chapter in 1488 . He was still alive in 1502 and died before 1505.

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  1. ↑ Krause: ADB: Johann Lang
  2. ↑ Andreas Röpcke: About historical neighborhood: The Schwerin and Lübeck cathedral chapters in the late Middle Ages. (1350–1500) In: Mecklenburgisches Jahrbuch Volume 129, 2014 p. 17.
personal data
SURNAME Langejohann, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lange, Peter; Langjohann, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mayor of the Hanseatic City of Wismar
DATE OF BIRTH 14th century or 15th century
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 1475
Place of death Wismar