Remmer from Seediek

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Remmer von Seediek (also Reimarus Theodori or Reimarus Theodorici ; * around 1500; † March 4, 1557 in Jever ) was an East Frisian nobleman and head of the administration of the Jever rule ( chancellor ) and advisor to Maria von Jever .

Life

Remmer von Seediek came from a respected family in the Ruesting parish of Seediek . The family belonged to the peasant upper class, a distant relationship with the East Frisian chiefs of Jever is suspected. His father was probably the Tiark Ebbyken or Dyrik up dem Sande, documented from 1535. He studied in Rostock in 1488 , possibly became a monk there for a short time, but then returned to Seediek in 1499. Remmer probably also went to Rostock to study theology . From the end of 1523 he lived in Seediek again. Since 1528 he was - apparently after his ordination - owner of the local pastorate.

In November 1531 he was appointed to the administrative service of the Jever domain . There the Drost Boing von Oldersum had expelled the East Frisian counts, to whose territory Jever previously belonged, in the same year. Apparently it was then necessary to reorganize the administration of the area. Therefore, Remmer was sought as a man with local experience in the preparation of tax registers to replace the previous clerk and district judge Ubbo Scriver, who remained in East Frisian service.

Since Scriver had taken the documents of the Jever tax system with him when he changed office, Remmer was forced to work out the calculation bases for the tax collection in the Jever rule. He thus became the administrator of the Jeverland financial system and apparently took on the duties of a rentmaster shortly after taking office in the rulership . From 1540 he also carried the corresponding official title.

Since the state system of dwarf State , also at other administrative fields as in judicial functions and also in diplomatic missions in the court in Jever left no large administrative apparatus, had to Remmer, like its predecessor, Brussels as a political envoy of his country's mistress, Maria von Jever , press . He obviously won their trust and was quickly considered the soul of the entire administration of Jeverland. Apparently Remmer was able to consolidate the administration of Jever as an institution during Boing von Oldersum's lifetime, but even more so after his death in 1540, and above all to organize the finances during the ongoing conflicts with East Frisia. Remmer was quite capable of demonstrating toughness towards his own subjects.

From 1540 he was occasionally, but not officially, called Chancellor Jevers, which makes clear his position as the central, leading figure of the state administration after Maria von Jever and shows his commitment in a variety of areas. The town charter of Jever, codified in 1572 , also goes back to a draft that Remmer wrote between 1540 and 1553, albeit with little legalism and incomplete.

Another field of activity was historical research in which Remmer conducted research on the Jever chiefs' history. The background to this research was a Reich Chamber Court process that Maria von Jever led since 1548 against the chiefs of the Kniphausen rule for Jever's sovereign rights over Kniphausen. In support of the claims, Remmer did not shy away from manipulating the sources.

Personal and professional commitment were also combined in his relationship to the Reformation , which began in Jeverland as a matter for individual pastors. Remmer succeeded in convincing his religiously conservative landlady to accept the control of the Reformation movement in Jever as a task of the authorities.

Remmer was seen by those around him as open-minded, intellectual and striving for a humanistic education. The need to be up to his theological, legal, political and historical tasks is reflected in the structure of his library, which, according to his wishes, should also prepare the foundation of a Jever Latin school . Financially, he was considered rich due to his sober business acumen.

In 1549 he was raised to the nobility by Emperor Charles V.

Remmer von Seediek remained unmarried and died in 1557.

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personal data
SURNAME Remmer from Seediek
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Head of the administration of the Jever estate
DATE OF BIRTH around 1500
DATE OF DEATH March 4, 1557
Place of death Jever