Battle of Golzwarden

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Bremen: rural areas in the 14th to 18th centuries between the Jade Bay and the Lower Weser

The battle of Golzwarden took place in 1408 near the village of Golzwarden (today the Wesermarsch district near Brake (Unterweser) ).

history

Around 1400 the city of Bremen began a more active sub- Weser policy . Here a pirate war of the Hanseatic League took place against the Vitalienbrüder and against the autonomous Frisian rural communities (Gaue) of Rüstringen under the East Frisian chief Edo Wimken (also Ede Wymken ), who gave the Vitalienbrüder shelter in the church castles and against Butjadingen .

In 1400 (according to the chronicle of Rinesberch and Schene ) or in 1401 an alliance between Bremen and the chiefs and farmers of Blexen in the East Frisian country of Wursten was concluded to combat pirates and the Frisian chiefs who protect them. The feud ended after fighting with a peace between Edo Wimken and Bremen.

Blexen and the Wurster assured the city of Bremen military support for ten years. In addition, Bremen built in 1407 near Atens (today part of Nordenham ) on the Weser the Vredeborch (Friedeburg) fortifications that had been planned since 1404 . This Niederungsburg existed until 1425. It was supposed to fight piracy in the area of ​​the mouth of the Weser and protect the Frisian area of Stadland and Butjadingen from the county of Oldenburg and bind them closer to Bremen. Bremen also wanted to prevent castles and fortifications from the Oldenburgs on the Lower Weser.

The Counts of Oldenburg and the other Frisian chiefs were against the construction of the castle. For their part, they wanted to prevent Bremen from settling in Butjadingen. They attacked Bremen in vain. The city recruited mercenaries and unsuccessfully attacked Oldenburg and Burhave under Chief Lübbe Sibets at the turn of the year 1407/1408 .

On January 30 or 31, 1408, the battle of Golzwarden finally took place, with the victorious Bremen fighting against Oldenburg, Rüstringen and Burhave. Count Christian VI. von Oldenburg was wounded in battle, captured and arrested in the Vredeborch. The Bremen council then held the count prisoner for four months in a cellar of the Liebfrauenkirche . He should be released if a ransom of 2,000 marks was paid. The Oldenburgs, represented by the Count's brother, would have to promise that they would not build any fortresses from Hoya to the sea and would guarantee freedom from customs duties. Since the Oldenburgers could not pay the ransom, they pledged Land Wührden (today Loxstedt and umzu) and permanently the court to Lehe an Bremen; the state of Wührden was administered by Bremen until 1511.

For the near future, the Bremen rule over Butjadingen and Land Wührden was secured.

Christian von Oldenburg tried to gain power in the Frisian area, built the Vri-Jade castle on the Binnenjade in 1408 and in 1418/19 supported Sibet von Rüstringen in maintaining the chief rule against the rebellious Butjadinger farmers who were supported by Bremen.

Bremen ruled Butjadingen and Stadland until 1424 and withdrew again in 1424 after the East Frisian chiefs ( tom Brok , Focko Ukena , Sibet Lubben ) had occupied the area.

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