Tile of dam

Tile von Damm (* around 1310 in Braunschweig ; † April 19, 1374 there ) was a councilor of the city of Braunschweig. He was executed as part of the " Great Shift ", an inner-city uprising.

Life

Tile belonged to a patrician dynasty that can be traced back to Braunschweig in 1267 . The members of the influential family had made large fortunes as tailors, long-distance traders and changers. Family members sat on the city council of Braunschweig almost without interruption from 1307 until 1671.

Tile was probably the richest citizen of Braunschweig during his lifetime. He owned extensive lands in the area, including villages and offices. He repeatedly took on guarantees for the Guelf sovereign. Tile can be traced back to 1339 as a councilor of the Weichbilds Altstadt . He was at least since 1365 "leading councilor", which corresponded to the later office of mayor, and thus had significant responsibility for the city's domestic and foreign policy. From 1354 to 1367 he is provable as provisional of the Marienhospital .

The "Big Layer" of 1374

Hermann Botes shift book from 1514: The coats of arms of the eight councilors killed during the “Great Shift” of 1374: (from left to right and from top to bottom ) Brun van Gustidde, Cort Doring [erroneously called Tile Doringe ], Henning Gustidde, Henning Lußke, Tile van dem Damme , Hans Himstidde, Ambrosius Sunnenberge and Hans Gottinge .

The city was heavily indebted by warlike enterprises and its pawn lock policy and therefore planned a tax increase. This triggered a bloody inner-city uprising, in the course of which eight councilors were killed. Here, too, the dissatisfaction of the economic climbers who were not involved in the urban regiment with the patrician-elitist government found expression. As a representative of the ruling families, Tile became the first victim of the insurgents who looted his house by the Seven Towers on the old town market and set it on fire. Tile stayed in hiding for a short time and was beheaded on April 19, 1374 on the Hagenmarkt after his discovery .

literature

• Horst-Rüdiger Jarck , Dieter Lent et al. (Ed.): Braunschweigisches Biographisches Lexikon - 8th to 18th century . Appelhans Verlag, Braunschweig 2006, ISBN 3-937664-46-7 , p. 701 .

Web links

• Egbert Carlssen : A city squire in Braunschweig. - Chapter 15 in the Gutenberg-DE project (description of the executions in the course of the uprising)