Ulrich Schwarz (Councilor)

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Ulrich Schwarz, from the chronicle of Burkhard Zingg

Ulrich Schwarz (* 1422 in Augsburg ; † April 14, 1478 ibid) was councilor and city ​​caretaker in Augsburg.

Life

Schwarz came from a carpenter family who immigrated to Augsburg from Rettenbergen around 1400 . From 1459 he was councilor of the carpenter's guild and in 1467 joined the leadership circle of the Thirteen, the council committees. In 1469 he was first elected town ranger . Black was re-elected for the next seven years. He achieved success in Augsburg politics by overcoming economic problems in the middle of the 15th century. He ensured greater equality between the guilds in the council. A feud with other strong political figures in Augsburg finally meant the end of his term of office.

Around 1475, Schwarz ensured that Johann Vittel was sent to the imperial court as a salaried envoy, where he was critical of the political situation in Augsburg. Schwarz accused him of breaking the oath. Johann and his brother Leonhard Vittel died on April 19, 1477 on the scaffold . This execution led to the fall of Ulrich Schwarz and to the fact that he was executed on the gallows on April 14, 1478 .

literature

  • Günther Grünsteudel , Günter Hägele, Rudolf Frankenberger (eds.): Augsburger Stadtlexikon. 2nd Edition. Perlach, Augsburg 1998, ISBN 3-922769-28-4 .
  • Ernst Deuerlein, Ulrich Schwarz, in Life Pictures from Bavarian Swabia, Götz v. Pölnitz (Ed.), Hueber, Munich 1953

Web links

Wikisource: Ulrich Schwarz  - Sources and full texts
  • Ulrich Schwarz in the repertory "Historical Sources of the German Middle Ages"

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Chronicle of Honold vom Luchs (begun in 1516 by Anton Honold) in the Protestant church archive in Kaufbeuren
personal data
SURNAME Schwarz, Ulrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Councilor and city caretaker in Augsburg
DATE OF BIRTH 1422
PLACE OF BIRTH augsburg
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 1478
Place of death augsburg