Werner Bund

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The Werner Städtebund was a medieval city ​​federation of the cities of Dortmund , Soest , Münster , Lippstadt and later Osnabrück . It was closed on July 17, 1253 on the Christophorus Bridge spanning the Lippe near Werne ; Osnabrück joined it on September 10, 1268. The aim of the federal government was to secure peace and free trade.

The Werner Bund is part of a series of similar amalgamations of Westphalian cities in the 13th and 14th centuries, such as the previous Ladbergener Städtebund from 1246. These early amalgamations were forerunners of the Städtehanse in the Westphalian region.

literature

  • Thomas Schilp: The Werner Städtebund from 1253 in the context of Westphalian urban development in the 13th century . In: 750 Years of the Werner Bund 1253–2003 . Karl Pollender City Museum, Werne 2003, p. 11-15 .
  • Heidelore Fertig-Möller: The "Werner Bund" from 1253 . Schwerte September 2, 2006 ( kreis-herford.de [PDF; accessed on June 23, 2010] Lecture in the historical working group of the Westphalian Hanseatic League).
  • Lothar Beinke, Die Familie Twente, mayor and hospital founder contracts of Werne and Ladbergen, Verlag Peter Lang, 2010, pp. 107–122

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Bund between Münster, Dortmund, Soest and Lippstadt from 1253 and expansion to Osnabrück 1268. The information system of the archives in North Rhine-Westphalia, accessed on June 20, 2010 .