Wulfhard Wulflam

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Wulfhard (Wulf) Wulflam (* mid-14th century probably in Stralsund ; † November 1, 1409 in Bergen on Rügen ) was a German politician and mayor of Stralsund.

family

Wulfhard or more often "Wulf" Wulflam was the eldest son of Stralsund mayor Bertram Wulflam . His brothers were Nikolaus and Bertram Wulflam. He had a son, Thideke Wulflam, and a daughter, Katharina Wulflam, who was married to Matthias Darne. Wulf was introduced to the city administration early on by his father. In 1375 he took part in the settlement of the disputes between Stralsund fishermen and the Hiddensee monastery . As his father was the mayor, Wulfhard Wulflam could not be elected to the city council. He was from the Pomeranian dukes Wartislaw VI. and Bogislaw VI. appointed to the Princely Council. As such, he served the sovereigns on numerous occasions.

In 1381 Wulflam was entrusted with the administration of Skåne for the Hanseatic League , which he did until it was returned in 1385. During this time, however, he continued to work in Stralsund and at Hanseatic days. He was in Stralsund when the Danish Queen Margaret I visited on April 24, 1384. On this occasion, according to the allegations of Karsten Sarnow and other members of the council, he is said to have advanced unjustified into the council meeting at which he is said to have drawn his sword .

He held the strong Tribsees Castle , which was used to defend the trade routes, and apparently used it primarily for his own benefit, for example, he gave shelter to noble robber barons.

Wulflam, who had hosted his own wedding with excessive pomp, also attended the wedding of his brother Nikolaus Wulflam with Albert Gildehusen's daughter , Sophie Gyldehusen. This wedding surpassed his own in pomp and negotiated a complaint from Sarnow about violating the Stralsund wedding regulations.

He was elected to the council in 1385 and in the same year commissioned to lead an expedition of the Hanseatic League against the pirates of the Baltic Sea , which, however, showed no significant success. When Karsten Sarnow brought the council to amend the council constitution in 1391, the Wulflams no longer felt safe and left Stralsund overnight. While Bertram Wulflam went to Lübeck , Wulf Wulflam took refuge at the court of Wartislaw. From there he carried out his rehabilitation and return. With the support of Barnim VI. he rode with his brothers Nikolaus and Bertram Wulflam in front of the city gates and demanded his and his father's return and reinstatement, which the city officials rejected. In 1393, however, he managed to return, Sarnow was executed, and the constitution was canceled. Since his father had died in exile, Wulf Wulflam had his coffin placed on the traditional mayor's chair in Stralsund's town hall .

In 1397 Wulf Wulflam was elected mayor. As such, he supported the establishment of a coin association in 1395 and an alliance against highwaymen in 1399. He was in charge of the St. Jürgen Hospital. Wulflam continued to support Queen Margarethe, also in her fight against Albrecht of Sweden . As a princely council from 1394 also the duke Barnim VI. and Wartislaw VIII. he mediated 1404 between Margaret and the Teutonic Order in the dispute over Gotland . After the Lübeckers had devastated the Parchim area as far as Güstrow in retaliation for the Werl raids , Wulflam brokered a prelimary peace, which was concluded in 1404 on the Rothener mill located between Sternberg and Mustin on the Mildenitz .

In 1405 Wulflam was accused of being guilty of the death of his friend Starke Zuhm , a Rügen knight. Whose body was brought before the Wulflamhaus from where had him taken away for burial Wulflam. Zuhm's son, Thorkel Zuhm, killed Wulflam in 1409 in the churchyard of Bergen on Rügen .

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  1. ↑ Friedrich Lisch: Mixed documents. MJB 33 (1868) No. 9. Wulf Wulflam: Wulf Wulflam, Mayor of Stralsund, mediates peace in the Mecklenburg lands. B. d. Mill zu Rohen, November 14th 19.
  2. ↑ Otto Fock : Rügensch-Pomeranian stories from seven centuries . Volume 4, 1866, pp. 107-110
personal data
SURNAME Wulflam, Wulfhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wulflam, Wulf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Mayor of Stralsund (1397–1409)
DATE OF BIRTH 14th Century
PLACE OF BIRTH Stralsund
DATE OF DEATH November 1, 1409
Place of death Mountains on Rügen