Hein Hoyer
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Hein Hoyer (c. 1380 in Hamburg
- 12. Mai 1447 ibid) was a German statesman and mayor of Hamburg.
His family belonged to the local upper class and Hoyer was elected as a member of the Rat
(board/council), where he defended the interests of the bourgeois opposition against the older families, in 1413. The politician was selected as burgomaster (mayor)
and head of the delegation to the Hanseatic League
as well as to the Council of Constance
four years later.
Hoyer played a major role in the negotiations of the peace treaty of Vordingborg
(1435), between the Hanseatic League and Adolf VIII, Count of Holstein on the one and Denmark on the other side.
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
- 12. Mai 1447 ibid) was a German statesman and mayor of Hamburg.
His family belonged to the local upper class and Hoyer was elected as a member of the Rat
Government of Hamburg
The government of Hamburg is divided into executive, legislative and judicial branches. Due to the characteristic that Hamburg is a city-state and a municipality in Germany, the governance deals several details of state politics and community politics. It takes place in two ranks; a city-wide and...
(board/council), where he defended the interests of the bourgeois opposition against the older families, in 1413. The politician was selected as burgomaster (mayor)
Burgomaster
Burgomaster is the English form of various terms in or derived from Germanic languages for the chief magistrate or chairman of the executive council of a sub-national level of administration...
and head of the delegation to the Hanseatic League
Hanseatic League
The Hanseatic League was an economic alliance of trading cities and their merchant guilds that dominated trade along the coast of Northern Europe...
as well as to the Council of Constance
Council of Constance
The Council of Constance is the 15th ecumenical council recognized by the Roman Catholic Church, held from 1414 to 1418. The council ended the Three-Popes Controversy, by deposing or accepting the resignation of the remaining Papal claimants and electing Pope Martin V.The Council also condemned and...
four years later.
Hoyer played a major role in the negotiations of the peace treaty of Vordingborg
Vordingborg Castle
The Vordingborg Castle ruins are located in the town of Vordingborg, Denmark and are the town's most famous attraction.-History:...
(1435), between the Hanseatic League and Adolf VIII, Count of Holstein on the one and Denmark on the other side.
External links
- Heinrich Reincke: Hein Hoyer in Neue Deutsche BiographieNeue Deutsche BiographieNeue Deutsche Biographie is a biographical reference work published in German by the Historical Committee at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities and printed by Duncker & Humblot in Berlin. It is the successor to the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie...
, Vol. 9 (1972), p. 668. (German)