Hein Hoyer (lat. ''Hinricus Hoyeri'') (c. 1380 in
Hamburg
(male), (female) en, Hamburger(s),
Hamburgian(s)
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– 12 May 1447 in Hamburg) was a German statesman and
mayor of Hamburg
The government of Hamburg is divided into executive, legislative and judicial branches. Hamburg is a city-state and municipality, and thus its governance deals with several details of both state and local community politics. It takes place in two ...
.
His family belonged to the local upper class and Hoyer was elected as a member of the ''
Rat
Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents. Species of rats are found throughout the order Rodentia, but stereotypical rats are found in the genus ''Rattus''. Other rat genera include ''Neotoma'' ( pack rats), ''Bandicota'' (bandicoot ...
'' (board/council), where he defended the interests of the bourgeois opposition against the older families, in 1413. The politician was selected as
burgomaster
Burgomaster (alternatively spelled burgermeister, literally "master of the town, master of the borough, master of the fortress, master of the citizens") is the English form of various terms in or derived from Germanic languages for the chief m ...
(mayor) and head of the delegation to the
Hanseatic League
The Hanseatic League (; gml, Hanse, , ; german: label=Modern German, Deutsche Hanse) was a medieval commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Central and Northern Europe. Growing from a few North German to ...
as well as to the
Council of Constance
The Council of Constance was a 15th-century ecumenical council recognized by the Catholic Church, held from 1414 to 1418 in the Bishopric of Constance in present-day Germany. The council ended the Western Schism by deposing or accepting the res ...
four years later.
Hoyer played a major role in the negotiations of the peace treaty of
Vordingborg
Vordingborg () is an old ferry town in Vordingborg Municipality in Denmark with around 18,000 inhabitants. Because of three large estates surrounding the town, a coherent urban development has not been possible, which is the reason why three sat ...
(1435), between the Hanseatic League and
Adolf VIII, Count of Holstein
Adolphus XI of Schauenburg ( nds, Alef or Alv, german: Adolf von Schauenburg, da, Adolf 8. af Holsten-Rendsborg) (1401 – 4 December 1459), as Adolph I Duke of Schleswig ( da, Sønderjylland, formerly ), and as Adolph VIII Count of Holstein ...
on the one and Denmark on the other side.
References
External links
* Heinrich Reincke
Hein Hoyerin
Neue Deutsche Biographie
''Neue Deutsche Biographie'' (''NDB''; literally ''New German Biography'') is a biographical reference work. It is the successor to the ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' (ADB, Universal German Biography). The 26 volumes published thus far cover ...
, Vol. 9 (1972), p. 668. (German)
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1380 births
1447 deaths
Mayors of Hamburg