Hennig Wichmann (died 1402) was one of the leaders of the German Likedeelers, an association of former
Victual Brothers
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who had turned pirate.
Together with
Klaus Störtebeker
"Nikolaus" Storzenbecher or "Klaus" Störtebeker (1360 – supposed 20 October 1401) was reputed to be leader of a group of privateers known as the Victual Brothers (german: Vitalienbrüder). The Victual Brothers ( la, victualia) were o ...
and
Magister Wigbold
Magister Wigbold (died 1401), (alternative spellings: Wygbold, Wycholt), also called “Master of the Seven Arts” was a German pirate who belonged to the famous Likedeeler pirates of Klaus Störtebeker who were active in the North and Baltic se ...
, he wreaked havoc in the North and Baltic Sea at the end of the 14th century. They owned fast ships which were able to capture
Hanseatic
The Hanseatic League (; gml, Hanse, , ; german: label=German language, Modern German, Deutsche Hanse) was a Middle Ages, medieval commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Central Europe, Central and Norther ...
ships with ease. Their aim was plunder and surviving prisoners were usually thrown overboard.
In 1402 Wichmann was captured and executed by beheading on the Grasbrook in
Hamburg
(male), (female) en, Hamburger(s),
Hamburgian(s)
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together with 73 of his men, less than a year after the capture and execution of Klaus Störtebeker.
1402 deaths
German pirates
Executed German people
People executed for piracy
Year of birth unknown
15th-century executions
People executed by Germany
Medieval pirates
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