Hans Reymer

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Residence: 1543 Købmand i Rønne ¹ Note:
Rømerslaegten paa Bornholm kan følges tilbage til 1543, hvor den først
hvor den først kendte Rømer er: Hans Rømer. Navnet staves i nogen kilder
Reymer ligesom det ses om nogen af de norske Rømere. Hvor han kom fra,
vides ikke, men i mindst 2 grene af familien er der over mindst 200 aar
gaaet den historie, at slægten stammede fra Norge, hvorfra den skulle
fordrevet. Hans Rømer bliver i 1545, mens Lübeck stadig hersker paa
Bornholm, borgmester i Rønne og landsdommer paa Bornholm og besætter
det højeste embede paa Bornholm. Han har altsaa været en person, som
magthaverne har stolet paa og sikkert en af deres egne. Efter at
Lübeckerne er jaget paa porten faar han den danske kong Frederik III's
tilladelse til at fortæette i embedet 1552.
Note:
According to Bornholm historian Dr. M.K. Zarthmann the surname Rømer
dates back a long time on Bornholm. It is speculated that his surname
stems from a more distant ancestral origin in the city of Rome, Italy.
Hans "Reymer" (as it was then spelled) is known to have been living in
Rønne in 1543, and became mayor there two years later. This was during
the 50 year period that the Hanseatic League free-city of Lübeck had
control of Bornholm. In 1550 Lübeck officials appointed Hans Rømer as
Chief Justice (Landsdommer) of Bornholm - so possibly he was himself from
Lübeck; that was also the year that Lübeck was forced to hand Bornholm
back to the Danish crown. On October 19, 1551, King Christian III
reconfirmed his appointment as Chief Justice. As that sort of
appointment was generally for life, Hans must have died before 1557, as
by then another man is known to have been holding that office.
Note:
The "Lybækkerne" had controlled Bornholm since 1525; King Frederik I had
forfeited the control of Bornholm to Lübeck for 50 years because of his
inability to pay debts owed to the city. The natives of Bornholm are
recorded to have groaned under the Hansa's rule, and declared "they would
rather be under the Turks, than under that German, Christian, imperial
city." King Frederik took pity on them and declared the inhabitants
under his protection - this was to little avail though.
Note:
Fifty years later a sign of Lübeck waining powers can be seen in the
actions of King Frederik II concerning Bornholm. During those long years
the island had been considered the Queen-city of the Hansa's special
possession; they had made much profit from the enforced payment of dues,
and the export of such valuable commodities as limestone. First a Lübeck
governor was formally ejected from København, then the inhabitants of
Bornholm, encouraged in insubordination by seeing how the authorities in
København dealt with their masters, refused to pay their dues. Finally,
one of the towns even forcibly ejected some Lübeck traders. An ominous
sign of things to come are reflected in Frederik's opposition to any
mention of Bornholm during peace treaties.
Note:
On September 7, 1575, Frederik II informed Lübeck, "that the fifty-years
of possession, accorded to them by his grandfather, would have expired on
the 19th of the month, and he intended to retake possession of the
island." The city replied that the "Peace of Hamburg" extended their
rights of possession - which they held for unpaid Danish debts. Frederik
replied the treaty was invalid since his father, who had made it, was not
crowned at the time, and he himself had not been consulted in the
matter. Complain as they might, the Lübeck'ers had neither the power nor
the ability to stop the take over.
Note:
In Danmark, a person did not become a citizen by virtue of being born
there. Citizenship was a valuable privilege that included: the right to
engage in business in a community; rights and protections under the law;
permission to reside in a community without being expelled. Citizenship
was extended by individual communities to some of their inhabitants,
primarily those who wanted to engage in business, and did not pertain to
citizenship in the country as a whole. Until the twentieth century, only
males of the middle and upper classes, mostly merchants and tradesmen,
were granted citizenship.
Note:
This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto,
Ontario, copyright 1990-2000.

Hans blev gift med.