Hennig Wichmann

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Hennig Wichmann was one of the leaders of the Likedeeler, an association of former Victual Brothers.

Together with Klaus Störtebeker and Magister Wigbold, leaders of the Likedeeler too, 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 ships quickly. So therefore they wanted to prey on the ships and not fight, so the resisting prisoners were just thrown overboard.

In 1402 Wichmann was executed on the Grasbrook in Hamburg together with 73 of his men and shortly after Klaus Störtebeker.

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