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Pful,vonderMersde,Musing,andvonderBrücefamilies,17and
perhapsalsootherswhid,althoughtheywereoriginallyinWes-
phalia,settledfirsinLübecandonlyfromtherecametoPrussia.
Teemergenceofsudaneconomicallysignificantgroupof
newburghersresultedinitsrapidassumptionofpoweroverthecity.
Asearlyasatthebeginningofthe14thcentury,newcomersmade
upmorethanahalfofToruń)scouncil.Inthedecadesthatfollowed,
therewasaseadyincreaseintheimportanceofWesphalians,man-
ifesedbythetransferofthehighesofcesinthecitywithinasmall
groupoffamilies.TisuniqueprocessofclosingofToruń)sruling
elitecontinuedvirtuallyunhindereduntilthemid-15thcentury,
whenthedescendantsoftheoldpatricianfamilies(thethirdand
subsequentcouncillorsinthefamilies)accountedforalmos50%
ofthenewlyelededcouncilmembers.Itshouldonlybenotedthat
aferthemiddleofthe14thcentury,theinfluxofWesphaliansto
Toruńdecreasedmarkedlyandthedominantgroupofimmigrants
wereagainnewcomersfromSilesia,andinthe15thcenturysettlers
fromMazoviaandCracowalsoappearedinthisgroup.
3.toruńasacentreoftrade
inthe14thcentury
TeperiodwhenToruńexperiencedthegreatesflourishingwas
the14thcentury,eleciallyitssecondhalf.Amarkedexpansionof
thecommercialadivityamonglocalmerdantsoccurredasaresult
offavourablepoliticaldanges.Teendofthe13thcenturywas
markedbyaclearcrisisintherelationsbetweentheTeutonicOrder
andLübec.TeseizureofGdańskPomeraniabytheTeutonic
Orderin1308-1309andtheirliquidationoftownsfoundedunder
theLübeclaw(Gdańsk,Tczew,andNowe)wastantamountto
theliquidationoftheHanseatictradingpossinthearea.Lübec
17K.O.Ahnsehl,mornsSeehandel,pp.121-125.
