Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum Bremerhaven August 2017
Original painting made by Hans Borhdt (1857-1945) in 1901 representing the Hanseatic cog Die Bunte Kuh which under command of Simon of Utrecht (14th Century-14 October 1437) made a end of the terror by the pirate Claus Störtebeker (around 1360-20 October 1401. He is in 1380 for the first time mentioned in 1380 in court documents of Wismar. Störtebeker was active in the Baltic for the Swedish against the Danes around 1389 and since 1396 he chose the side of the Frisians against the Dutch. He was taken prisoner by Simon of Utrecht off Heligoland and beheaded after a trial in 1401 although newest sources pointed out that he executed in 1400 and that the story of Simon of Utrecht and his in 1401 completed Die Bunte Kuh was not true.
