Heinrich Sudermann

{{Short description|German official (1520–1591)}}

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Heinrich Sudermann (31 August 1520 – 7 September 1591) was an official of the Hanseatic League from Cologne.{{cite book |last1=Andermann |first1=Ulrich |title=Albert Krantz: Wissenschaft und Historiographie um 1500 |date=19 January 2017 |publisher=Springer-Verlag |isbn=978-3-476-03413-7 |pages=5657 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CqvzDQAAQBAJ |language=de}} When the post of Syndic was created in 1556, Sudermann was elected as permanent official with legal training who worked to protect and extend the diplomatic agreements of the Hansa member towns. In 1557 and 1579, revised agreements spelled out the duties of towns and some progress was made.