Barbara Erni

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Maria Barbara Erni , also known as Golden Boos , (born February 15, 1743 in Altenstadt near Feldkirch ; † February 26, 1785 in Eschen ) was a vagant and thief. She was the last person to be executed in the Principality of Liechtenstein .

biography

On May 27, 1784, Barbara Erni was caught red-handed during a sneak theft "on Müsnen" ( Mösma area above the village of Eschen). Since more than three thefts were proven in the following investigations, she was sentenced to death according to the Constitutio Criminalis Carolina . The trial took place in front of the chapel on the Rofenberg . This square had already served as a rural parish square for the judicial parish of Untere Landschaft since 1573. The execution took place at the Güdigen execution site and was carried out by the Bregenz executioner . On February 26, 1785, she was beheaded with the sword .

Their fate soon found its way into the Liechtenstein sagas and is one of the better-known sagas today. Artistic arrangements include among other things the prisoner's song of the golden boos (published in: Four worldly beautiful and new songs . Around 1800). The neoclassical / rock band WeltenBrand dedicated a song to her on their 1997 music album Das Nachtvolk . Furthermore, the Golden Boos-Gasse in Eschen is named after her.

literature

to the historical person

  • Alois Ospelt: The Golden Boos - The Fate of a Vagantin. (1984)
  • Paul Vogt: Bridges to the Past. A text and workbook on Liechtenstein history. 17th to 19th century. (Vaduz 1990)

to the legendary figure

  • Hans Friedrich Walser, Franz Renner: Homeland shrouded in legend: A collection of Liechtenstein folk legends from mountains and valleys (1948)
  • Otto Seger: Legends from Liechtenstein (1966)
  • Adulf Peter Goop , Günther Meier, Daniel Quaderer: Customs Liechtenstein: old customs and new customs Alpenland, Schaan 2005, ISBN 978-3-905437-09-6 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hensler's legal opinion on the case of Barbara Erni (1784) at www.e-archiv.li
  2. ↑ todesstrafe.de. Retrieved January 16, 2015 .
  3. ↑ The chapel on Rofenberg in EINTRACHT - magazine for home and customs (No. 60, 2012)
  4. ↑ Information and communications from the community of Eschen (February 2011)
  5. ↑ The Golden Boos , http://www.tourismus.li
  6. ↑ Captive song of the golden boos in EINTRACHT - magazine for home and customs (No. 41, 2006)
  7. ↑ WeltenBrand's discography , www.weltenbrand.li
personal data
SURNAME Erni, Barbara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Erni, Maria Barbara (full name); Golden boos
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Vagante and thief; last person executed in Liechtenstein
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1743
PLACE OF BIRTH Altenstadt near Feldkirch
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1785
Place of death Ash trees