Dolf Mohr

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dolf Mohr (* around 1815 ; † March 4, 1851 in Dortmund ), bourgeois Adolf Mohr , was a robber from the area south of Dortmund.

Life

Dolf Mohr was a carter from the Höchst district, which today belongs to Dortmund . During the period of bad harvests from 1842 to 1846, Mohr first came into conflict with the law in 1845 when he allegedly stole a sack of potatoes. Mohr was charged, but had to be acquitted because a neighbor had given him an alibi . Dolf Mohr had committed various break-ins and assaults up to 1851. Mohr is said to have committed many of the deeds not for his own benefit, but to help his poor neighbors. In this context, Dolf Mohr is said to have robbed tax collectors and cattle dealers, among other things. Therefore he was later called the "Robin Hood of the Most High".

By 1849 a band of robbers had formed around Mohr. For this reason, among other things, the Dortmund authorities requested the Prussian military. However, this was refused by higher-level bodies. In March 1850, Dolf Mohr was arrested and charged with an accomplice after a burglary. Mohr managed to escape from prison in July 1850. On November 4, 1850, a reward of 10 thalers was offered for the capture of Dolf Mohr. This corresponded to the monthly wage of a worker at the time. Nevertheless, Mohr could not be caught until 1851.

death

On March 4, 1851, while attempting to evade arrest , Dolf Mohr was shot in the back and killed by the gendarme Mönkebüscher.

literature

  • Katja Müller, Helmut Lierhaus: robber captain Dolf Mohr from the Höchst summer mountain. A robber's life in the 48 revolution . Dortmund 1984, ISBN 3-923223-00-5

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Katja Müller u. Helmut Lierhaus, robber captain Dolf Mohr from the Höchst Sommerberg A robber's life in the 48 revolution ; Dortmund 1984 (p. 13)
  2. ↑ Müller, Lierhaus pp. 20-100
  3. ↑ Müller, Lierhaus pp. 18-21
  4. ↑ Dolf Mohr - the Robin Hood of the highest . Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung , Dortmund local section from August 22, 2011
  5. ↑ The Robber of the Highest ( memento of the original from January 26, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Interest group Benninghofen-Zentrum, accessed on August 31, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.benninghofen-zentrum.de
  6. ↑ Müller, Lierhaus pp. 70–71
  7. ↑ Müller, Lierhaus p. 75
  8. ↑ Müller, Lierhaus p. 79
  9. ↑ Müller, Lierhaus p. 83
  10. ↑ Müller, Lierhaus pp. 102-107
personal data
SURNAME Mohr, Dolf
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mohr, Adolf (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Robbers from the area south of Dortmund
DATE OF BIRTH around 1815
DATE OF DEATH March 4, 1851
Place of death Dortmund