Elenhans

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Elenhans , actually Hans-Jerg Brendlin (* December 20, 1609 in Gächingen , † October 19, 1677 in Würtingen ) was a German rebellious farmer on the Uracher Alb during the Thirty Years' War .

Life

Hans-Jerg Brendlin was born on December 10th, 1609 ( old style ) as the son of the farmer Hans Brendlin in Gächingen . In 1630 he married Anna Katharina Brindli, a school daughter from Würtingen, and from then on lived in Würtingen. The name Elenhans, or as written in the church book "Elinnhanß", was given to Hans-Jerg as a nickname after the birth of his children. He wore it as early as 1640, when it was first mentioned in the old baptismal register, in connection with his daughter Anna. One must have known Hans-Jerg in this way, because at this time the name was only mentioned in the official church registers of the parish (the Gächinger Unteramt with the villages including Upfingen, Gächingen and Würtingen, including their branches), only in rare individual cases .

When, after the battle of Nördlingen , which ended in a devastating defeat for the Protestants, the imperial officials took up positions in the Urach office , some courageous citizens of the parish united in rebellions. One of their leaders became the Elenhans. He organized the men of the parish and undertook several raids against the enemy detachments that settled in the villages of Bleichstetten and Upfingen during the siege of Hohenurach . When the imperial regiments Walter Butler and Tiefenbach (about 2,000 men) came up in November 1634 , the situation became too risky for him and he fled to Auingen at the end of 1634 . Karl Brändle, the author of the family records, describes him as an energetic but also very headstrong person. During the siege of Hohenurach, Hans-Jerg came into conflict with the Weimar commandant of the fortress, Gottfried Holtzmüller , who systematically siphoned off the villages, extorted ranzions, raided Upfingen with horsemen and burned it down.

Between 1639 and 1640, after his escape to the Hinteralb , Hans-Jerg returned to Würtingen, where he again played a leading role against the invading hordes of horsemen. It appears that the new masters have dropped all charges against him. Würtingen had become part of the Achalm pledge , a ruling association comprising 30 villages that Archduchess Claudia of Austria-Tyrol had annexed. In the Peace of Westphalia , the Archdukes of Austria, who were also governors of Tyrol and Upper Austria, had to return the lordships of Achalm, Blaubeuren and Hohenstaufen to the rightful heir Eberhard III. resign.

After the war, Hans-Jerg Ohnastetter became mayor (1657). In 1658 he inherited the mayor's office from his father-in-law and brought it to high school through the branches. Later he even became an official of the entire Gächingen sub-office. His wife bore him ten healthy children. The first born, Hans († 1703), saw the light of day in the turmoil of 1634. Another son, Clemens (* 1644, † 1705), like his father, accompanied leading positions in the village and became, like him, mayor, high school officer and bailiff.

In addition to the church records, the war writer Karl Martens also reported in his work from 1847 on the peasant uprising in the Urach office. In a meeting with the occupiers in September 1634, 32 imperial soldiers are said to have perished. Another clash of imperial troops with peasants occurred on June 25, 1635. Don Martin de Idiáquez, who camped in Metzingen , reported about it in a letter to Matthias Gallas . According to this, peasants of his company resisted, but they were beaten on the fourth attempt.

literature

  • Stefan Walz: The Elenhans. AD FONTES Handelsgesellschaft, 2011, ISBN 978-3-00-033677-5 .
  • Karl Brendle: Studbooks of the Brendle / Brändle family , volume 1–3). Self-published, 1983–1985.
  • Karl von Martens : History of the within the present borders of the kingdom ... , Stuttgart, 1847.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Church books of Würtingen, Landeskirchliches Archiv, Stuttgart
  2. ↑ Karl Brendle: Family records, volume 2. "The Brendle / Brändle family from Würtingen on the Uracher Alb".
  3. ↑ Files of the Main State Archives Stuttgart, A91 Bü 33 (Faszikel Hohenurach and Neuffen). Trial files (maleficent matters) against Holtzmüller from 1640 to 1644 in the State Archives Ludwigsburg A 209 Bü 1715.
  4. ↑ Eberhard Fritz: The "Achalm Pfandschaft" owned by the Tyrolean line of the House of Habsburg. Expansion efforts in Upper Austria during the Thirty Years' War. In: Reutlinger Geschichtsblätter NF 49/2010. Pp. 239-348.
  5. ^ Karl Brendle: family records, volume 3. "The Brändle on the Münsinger Alb", 1983.
  6. ↑ Karl von Martens : History of the within the current borders of the kingdom ..., Stuttgart, 1847.
  7. ↑ Documentation Bohemica bellum trice dimensional illustrantia. The great struggle for supremacy in Europe, Volume 6. Verlag Hermann Böhlhaus. Vienna-Cologne-Graz.
personal data
SURNAME Elenhans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brendlin, Hans-Jerg (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German rebellious peasant
DATE OF BIRTH December 20, 1609
PLACE OF BIRTH Gächingen
DATE OF DEATH October 19, 1677
Place of death Würtingen