Franz Xaver Reichhart

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Franz Xaver Reichhart (born January 17, 1851 in Mühlthal in the Upper Palatinate, today in Falkenstein , † 1934 in Munich ) was a Bavarian civil servant executioner . From 1894 to 1924 he worked primarily in the Stadelheim prison in Munich .

Life

Franz Xaver Reichhart was a son of the Wasenmeister Thomas Reichhart and his wife Theresa, nee. Scorer. Before he was hired as an executioner, he was first a news helper (executioner's assistant) and lived in Landshut. From November 26, 1895, Reichhart was then based in Munich. The first marriage was on May 6, 1876 with Maria Kisslinger (born April 24, 1826 in Warth , district of Dingolfing-Landau ), the second marriage on October 13, 1904 with Anna Huber, widowed Eltzinger (born May 26, 1856) closed.

Franz Xaver Reichhart was an uncle of the later executioner Johann Reichhart and was related by marriage to Lorenz Schellerer , also an executioner, who carried out the last execution with the sword in Bavaria. Reichhart was the only executioner in Bavaria with official status. He became known u. a. also by guillotining the legendary robber Kneißl on February 21, 1902, as a "messenger" . This machine was the Baden sword machine made entirely of iron.

Franz Xaver Reichhart worked as an executioner's assistant in 26 executions, and as an executioner he carried out 43 executions.

After his nephew Michael refused to be his successor, Franz Xaver Reichhart trained his second nephew Johann to be an executioner at retirement age, who took over this position on March 27, 1924.

Franz Xaver Reichhart died in 1934 at the age of 83. He had previously bequeathed his fortune to the Church.

Trivia

A marble tablet in the Ölberg chapel near Falkenstein reports that “the Kgl. Messageer Franz Xaver Reichhart “built this chapel in 1913 after having had to promote numerous death row inmates into eternity in 40 years of service.

literature

  • Johann Dachs: Death by the guillotine . Mittelbayerische Druck- und Verlags-Gesellschaft, Regensburg 1996, ISBN 3-927529-74-5 .
  • With the nerves down . In: Der Spiegel . No. 17 , 1949, pp. 9 ( online - April 23, 1949 ).
  • Bayerische Staatszeitung from March 23, 2007 ( online )
  • Münchner Merkur Online, June 2, 2008, [1]
  • Roland Ernst: A man for every season . In: FAZ . No. January 21 , 2014 ( online [accessed January 27, 2014]).
  • Johann Caspar Glenzdorf, Fritz Treichel: executioners, flayers and poor sinners. Volume 1 and 2, Rost, Bad Münder am Deister 1970.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ State Archives Munich, No. 1934/1651 (Testament FX Reichhart from June 25, 1932)
  2. ↑ Jürgen Gromann: Notes of an executioner - The diary of the royal message of Bavaria Franz Xaver Reichhart . 1st edition. Donauwörth 2018, ISBN 978-1-72386-807-8 , p. 115 .
  3. ↑ Down with the nerves . In: Der Spiegel . No. 17 , 1949, pp. 9 ( online - April 23, 1949 ).
  4. ↑ Falkenstein-Rundweg ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . www.vorderer-bayerischer-wald.de, accessed on November 7, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.vorderer-bayerischer-wald.de
personal data
SURNAME Reichhart, Franz Xaver
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bavarian civil servant executioner
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Mühlthal in the Upper Palatinate, today part of Falkenstein (Bavaria)
DATE OF DEATH 1934
Place of death Munich