Kaspar Muller

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Kaspar Müller (* 5. January 1796 in the Joseph Lust at Niederraunau ; † after 1830 in probably Augsburg ), even gallows-Kaspar called, was a German carpenter , who has become a poacher in Bavarian Swabia in the area of Ursberg , Babenhausen and Pfaffenhausen developed . The Galgen-Kaspar is also understood as the Swabian counterpart of the Bavarian Hiasl .

Names

Josephslust , the mansard roof building where Kaspar Müller was born

Kaspar Müller was the son of the stately builder Michael Müller and his third wife Anna. He is said to have received his nickname Galgen-Kaspar from his mother. She is said to have often said to him - because of the many jokes in his youth -: "You were born on the gallows, you will die on the gallows." She was referring to his place of birth, the classicist mansard roof building Josephslust, the location of the historical high court from Niederraunau.

Life

Kaspar Müller was the son of the stately builder Michael Müller and his third wife Anna. Kaspar Müller gave up his job as a carpenter and then switched to poaching . The farmers are said to have been kind to him and often provided him with food. They promised themselves that he would decimate the wildlife that threatened their crops.

Kaspar Müller to before the village on May 14, 1830 Haupeltshofen the gendarmes Eberle killed with a shot in front of several witnesses. After the fatal shot he is said to have said: "Gentlemen, I can shoot again". After this act, the search for him was intensified. On July 30, 1830, he was caught with his concubine Ursula Schmidt near Ursberg in the forest between Niederraunau and Mindelzell . There the two were hiding in a bush. He was found with a loaded nozzle , a pistol, a stiletto , powder and lead, and a lighter.

dish

Kaspar Müller was convicted on July 3, 1830 in Memmingen . From there he was first transferred to the correctional institute in Kaisheim . On October 9, 1830 he was transferred to Augsburg , where he was to be brought to court again for further criminal offenses. At this point he was obviously seriously ill. It is reported that he was supposed to be transferred to an Augsburg hospital, but that did not happen. After that, no further facts are known about him as his criminal records have been lost.

His concubine Ursula Schmidt from Niederraunau was first arrested in Ursberg, then in Zusmarshausen and later in Augsburg.

memories

On a postcard the rifle-carrying Gallows-Kaspar is portrayed with the following note: “Carefully tended the pastures to the delight of the farmers, to the annoyance of the hunters; revised unannounced private coffers, pantries, pigsties etc. and died as a pensioner, probably in the villa at Katzenstadel (= penal institution) near Augsburg. "

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Willi Fischer: As a poacher, he drove his mischief , from March 15, 2014, on augsburger-allgemeine.de. Retrieved April 17, 2016
  2. ↑ Bernt von Hagen, Angelika Wegener-Hüssen: Monuments in Bavaria - Günzburg district - ensembles, architectural monuments, archaeological monuments. Ed .: Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation , Karl M. Lipp Verlag, Munich 2004, p. 329, ISBN 3-87490-589-6
personal data
SURNAME Müller, Kaspar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German carpenter and poacher
DATE OF BIRTH January 5, 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH Josephslust , Niederraunau
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: 1830
Place of death uncertain: Augsburg