Georg Nusch
Georg Nusch (born January 8, 1588 in Rothenburg ob der Tauber ; † January 8, 1668 there ) was the mayor and hospital caretaker of Rothenburg.
Nusch comes from a patrician family from Rothenburg ob der Tauber. His house was the so-called "Jaxtheimerische" opposite the Rothenburg town hall, which today houses a pharmacy, and the house where he was born was the wine tavern "Zum Roten Hahn" (now a hotel).
The master drink
Nusch was mayor of Rothenburg in 1630, when the general Tilly of the Imperial Army besieged the city during the Thirty Years' War and it finally had to surrender.
After the festival, Der Meistertrunk , a play by Adam Hörber premiered in 1881 , the encounter with Tilly is said to have happened as follows: Tilly had sentenced the councilors to death and wanted to set the town on fire. In their distress, the councilors offered him wine as a gesture of pacification in a so-called “welcome”, a tankard depicting the emperor and the seven electors , which held 3¼ liters. This put Tilly in a mild mood, and said that if anyone could finish this goblet of wine in one go, he would spare the city. Former Mayor Georg Nusch volunteered and to everyone's astonishment he managed to empty the cup in one go. Tilly was so impressed by it that he spared the city.
literature
- August Nusch: Nusch, Georg . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 52, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1906, p. 665 f.
- Ludwig Schnurrer: Rothenburger Profile, Georg Nusch (1588–1668), Rothenburg ob der Tauber 2002, pp. 217–238.
Web links
- Entries on Georg Nusch in the general catalog of German-language funeral sermons (GESA) of the University of Marburg
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nusch, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Mayor and hospital caretaker of Rothenburg ob der Tauber |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1588 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rothenburg ob der Tauber |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1668 |
| Place of death | Rothenburg ob der Tauber |