Hans Germann

Hans Germann (called the "Batzenhammer", * before 1500 ; † around 1550 ) was a mercenary leader and from 1532 to 1540 governor in Toggenburg .

Life

Coats-of-arms disc from 1550 of Captain Hans Germann at Kreuzenstein Castle

Germann was the son of Johannes Germann, Obervogt zu Lütisburg , and brother of the later Prince Abbot of St. Gallen, Kilian Germann , and Gallus Germann (also Obervogt zu Lütisburg). As an officer, he was in the service of the French crown for many years. After returning home, he supported his brother, Prince Abbot Kilian Germann, during the turmoil of the Reformation. Contemporaries described Hans Germann as "a solid, brave, but rough, frivolous fellow warrior who sold many of his fellow countrymen to France for disdainful gold".

Several portraits of Hans Germann have come down to us, one of them a glass painting from 1550, which is located in Kreuzenstein Castle on the Danube near Vienna.

literature

Franz Xaver Bishop: Germann, Hans. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

^ Franz Germann: 500 years of history of Germann in Toggenburg . Ed .: Germann family foundation in Toggenburg. 1983.
^ Ildefons von Arx: Stories of the Canton of St. Gallen . tape 2 . Zollikofer and Züblin, 1811.
^ Theodor Müller: The St. Gallic Faith Movement at the time of the Prince Abbots Franz and Kilian (1520-1530) . Buchdruckerei Zollikofer & Cie., St. Gallen 1910.
^ Carl Wegelin: History of the Toggenburg landscape . tape 2 . Huber, 1833, p. 332 .
^ Paul Boesch: Swiss Glass Paintings Abroad: Collections in Southern Germany and Austria . In: Journal for Swiss Archeology and Art History . tape 11 , 1950.

personal data
SURNAME	Germann, Hans
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Batzenhammer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Mercenary leader and governor in Toggenburg
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1500
DATE OF DEATH	around 1550

[1] Franz Germann: 500 years of history of Germann in Toggenburg . Ed .: Germann family foundation in Toggenburg. 1983.

[2] Ildefons von Arx: Stories of the Canton of St. Gallen . tape 2 . Zollikofer and Züblin, 1811.

[3] Theodor Müller: The St. Gallic Faith Movement at the time of the Prince Abbots Franz and Kilian (1520-1530) . Buchdruckerei Zollikofer & Cie., St. Gallen 1910.

[4] Carl Wegelin: History of the Toggenburg landscape . tape 2 . Huber, 1833, p. 332 .

[5] Paul Boesch: Swiss Glass Paintings Abroad: Collections in Southern Germany and Austria . In: Journal for Swiss Archeology and Art History . tape 11 , 1950.