Hans Sebastian Nikolai

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Hans Sebastian Nikolai , also Hans Bast Nicolai or Hans Bast for short (* probably 1735 in the Kondelwald ; † 1801 in Koblenz ). Hans Bast Nicolai stood out because of his height of 192 cm and was a blacksmith from the Kondelwald and also served as a grenadier and guardsman. He was accused of raiding the Sprinker Mill in August 1796, killing the miller, his wife and two of their children. Nicolai was arrested in August 1800 and executed a year later.

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  • In 1922, Clara Viebig's novel Unter dem Freiheitsbaum , which deals with the events after the French Revolution in the Eifel-Hunsrück region and the gangs operating there, commemorates Hans Bast Nicolai as well as Schinderhannes .

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SURNAME Nikolai, Hans Sebastian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nicolai, Hans Bast
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Blacksmith and soldier who was executed
DATE OF BIRTH uncertain: 1735
PLACE OF BIRTH Kondelwald
DATE OF DEATH 1801
Place of death Koblenz