Johann Albiez

Johann Fridolin Albiez , even Salpeterer-Hans (* 1654 in book ; † 29. September 1727 in Freiburg ) was a German farmer Salpetersieder and Einungsmeister the union Birndorf . When he was over seventy, he became the leader of the saltpeter riots among rebel farmers in the county of Hauenstein in the Hotzenwald .

Albiez enjoyed a great reputation in the Hotzenwald. His rebellion against the Doge's appeal at the St. Blasien monastery and his demands for the “old rights and freedoms” of the Hauenstein self-government were heard. In the early summer of 1726 he traveled to Vienna and was able to meet Emperor Karl VI. hand over a memorial , but was ultimately rejected by a police ban. Further visits to the Viennese court were prohibited and the government in Freiburg was ordered to turn away. At meetings he took the view that his memorials had been accepted in Vienna, which, however , was viewed by Waldvogt Franz Leopold von Beck zu Willmendingen as a rebellion, he reported to Freiburg and Albiez was summoned on October 26, 1726. He therefore went to Freiburg in the opinion of being able to present his views and defend himself, but was placed under arrest in the then Upper Austrian seat of government, in the "Bären" inn . He died there on September 29, 1727.

In December 1727 Franz II. Schächtelin became the new abbot. When the inhabitants of the county were supposed to swear allegiance to the new abbot, they refused to pay homage. This refusal to face an authority was considered a rebellion; as a result, the military were billeted in the farms, so that the resistance of his supporters quickly collapsed.

literature

• Jakob Ebner : History of the Saltpeterer of the 18th Century , Volume I., 1953
• Jakob Ebner: History of the Saltpeterer of the 18th Century , Volume II., 1954
• Joseph Lukas Meyer : History of the Saltpetrers on the southeastern Black Forest , 1857
• Joachim Rumpf: The saltpeter riots in the Hotzenwald , 2003, ISBN 3-923080-25-5
• Thomas Lehner: The Saltpeterers - How Black Forests fought and suffered for their freedom , Schillinger Verlag Freiburg
• Günther Haselier : History of the Hotzenwald.