Johann Joseph Öttlinger

Johann Joseph Öttlinger (born March 26, 1662 in Munich ; † 1724 ) was maintenance commissioner in Starnberg in 1705 and was vilified by Bavarian patriotic historiography as a traitor ("Judas von Sendling") of the Bavarian popular uprising .

In 1679 he completed his high school studies at the Jesuit high school in Munich (today Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich ).

According to Christian Probst, Öttlinger was hated by his subjects as a maintenance commissioner because he ruthlessly enriched himself at their expense; he was an open partisan of the imperial and had repeatedly stated that Elector Max Emanuel "would never get another leg into the country in his lifetime". It is all the more strange that Adam Schöttl was able to win him over to participate in the uprising. It is probable that Schöttl announced the early return of the Elector with French help and presented the prospects as very favorable. Öttlinger himself appeared in Hohenschäftlarn with the Starnberg contingent, which comprised around 200 men .

The blame for the defeat of the Oberlanders before Munich was later ascribed to Öttlinger's betrayal. According to Christian Probst, it is correct that he sought his salvation in flight and let his 200 judicial subjects, whom he had summoned, drag themselves into perdition. He didn't go home either, but to the administration in Munich, where he reported on the status, strength and intentions of the rebels.

He said nothing about the Munich conspirators, since he apparently knew nothing about them. He became a traitor in order to obtain impunity for himself. He also received this, but his betrayal was not the cause of the Sendlinger Murder Christmas .

literature

Christian Probst : Better to die Bavarian. The Bavarian popular uprising in 1705 and 1706. Süddeutscher Verlag, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-7991-5970-3 .

Web links

List of actors in the Bavarian uprising in 1705 and 1706

Individual evidence

^ Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich. Volume 1: 1561/62 - 1679/80. Self-published by Wilhelmsgymnasium, Munich 1970, p. 248.

personal data
SURNAME	Öttlinger, Johann Joseph
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Nursing commissioner in Starnberg
DATE OF BIRTH	March 26, 1662
PLACE OF BIRTH	Munich
DATE OF DEATH	1724

[1] Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich. Volume 1: 1561/62 - 1679/80. Self-published by Wilhelmsgymnasium, Munich 1970, p. 248.