Johann Pascolini (robber)

Artist's impression of Johann Pascolini's fatal injury. Title page of “The notorious robber Johann Pascolini, his life, deeds and terrible end. A true story of the modern age. "

Johann Pascolini (born April 10, 1831 in Unterweikertshofen , † December 6 or 7, 1871 in Altomünster ) was a Bavarian robber who operated in the area between Munich and Augsburg . He was the robber's uncle and Bavarian folk hero Mathias Kneißl . The existence of Johann Pascolini is assured, but the details of his life are only passed down in the literature in embellishment.

Life

Johann Baptist Pascolini was born as the son of Alois and Klara Pascolini, who lived as shopkeepers in the area between Munich and Augsburg. His grandfather Peter Pascolini had moved to the area from Friuli. His youngest sister Therese (born February 27, 1847) was the mother of the robber Mathias Kneißl (1875–1902), who became a folk hero during his lifetime and even more posthumously.

At the age of 11, Johann Pascolini received his first sentences for various thefts. Later he began an apprenticeship as a carpenter, in which he did a clever job, but embezzled his teacher's money . He committed various burglaries in the area around Dachau , Bruck and Aichach , but deeds from Wolfratshausen and Munich are also recorded. In 1852 or 1853 he was arrested in Ludwigsfeld and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment, for which he was imprisoned in the penitentiary in der Au .

He was pardoned for good conduct in 1861, but continued his criminal life. He committed street robberies as well as burglary, cattle and trick theft in the area around Bruck and Dachau, where he appeared under various professions and pretexts. After 1863 he was arrested again and spent remand in the Frohnveste am Lilienberg in der Au . He began his 18-year prison sentence in the Kaisheim prison , from which he was able to escape on the night of June 20, 1864; his detention conditions had previously been relaxed because of renewed good conduct.

After further deeds, he was arrested two more times, and shortly after the first arrest he managed to escape again from the Frohnveste am Lilienberg. After the second arrest and a failed escape attempt, he tried to commit suicide by the radius artery bite. He was then moved from the Frohnveste am Lilienberg and after convalescence in the hospital to the Frohnveste am Anger . At the beginning of December 1864 he was sentenced by a jury at the Munich District Court to a prison sentence of 30 years, which he served in prison in der Au. After several failed attempts, he succeeded in breaking out on the night of October 3, 1865, followed by several months in freedom. He had since broken off contact with his family, probably because of the risk of arrest, but a mistress has been passed down. Johann Pascolini was last imprisoned around 1866 with subsequent imprisonment in the penitentiary in the Au. He succeeded in breaking out again on August 14, 1871.

In December 1871 he and an accomplice broke into a farm near Altomünster . After they were discovered by the residents, they had to flee. The accomplice accidentally shot Johann Pascolini. As a result of the injury, Johann Pascolini died in Altomünster hospital.

reception

The life story of Johann Pascolini, which exemplifies the circumstances into which Mathias Kneißl was born, is the subject of a play.

Web links

Commons : Johann Pascolini - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

↑ Death book of the Cath. Parish of St. Alto in Altomünster
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Anton Mayr: The robber Kneißl. First published in 1982 in the Brucker Echo (accessed December 9, 2016).
↑ ^a ^b "Paschkalini" or the roots of the Kneißl a piece of the hinterland. Culture get-together of the Altomünster e. V. (accessed December 9, 2016).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Anonymus : The notorious robber Johann Pascolini, his life, deeds and terrible end. A true story of the modern age. Verlag der J. Lutzenberger Buchhandlung, Altötting, approx. 1871 (accessed December 6, 2016). The precise chronological classification of the events in this report has inconsistencies and must therefore be considered unsecured.
↑ Even the dead man held tight. Münchner Merkur website (accessed December 9, 2016).

personal data
SURNAME	Pascolini, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pascolini, Johann Baptist
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Bavarian robber
DATE OF BIRTH	April 10, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH	Unterweikertshofen , Germany
DATE OF DEATH	December 6, 1871 or December 7, 1871
Place of death	Altomünster , Germany

[1] Death book of the Cath. Parish of St. Alto in Altomünster

[Mayr-2] Anton Mayr: The robber Kneißl. First published in 1982 in the Brucker Echo (accessed December 9, 2016).

[Kulturstammtisch-3] "Paschkalini" or the roots of the Kneißl a piece of the hinterland. Culture get-together of the Altomünster e. V. (accessed December 9, 2016).

[anonymus-4] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t Anonymus : The notorious robber Johann Pascolini, his life, deeds and terrible end. A true story of the modern age. Verlag der J. Lutzenberger Buchhandlung, Altötting, approx. 1871 (accessed December 6, 2016). The precise chronological classification of the events in this report has inconsistencies and must therefore be considered unsecured.

[5] Even the dead man held tight. Münchner Merkur website (accessed December 9, 2016).