Constance Hans
Johann Baptist Herrenberger (* August 1759 in Oppenau ; † September 3, 1793 in Ludwigsburg ), popularly known and in robber circles after the origin of his father Konstanzer Hans , was a robber in Württemberg .
Life
In 1782, Herrenberger was captured by the Sulzer Oberamtmann Jacob Georg Schäffer . Schäffer succeeded in persuading Hans from Constance to make an extensive confession - which ultimately led to his pardon and appointment as auxiliary police officer. Hans from Constance named more than 500 crooks , revealed around 100 crooks' huts and thieves' shelters, prevented the Maria-Einsiedeln monastery from falling victim to an arson attack and wrote a dictionary of crooks' language .
Through his testimony, the “most prominent” robber in southern Germany at the time, Jakob Reinhard, known as Hannikel , was brought to the gallows.
Works
- Real discovery of the Jauner or Yenish language / by the formerly infamous Jauner Konstanzer-Hanss at the request of Ihme himself and promoted to print. Sulz am Neckar, 1791.
literature
- Wolfgang Duffner: More inclined to nothing. From the short life of Johann Baptista Herrenberger alias Konstanzer Hans. Bleicher, Gerlingen 1999, ISBN 3-88350-331-2 .
- anonymous [Johann Ulrich Schöll]: Konstanzer Hanß: a Swabian Jauners story drawn from reliable sources and processed pragmatically. Erhard and Löflund, Stuttgart 1789 ( digitized version ).
- Wilhelm Friedrich Wüst: The Konstanzer Hans: Strange story of a Swabian crook (Reutlinger Volksbücher). Fleischhauer & Spohn, Reutlingen 1852 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Jaunerakte des Herrenberger, Johann Baptist, commonly known as Konstanzer Hans ( Memento from February 5, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
swell
- ^ Ulli Rothfuss: Schäffer, robber catcher. The first "modern" criminalist in Württemberg. Silberburg-Verlag, Tübingen 1977, ISBN 3-87407-257-6 .
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SURNAME | Constance Hans |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Herrenberger, Johann Baptist (real name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Robbers in Württemberg |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 1759 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Oppenau |
DATE OF DEATH | September 3, 1793 |
Place of death | Ludwigsburg |