Martin Coblentz

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Martin Coblentz (also Coblenz ) (* 1660 in Rathenow ) was a German executioner , doctor of medicine and “royal court and personal medicine ”.

Life

As was customary at the time, Martin Coblentz came from a family of executioners. He was an executioner in Berlin until 1701 and was appointed doctor of medicine through his work as the last executioner . Friedrich Wilhelm I appointed him to the Prussian court in 1706 after 20 years as an executioner as court and personal medicus.

On November 6, 1730, he probably executed Hans-Hermann von Katte in Küstrin .

At the end of his work as an executioner, he was assigned 103 executions , a high number for the time - 19 his father and 68 his grandfather. His executioner's sword was part of the Royal Armory until 1749 .

literature

  • Beate Burtscher-Bechter: Boundaries and delimitations: historical and cultural-scientific considerations using the example of the Mediterranean region . Königshausen & Neumann , 2006, p. 273.
  • Marita Genesis: Executioner in the city of Brandenburg - consideration of a job description . Master's thesis , University of Potsdam , 2006, p. 60.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Media Script GbR: Weekly Ads for the principality of Ratzeburg. Retrieved November 25, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Anna Bergmann: The dead patient: modern medicine and death . Aufbau-Verlag, 2004, ISBN 978-3-351-02587-8 , p. 167 ( google.de [accessed November 25, 2018]).
  3. ↑ a b New Berlin monthly . Nicolai, 1807, p. 95 ( google.de [accessed November 25, 2018]).
personal data
SURNAME Coblentz, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Coblenz, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German executioner, doctor of medicine and royal court and personal medicine
DATE OF BIRTH 1660
PLACE OF BIRTH Rathenow
DATE OF DEATH 18th century