Passau war people

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The Passau war people were a mercenary army of over 10,000 men that existed between 1610 and 1611 . It was erected in 1610 by the military leader Laurentius Ramée on behalf of the Prince-Bishop of Passau Leopold Archduke of Austria and was originally intended for use in the Jülich-Kleve inheritance dispute . However, because of its looting and cruel devastation in Austria and Bohemia , it quickly gained a bad name. In 1611 the people of Passau stood in the fraternal dispute between Emperor Rudolf II and Matthias on the emperor's side. In the same year the Passau invaders in Prague and atrocities in Budweis . After the two brothers reconciled, Laurentius Ramée was arrested and sentenced to death by the sword.

The executioner Kaspar Neidhart produced paper notes with strange characters for the Passau war people, which he distributed as magic notes. These small sheets of paper, called “ Passau Art ”, were intended to make the owner immune to blows and stabs.

See also

Laurentius Ramée : a more detailed description of the events from the departure of the mercenary army from Passau on December 21, 1610 to its dissolution in June 1611 and the beheading of the military leader on April 23, 1613.

literature

  • Franz Mader : A thousand people from Passau. Passau 1995, ISBN 3-924484-98-8
  • Franz Kurz: The invasion of the war people recruited by Emperor Rudolf II in Passau into Upper Austria and Bohemia (1610–1611). Communicated from his estate and provided with an introduction. By Albin Czerny. In: Annual report of the Francisco-Carolinum Museum.
    Volume 53, Linz 1895, pp. 1–117, Part I. (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at, supplement No. 1–14 (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at,
    volume 54, Linz 1896, pp. 1–119 , Part II (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at, supplement no. 15–35 (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at,
    volume 55, Linz 1897, pp. 1–134, III. Theil (PDF) in the OoeGeschichte.at forum, supplement no. 36–57 (PDF) in the OoeGeschichte.at forum.

Web links

  • Reigns. The Passau war people on domine.blogspot.de, June 1, 2004, accessed on July 1, 2019.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kurz 1895, pp. 27 and 34.