Schorndorf women

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The Schorndorf women , under the leadership of Barbara Künkelin, saved the town of Schorndorf from handing it over to the French Brigadier General Mélac in 1688 and thus went down in the history of the town.

history

After Philippsburg was taken by the French at the beginning of the Palatinate War , the troops marched on to Württemberg. This was quite helpless, especially since the Swabian troops were still tied up in the Kaiser’s war against the Turks.

The French took advantage of their military superiority and the inferiority of Württemberg to collect contributions . To do this, they marched violently through the country, mostly the threat of arson was sufficient; in individual cases cities were burned down. In Stuttgart the government of the duchy set about negotiating the demands with the French; all demands were met.

In order to protect Stuttgart, it was decided that the Schorndorf Fortress, which was feared that it could no longer be held, should be handed over to the French general. In Schorndorf, however, neither the fortress commander, the town commander Krummhaar nor the citizens were ready to hand over the property. Several messengers were sent to nearby commanders of the imperial troops to request assistance. Finally, the messengers from Stuttgart arrived at the Schorndorf town hall with the surrender order. Barbara Künkelin did not want to accept Schorndorf's handover either. In agreement with Krummhaar, the wine grower Kurz was commissioned to call all the women of Schorndorf together. He asked them to arm themselves and come to Künkelin's house. Armed with pitchforks, knives, halberds and sickles, they stormed the town hall under the leadership of Barbara Künkelin with the words "Death to the traitors". Now the women in Schorndorf set the tone. They did not let the Stuttgart negotiators out of the building for three nights and two days.

When Mélac marched up on December 17, 1688, he waited in vain for Schorndorf to be surrendered; Curly hair and the citizens continued to hope for support from imperial troops. Since Mélac lacked heavy artillery, he had to withdraw, but burned down a few buildings in today's Schorndorf district of Haubersbronn. Finally the hoped-for imperial troops arrived and Mélac had to flee; Schorndorf was saved by the courage of the women.

effect

The history of the Schorndorfer women was edited by several artists, including Paul Heyse in his 1881 novella "The women of Schorndorf". The substance was used during the era of National Socialism and propaganda purposes, in Arthur Ehrhardt's novel Barbara saves the city , the 1943 Potsdam Publisher Voggenreiter appeared. In 1896 the composer Felix Woyrsch from Altona published his opera Der Weiberkrieg, which was played across Germany . On the back of the Schorndorf town hall there is a natural stone mosaic by Hans Gottfried von Stockhausen , which depicts the Schorndorf women storming the council chamber.

The Arbeitsgemeinschaft Schorndorfer Weiber eV, founded in 1949, is named after the historical Schorndorfer women . V. , a social, charitable and culturally active association in Schorndorf.

literature

  • Friedrich Hofmann : The mayor of Schorndorf. Travel reminder . In: The Gazebo . Issue 12, 1867, pp. 187–190 ( full text [ Wikisource ]).
  • History of the city of Schorndorf . Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart, 2002
  • UJ Wandel (Hrsg.): Women's protest 1688. The Schorndorfer and Göppinger women . Exhibition catalog, Schorndorf 1988

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