Wendel bull

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Wendel Stier (* around 1535; † December 1572 in Gemmingen ), called Stier von Ilsfeld, was a robber and murderer of the 16th century. Several exhibits from his possession were still in the Stuttgart Armory in the 18th century, today two of his masks are still preserved in the State Museum.

Life

He was born around 1535 and came to Ilsfeld with his family around 1540 . In 1565 he committed a murder in Winzerhausen . After he was caught, he was executed in Gemmingen in December 1572 .

Nine of his firearms and protective weapons ended up in the armory in Stuttgart, where they were still described in 1736. While half a breastplate, two thigh guards and four rifles have been lost today, two iron masks (Inv. No. KK light yellow 29 and 30) have survived in the holdings of the Württemberg State Museum .

The murder in Winzerhausen is the only documented act of Stier. In the description of his weapons from 1736, however, it is also reported that he was tortured to have committed three hundred and more murders.

literature

  • Kurtze Description That was from a stranger in the old-famous high-princely resident city of Stuttgardt… Stuttgart 1736, pp. 57–60.
  • Otfried Kies : Der "Stier von Ilsfeld" , in: Zeitschrift des Zabergäuvereins , 1981, pp. 68–74.
  • Otto Conrad : The robber captain Stier von Ilsfeld: a historical personality , in: Schwaben and Franken , 29, 1983, pp. 1–3.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kurtze description of the one thing from a stranger in the old-famous high-princely resident city of Stuttgardt… Stuttgart 1736, pp. 57–60. ( Digitized version of the University and State Library of Saxony-Anhalt )
  2. ↑ https://lmw.museum-digital.de/index.php?t=objekt&oges=1402
  3. ↑ https://lmw.museum-digital.de/index.php?t=objekt&oges=1403
  4. ^ Digitized version of the University and State Library of Saxony-Anhalt
personal data
SURNAME Taurus, Wendel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bull from Ilsfeld, Wendel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Robbers and murderers
DATE OF BIRTH around 1535
DATE OF DEATH December 1572
Place of death Gemmingen