Hans Kohlhase
Hans Kohlhase (c. 1500 – 1540), according to early modern German accounts, was a merchant whose grievance against a Saxon nobleman developed into a full-blown feud against the state of Saxony, thus infringing the Eternal Peace of 1495. The campaign culminated in Kohlhase's execution in March 1540.
Background
In October 1532, according to the story, Kohlhase was proceeding from his hometown of
Revenge campaign
Unable to obtain redress in the courts of law, Kohlhase in a
Kohlhase now sought revenge in earnest. Gathering around him a band of criminals and desperados, he spread terror throughout the whole of Saxony; travellers were robbed, villages were burned, and towns were plundered. For some time, the authorities were powerless to stop these outrages, but in March 1540, Kohlhase and his principal associate, Georg Nagelschmidt, were seized, and on March 22, they were broken on the wheel in Berlin.[3]
Reception
References
- ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 886.
- ^ Chisholm 1911, pp. 886–887.
- ^ Chisholm 1911, p. 887.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Kohlhase, Hans". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 886–887.
- Peter Hafftiz, Microchronicon Marchium (c. 1600) s.a. 1540; edited in: Christian Schöttgen, Georg Christoph Kreysig, Diplomatische und curieuse Nachlese der Geschichte von Chur-Sachsen (part 3), Dresden, Leipzig 1731, 528–541; A. F. J. Riedel, Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis IV.1 (1862), 101–104.
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