Schinderhannes
Sign in to saveAlso known as Johannes Bückler, Jean Buckler, Schinnerhannes
thumb|Johannes Bückler, Painting by K. H. Ernst (1803)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1777?
- Died
- 21 November 1803
- Works
- 0
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- 59
- Total plays
- 228
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Johannes
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Miehlen
- Place of death
- Mainz
- Occupation
- criminal
- Languages spoken
- German
- Image
- Johannes Bueckler.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1783-01-01
- date of death
- 1803-11-21
- manner of death
- capital punishment
- Commons gallery
- Schinderhannes
- cause of death
- decapitation
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Origin
- Life
- Black Peter
- Placken-Klos
- Imprisonment
- Crime spree
- Arrest and fate
- Trial
- Execution
- Popular culture
- References
- Literature
- External links
thumb|Johannes Bückler, Painting by K. H. Ernst (1803)
Johannes Bückler ( 177821 November 1803; ) was a German outlaw who orchestrated one of the most famous crime sprees in German history. He has been nicknamed Schinderhannes and Schinnerhannes () in German and John the Scorcher, John the Flayer and the Robber of the Rhine in English. He was born at Miehlen, the son of Johann and Anna Maria Bückler. He began an apprenticeship to a tanner but turned to petty theft. At 16 he was arrested for stealing some of the skins, but he escaped detention. He then turned to break-ins and armed robbery on both sides of the Rhine, which was the border between France and the Holy Roman Empire.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Schinderhannes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.