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Hans Köhler¹

Facts and Notes

• Religious Affiliation: Evangelical-Lutheran¹
• Anecdote:²
• Birth: About 1596; Originally from Pausa, Vogtlandkreis, Sachsen, Germany¹
• Marriage: About 1621; Ursula _____, [wife of Hans KÖHLER],¹

• Note: Hans Köhler was about 22 at the outbreak of the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648), which began primarily as a civil war between Protestants and Catholics within the Holy Roman Empire. The Fränkische Schweiz region where he lived was home to both Catholic and Protestant communities, and its fertile farmland and timber made it an attractive target for both armies belonging to both sides. As the armies marched through the area, they trampled fields, plundered granaries, and burned barns, causing food shortages and economic ruin for local farmers. There is no record of his fate, but he would have experienced the economic and social disruptions of the period firsthand.

• Related Pages: Ancestors of Marianne Bauer

Citations

1. [S807] Glas, Reinhold, Pretzfeld II (Franconian Switzerland). Die Entwicklung der Ortsteile im Spiegel der Geschichte seiner Anwesen und Bewohner. Eberhardstein - Hagenbach - Hetzelsdorf - Kolmreuth - Lützelsdorf - Oberzaunsbach - Pfaffenloh - Poppendorf - Unterzaunsbach - Urspringen - Wannbach, pg 354, Book in Rob Reyes' personal collection.
2. [S884] Robert R. Reyes, Our German Heritage