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About Franz Schmidt
Franz Schmidt (1555–1634), also known as Meister Franz or Frantz Schmidt, was an executioner in Hof from 1573 to April 1578, and from 1 May 1578 till the end of 1617 he was the executioner of Nuremberg. He left a diary in which he detailed the 361 executions he performed during his 45-year career.
Everything about Franz Schmidt →- Occupation
- executioner, physician
- Citizenship
- Principality of Bayreuth
- Born
- 1554, 1555
- Died
- 1634