Schinderhannes
German outlaw
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- Johannes Bückler was a German outlaw who orchestrated one of the most famous crime sprees in German history.
- He was born at Miehlen, the son of Johann and Anna Maria Bückler.
- At 16 he was arrested for stealing some of the skins, but he escaped detention.
Johannes Bückler 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.
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