Johann Stemmeler - Köln-Weiß, NRW, Germany
Posted by: argus1972
N 50° 53.494 E 007° 02.065
32U E 361760 N 5639607
Cross for Johann Stemmeler, who was murdered at this place in 1758.
Waymark Code: WMY9AF
Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Date Posted: 05/14/2018
Views: 6
At this point Johann Stemmeler from Brühl was murdered on the 6th of February, 1758 by stabs. Presumably from the brothers Anton and Johann Georg Dominik who were never caught.
The winter of 1758 was long and cold. Thus it lasted till the middle of March, before the ice released the corpse of the victim in the Rhine. Johann Stemmeler, the son of the mayor of Brühl, was only 21 years old.
Inscription:
ANNO IHS 1758
DEN 6TEN FEBR
UARŸ•WURDE•I0
AN•STEMMELER
VON•BRU
EL•ERM
ORDET
R • I • P
(Anno IHS 1758
on Feb. 6.
Ioan (Johann)
Stemmeler
from•Brühl
was murdered
R • I • P)