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Jasper Hanebuth (1607 – 4 February 1653) was a German mercenary in the Thirty Years' War, as well as a robber and murderer.[1]
Jasper Hanebuth was born on the "Hof Pieper", a rebuilt half-timbered complex which today is listed on Buchholz-Kirchweg 72.[2][3] He was the son of Hans Hanebuth, a cotter in Groß-Buchholz,[1] and was baptised on February 8 in Groß-Buchholz near Hanover.
Jasper Hanebuth became a mercenary in Swedish service during the Thirty Years' War. Even during the war, he acquired Hanover citizenship, but soon lost it again as he did not pay his tax debts.[1] Hanebuth was described as a coarse, violent character whose tantrums were feared by those around him. He is considered an example of the everyday violence and brutality of morals after the end of the Thirty Years' War. His victims included his own "robber bride".[citation needed] He subsequently became a horse dealer until he was reported for horse theft and arrested on 14 November 1652, eventually confessing to 10 thefts and 19 murders[1] following repeated threats of torture, "meticulous according to the high justice", in the council of the Altes Rathaus, where he admitted his guilt.[4] Then, after spending nearly a year in prison, on 3–4 February 1653, he was sentenced "to be judged by the breaking wheel by his limbs from life to death".[1]
On 4 February 1653, Hanebuth was executed in Hanover in front of a stone gate on the breaking wheel.[citation needed]
Hanebuth is still present in the consciousness of the Hanoverians:
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