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Christman Genipperteinga (died c. 26 June 1581) was a German serial killer and bandit of the 16th century. He reportedly murdered 964 individuals starting in his youth over a 13-year period, from 1569 until his capture in 1581.[1][2] Records of Christman Genipperteinga's life survive from a book printed 1581 or shortly thereafter; in 1587 a condensed account was included in a collection of calendar histories.[3] An even more condensed Czech translation of that account appeared in 1590.[4] A French translation was published in 1598, illustrated with a woodcut exhibiting the various details of the tale.[5]
Similar tales circulated about robbers with names such as Lippold, Danniel, Görtemicheel, Schwarze Friedrich, Henning, Klemens, Vieting and Papedöne (see below). The tale of Papedöne is particularly relevant since a version of that story is contained in a book published in 1578, three years before Genipperteinga's alleged death.
- ^ Herber, page 1
- ^ Wiltenburg ch 1, 2012
- ^ Hondorff, Sturm (1587), p.333–34
- ^ Adam (1590), p. 332
- ^ I. D. M. (1598), tome 6, p. 3–16