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.
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1555 Hof, Franconia, Duchy of Bavaria, present-day Hof, Bavaria, Germany
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1635 (aged 79)
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