The Kohlhaasen Bridge
Hans Kohlhase (1500-1540), horse-dealer of Tempelberg near Berlin, waged 1532-1540 private war against Saxony because Junker Heinrich von Zaschwitz had seized two of his horses. He burned Wittenberg, demanded justice, was broken on the wheel on 22 March 1540. The bridge between Berlin and Potsdam bears his name.
1 The two horses
October 1532. Hans Kohlhase, 32, horse-dealer of Tempelberg, was going to the Leipzig fair with seven horses. At Junker Heinrich von Zaschwitz’ castle Wellaune (Saxony) he was held: he had no toll-letter for Saxony. The junker seized two horses «as proof of payment». Hans offered to pay; he did not get the horses back. Zaschwitz returned the other five, ruined by the servants — broken hooves, lame, two dead. Hans demanded damages at the Dresden court. Three years he was refused. In 1535 he threatened: «If no justice, I wage feud.» None answered.
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