Gelnhausen
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In Gelnhausen, a total of 2 epidemic events are known so far. It is a seat of Main-Kinzig-Kreis and town in Hesse, Germany in Germany. The coordinates are 50° 12' 9.72" N, 9° 11' 26.16" E.
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| Disease | DateStart date of the disease. | SummarySummary of the disease event | OriginalOriginal text | TranslationEnglish translation of the text | ReferenceReference(s) to literature | Reference translationReference(s) to the translation |
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| 1395-07-20-Gelnhausen | 20 July 1395 JL | Many people died in Gelnhausen in the summer of 1395. The dying started on the day of St Margaret (the Virgin, July 20th). | Anno 1395. großes Sterben zu Gelnhusen. In dem jare noch Crists geburte MoCCColxxxv jare in dem sommer zu Sancte Margarethen tage hub ein sterben an, hie czu Gelnhusen, und sturben mer dann XXIc mentschen.. davon wart die stad ser wußte. und die ußern gaßen, die deß males in guden buwen stunden, sint sieder verfalln und zu garthen gemacht. | In the year 1395. Great death in Gelnhausen. In the year after the birth of Christ 1395 in the summer on the day of St Margaret there started a dying here in Gelnhausen and more than 2100 people died. By this the town was devastated and the outer streets, which were in good shape at the time, have expired since then and have been made gardens. | Stadtbuch der Stadt Gelnhausen (1361–1503), HStA Marburg, Bestand S, Nr. 323, fol. 37r. | Translation by Christian Oertel |
| 1468-09-21-Frankfurt | 21 September 1468 JL | Outbreak of plague in Frankfurt with people fleeing to Gelnhausen. | Anno 1468 umb sanct Mathaei tag ist ein groß sterben alhier gewesen, daß der merer teil geschlechter und burger nacher Gelnhausen geflohn seid. | In the year 1468, on Saint Matthew's Day, there was a great dying here, so much so that the majority of families and citizens fled to Gelnhausen. | Rorbach Liber gestorum 1884, p. 188. | Translation by Martin Bauch |
