Without a doubt, it was the aforementioned Hans Blum against whom Heinrich Stirnimann presented himself to the mayor and council of Willisau on the eve of the feast of Petri Stuhlfeier (= February 21) in 1590. According to the document issued by the town clerk, Hans Blum had accused Heinrich Stirnimann of having financially disadvantaged the children of his deceased brother Ulrich Stirnimann. Heinrich Stirnimann asked the mayor and to advise the question witnesses "of the truth against and against Hans Blum" through the town clerk "according to the legal form" and to give him a copy of the protocol. As a witness, Heinrich Stirnimann presented Christian Rösch, Weibel of the Luthern district, the Vogt, i.e. guardian of the children of Ulrich, as well as an unknown Kaspar Zuber. The statements of the two men basically represent a detailed bailiff's account, which completely exonerates Heinrich Stirnimann from the allegations made against him (4).
As already noted, this Hans Blum cannot be anyone other than the owner of the Witelingen farm at the time. At that time the Blum family is only proven in the Pfaffnau area, especially in Witelingen, but not in the Luthern Valley. Hans Blum knew the brothers Heinrich and Ulrich Stirnimann from the time when they were still in Witelingen. We have no reason to doubt that Heinrich and Ulrich The sons of Peter Stirnimann, the former owner of the Witelingen farm, which was subsequently acquired by Uoli Blum and whose owner can be proven to have been his son Hans Blum in 1590. There was probably tension and disagreement between the families of the seller and the buyer, one of their effects may be the dishonorable allegations that Hans Blum made about Heinrich Stirnimann. |
Peter Stirnimann
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