# Peter Nirsch

> Peter Niers was an alleged German serial killer and bandit who was executed on 16 September 1581 in Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, some 40 km from Nuremberg. Based on confessions extracted from him and his accomplices under torture, Niers was convicted of 544 murders, including 24 fetuses cut out of pregnant women—allegedly, the fetal remains were to be used in magical rituals and for acts of cannibalism.

*German serial killer*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/peter-nirsch

## Identity
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1600
- **Status:** unknown
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 48.2 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 6.5 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 35.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Peter Niers](https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Niers)
- [Peter Niers](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Niers)
- [Peter Nirsch](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Nirsch)
- [Peter Niers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Niers)
- [Peter Niers](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Niers)
- [Peter Niers](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Niers)
- [Peter Nirsch](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Nirsch)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q98598)

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