Vincenz Fettmilch

German rebel · Germany · On the map · Activists · Lived c. 1570 to 1616

Vincenz Fettmilch was a grocer and gingerbread baker who led the Fettmilch uprising (1612-1616) of the guilds in Frankfurt-am-Main targeting the municipal council to determine the price of grain in an open market; disclose the special privileges of the aristocracy; and rob and expel Jews from the city whom he and his compatriots viewed as competition and usurers.

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