[Homicides in the federal city of Ulm in the first 5 decades following the 30 years' war].

Reports about homicidal crimes after the end of the Thirty Years War from 1648 to 1699 were investigated with respect to the way and frequency of homicide, the social milieu and the consequences of the crime. Original sources from the municipal archives of Ulm were evaluated. Thirty six crimes of manslaughter were officially documented, out of these 30 crimes could be investigated. Most frequent was murder by puncture (11 cases) followed by striking dead (7 cases). Sixteen delinquents were arrested, 8 were executed and 3 absolved. In 9 cases the statements of a doctor or a barber were taken into account for judgement. Only in two cases of infanticide comments about the social background could be found. Delinquents as well as victims of the crimes belonged to various social classes. In the present view the years after several decades of war do not appear as a time of increased violence or legal insecurity.