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 * First name: Unknown
 * Last name at birth: Wirwatz
 * Other last names: Wirwacz, Wirwetz, Wirwettz
 * Birth year: 1435 (uncertain)
 * Birth location: Königreich Bayern, Heiliges Römisches Reich (uncertain)
 * Death year: after 1510
 * Death location: Marburg, Landgrafschaft Hessen, Heiliges Römisches Reich


 * Spouse: Unknown (c.1445-1517), marriage date and location unknown

Biography
Wirwatz's birth year and his origin are uncertain (he may be from Bavaria, see the research notes). The estimate of 1435 for the birth year is based on the fact that he was a young adult in 1460.

Between 1460 and 1477, Wirwatz is documented as a mercenary in the city accounts (städtische Hauptrechnungen). In 1510, he pays a tax of 20 albus for a garden am Sand in Marburg (located near the Barfüßertor). He passed away before 1513. After his death, the tax for the garden is paid by a man called Ludwig Mox, possibly his heir.

Wirwatz is mentioned in the audio drama "1517 - Zauber der Freiheit" (1517 - the magic of freedom) about the life and death of his wife, who became the first victim of the witch hunt in Hesse.

He is the progenitor of the Wirwatz family.

Research notes
The name "Wirwatz" probably is of Bavarian origin. In the modern form of the dialect spoken in Lower Bavaria, the word means to make a fuss. In other sources, the word is said to mean prophecy in the Old Bavarian dialect.