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Date startStart date of the disease.	1349	+
Date endEnd date of the disease.		+
SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter)	Summer
Date otherOther mentioned dates.
PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease.	Strasbourg
RegionHistorical region(s)
CountryCurrent country
RiverMentioned river(s)
Natural eventMentioned natural event(s)
PersonMentioned persons(s)
GroupGroup(s) of people mentioned
VictimIndication of victims	16.000 absolute	+
AnimalMentioned animal(s)
DiseaseMentioned disease(s)	Plague
Epidemic waveAssociated epidemic wave
Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease
LanguageLanguage of the original text	Latin
KeywordFurther keyword(s)	Epidemics, Mortality
last edited	23. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot.

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Plague in Strasbourg

Text originalOriginal text

[26.] Pervenit autem ad civitatem Argentinam hec pestilentia anno Domini MCCCXLIX. in estate, et moriebantur ibi, ut dicebatur, XVI milia hominum.

Mathias de Nuwenburg: de progenie, origine et gestis bertholdi de Bucheke episcopi Argentinensis 1924-40, p. 534 1

Text translationEnglish translation of the text

[26.] The plague reached the city Strasbourg in the summer 1349 und there died, how it was reported, sixteen thousand people.

Translation by Moritz Uebelhack 2