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| Date startStart date of the disease. | 1358 | + |
| Date endEnd date of the disease. | + | |
| SeasonSeason (spring, summer, fall or winter) | Winter | |
| Date otherOther mentioned dates. | ||
| PlacePlace(s), city or location of the disease. | Cologne | |
| RegionHistorical region(s) | Central Germany | |
| CountryCurrent country | ||
| RiverMentioned river(s) | Rhine | |
| Natural eventMentioned natural event(s) | Climate | |
| PersonMentioned persons(s) | ||
| GroupGroup(s) of people mentioned | ||
| VictimIndication of victims | + | |
| AnimalMentioned animal(s) | ||
| DiseaseMentioned disease(s) | Plague | |
| Epidemic waveAssociated epidemic wave | Pestis secunda | |
| Social responseSocial response that happened in reaction to the disease | ||
| LanguageLanguage of the original text | Latin | |
| KeywordFurther keyword(s) | Epidemics, Harvest, Wine | |
| last edited | 19. 12. 2025 by EpiMedDat-Bot. |
A plague along the Rhine, in Cologne, with inclement weather, cold in wintern and dearth of foodstuffs.
Text originalOriginal text
Eo tempore est facta pestilencia valida in partibus inferioribus et in Colonia et inibi. Eo tempore antequam vindemia inciperet vinum fuit tam preciosum, quod vinum venale non inveniebatur; sed postea statim quando uve erant collecte vinum optimo foro erat, sicut unquam in decem annis antea factum est: ita ego vidi et audivi. Hyeme sequenti Rhenum est compactum circa tres septimanas.
Text translationEnglish translation of the text
At that time (1358), a severe pestilence occurred in the lower regions and in Cologne and its vicinity. At that time, before the grape harvest began, wine was so precious that it was not available for sale; but afterward, as soon as the grapes were collected, the wine was of the best quality ever seen in the market, as it was never in the past ten years: so I saw and heard. The following winter, the Rhine was frozen for about three weeks.
