Wismar
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In Wismar, a total of 4 epidemic events are known so far. It is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany in Germany. The coordinates are 53° 53' 27.96" N, 11° 27' 45.88" E.
Map of Wismar
Table
| Disease | DateStart date of the disease. | SummarySummary of the disease event | OriginalOriginal text | TranslationEnglish translation of the text | ReferenceReference(s) to literature | Reference translationReference(s) to the translation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1376-00-00-Stralsund | 1376 JL | Great plague in Stralsund and Wismar. | 772. In deme sulven jare was grot pestilencie bi der zee in vele steden, sunderliken to deme Sunde unde to der Wismer. | 772. In the same year (1376) a great plague by the sea in many cities, especially in Stralsund and in Wismar. | Detmar's Croneke van Lubeke 1884/99, Vol. 1, p. 556. | Translation by Moritz Uebelhack |
| 1387-00-00-Hamburg | 1387 JL | Great plague in Hamburg, Wismar and Ribnitz. | 881. In dem sulven jare was grot pestilencie to hamborch, to der Wismere, to Ribnisse; de warde byna en jaar. | 881. In the same year (1387) was a great plague in Hamburg, Wismar and Ribnitz; it lasted almost one year. | Detmar's Croneke van Lubeke 1884/99, Vol. 2, p. 17. | Translation by Moritz Uebelhack |
| 1396-07-25-Lübeck | 25 July 1396 JL | Great plague in Lübeck, Wismar and it spread even to Saxony. | 1039. In dem zommere des sulven jares do was alto grot koghe in Nedderlande, sunderliken to Lubeke unde to der Wismer, dar alto vele volkes starff, unde vort ummelanges bet in Sassen. de pestilencia warde to Lubeke van sunthe Jacobes dage bet to sunte Mertens daghe; noch en vorletet nicht de stede degher, it en helde jo an dat jar doregandes. unde dat meste der lude storwen in den drosen dat jar dore; sunderliken storven alto vele vrowen an der hort, wente it was do een scoltjar dat sere is to vruchtende. | 1039. In the summer of the same year (1396) was also a great plague in the lower countries, especially in Lübeck and in Wismar, so that many people died of it, and it spread to Saxony. The plague was in Lübeck from Feast of Saint James to Saint Martin's Day; yet it did not struck the city entirely, as it hold on throughout the year. And the majority of people died on the glands throughout the year; especially many women died (of the disease?), as it was a leap year, you have to be very afraid. | Detmar's Croneke van Lubeke 1884/99, Vol. 2, p. 90. | Translation by Moritz Uebelhack |
| 1464-00-00-Germany | 1464 JL | Plague in all german territories with many deaths. | Item in dusseme jare [1464] unde in deme jare hiir bevoren was en grot unde en gemeyne pestilencie in allen Dudeschen landen, alzo dat in [p. 361] deme jare, alse men scref 63, se was boven uppe deme Ryne to Basel, Strasselborch, Spire, vordan in Doringhen, in Sassen, in Myssen unde in der Marke; mer in deme 64. jare by pinxsten quam se by de see, also to Luneborch, Hamborch, Lubeke, Wismer, Rostoke, Sund unde in de lant ummelank, unde darna by assumpcionis Marie, qwam se in Dennemarken, in Prussen unde in Liflant. In dusser pestelencien storven vele lude to Lubeke, vrouwen unde man, unde sunderliken junc volk, unde [p. 362] leghen gans kort, wente in dat gemen storven se in deme dorden dage. Unde also de ersten seden, so was id en zelfene pestelencie, wente alle arstedie, der me plecht to brukende teghen de suke, de halp gar wenynich, unde unwantlik arstedye, dede na wane der arsten to der pestelencien schedelik is, halp velen luden. Unde dusse pestilencie warde to Lubecke wente omnium sanctorum. | Lübecker Ratschronik (1401–1469), pp. 360–362. | Translation needed |
