Erhard von Appenweiler (d. 1471 or 1472) was a 15th-century

Basel Basel ( ; ), also known as Basle ( ), ; ; ; . is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine (at the transition from the High Rhine, High to the Upper Rhine). Basel is Switzerland's List of cities in Switzerland, third-most-populo ...

chronicler and cleric. A native of ''Appenweiler'' near

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, his presence as chaplain at

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is recorded from 1429. He was made chamberlain at local commandery of the

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in 1443. On the empty pages of ''

Sächsische Weltchronik The ''Sächsische Weltchronik'' ("Saxon World Chronicle") is a universal history written in German prose. It is not clear in which regional form of German the original was written. Of the twenty-four surviving manuscripts, ten are in Low German, ...

'' manuscript, he recorded the local history of Basel for the years 1439–1471, beginning with the election of Amadeus VIII of Savoy as Pope Felix V and the

Armagnacs The Armagnac faction was prominent in French politics and warfare during the Hundred Years' War. It was allied with the supporters of Charles, Duke of Orléans against John the Fearless after Charles' father Louis of Orléans was killed on a ...

invasion. His chronicle has the character of informal notes and does not strictly follow chronological order, but it is of high value for the regional history of Basel for this period due to its rich detail.

References

* People from Basel-Stadt Swiss chronicles 1471 deaths {{Switzerland-bio-stub