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Zimmern Chronicle

When the anonymous, unpublished chronicle was rediscovered in the 19th century, historians were not sure about the identity of the author (most of the chronicle is written in the third person, while at some times the writer slips into the first person).


Froben Christopher of Zimmern

Froben Christoph of Zimmern (19 February 1519 at Mespelbrunn Castle in the Spessart – 27 November 1566, probably in Meßkirch) was the author of "Zimmern Chronicle" and a member of the Swabian noble family Zimmern.


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