Germany
| Mannäi | ~20 a.C. (Machaerus) | |
| Schelm von Bergen | mid 12th century (Frankfurt am Main) | |
| ? Hans | ~1370 (Frankfurt am Main) | |
| ? Vicko | 1372–1384 (Hamburg) | |
| Peter Funcke | 1384–1402? (Hamburg) | |
| ? Rosenfeld | ~1402 (Hamburg) | |
| ? Friedrich | ~1446 (Frankfurt am Main) | |
| Hans Maurer | ~1446 (Heilbronn) | |
| Hans Wintter | 1460–1470 (Nürnberg) | |
| Dietrich Brenner | ~1469 (Nördlingen) | |
| Johann Hagedorn | 1471- (Hamburg) | |
| Hans ? | ~1479 (Nürnberg) | |
| Michael Dannenberg | −1485 (Hamburg) | |
| Klaus Flügge | 1485–1488 (Hamburg) | |
| ? Peter | ~1486 (Eger) | |
| ? Vit | ~1500 (Hannover) | |
| Ulrich Tucher | ~1515 (Nördlingen) | |
| Hinrich Penningk | 1521–1528 (Hamburg) | |
| ? Gilg | 1525 (Nürnberg) | |
| Claus Rose | 1528–1547? (Hamburg) | |
| Benedictus Barsch | 1535–1560 (Berlin) | |
| ? Schmidt | ~1537 (Bamberg) | |
| Hans ? | 1537 (Wittstock) | |
| Veit Stolz | 1538–1613 (Augsburg) | |
| ? Adelarius | −1539 (Bremen) | |
| ? Kester | −1544 (Thann in Bavaria) | |
| Heinrich Wendeborn | 1547–1576 (Hamburg) | |
| Hans Leycham | 1553–1561? (Memmingen) | |
| Conrat Raab | 1557–1565 (Nördlingen) | |
| Hermann Rüter, or Hartmann Rüter | 1560–1571 (Berlin) | |
| Hans Deibler | 1561–1571 (Memmingen) | |
| Conrad Fischer | 1565–1568 (Nördlingen) | |
| Franz Joseph Wohlmuth | ~1566 (Cologne) | |
| Joas Lemler | ~1567 (Augsburg) | |
| Ulrich Fischer | 1568- (Nördlingen) | |
| Jakob Deibler (also Teübler) | 1571- (Memmingen) | |
| Hans Deibler | 1572–1594 (Augsburg) | |
| Jörg Abriel (also Georg Abrellen) | 1572–1594? (Schongau) | |
| Franz Schmidt (also known as Meister Franz) | 1572–1617 (Nuremberg; was the first executioner to ever write a book about his "work"; deceased 1634) | |
| Friedrich ? (also known as Meister Friedrich) | 1575–1611 (Ansbach) | |
| Caspar Spiegel | 1576–1586 (Berlin) | |
| Jürgen Böhme | 1576–1612? (Hamburg) | |
| ? Philipp | ~1581 (Eger) | |
| Jakob Stangel | 1583- (Schwabmünchen) | |
| Dietrich Jeck | ~1586 (Bötzow, Oranienburg) | |
| Martin Heintze | 1586-? (Berlin) | |
| Jonas Fischer | −1590 (Frankfurt am Main) | |
| Michael Deibler | 1594–1621 (Augsburg) | |
| Andreas Tinel | ~1600 (Ohlau) | |
| Heyland family | 1600- (Leipzig) | |
| ? Heintze (known as Sohn des Torgauers) | 16..? (Bitterfeld) | |
| Martin Heintze | ~1606 (Wrietzen) | |
| Bartholme Deibler (also Teubler) | 1607- (Memmingen) | |
| ? Ingermann | ~1609 (Helmstedt) | |
| Max Graf | 1612–1621 (Hamburg) | |
| Bernhard Schlegel | 1617- (Nürnberg) | |
| Kaspar Neithart | ~1618 (Passau)) | |
| Christoph Hain | ~1621 (Leipzig) | |
| Dietrich Metz | 1621–1624? (Augsburg) | |
| Valtin Matz | 1622–1639 (Hamburg) | |
| Georg Leichumb | 1624–1629 (Augsburg) | |
| Marx Deibler (also Max Deubler) | ~1625 (Donauwörth) | |
| Hans Kuisl | −1627 (Schongau) | |
| Hans Enderes Abrel | ~1628 (Markt Oberdorf) | |
| Albert Möller | −1630 (Husum) | |
| Philipp Möller | −1630 (Husum) | |
| ? von Dreißigacker | 1630–1647 (Dresden) | |
| Hans Lissen | 1631–1636 (Berlin) | |
| Gottfried Zürek | 1636–1639 (Berlin) | |
| Barthel Deibler (also Deübler) | ~1637 (Biberach) | |
| Michael Schiler | −1639 (Holzen) | |
| Johann Vollmar | ~1639 (Dillingen | |
| ? Gebhart (or Gevert?) | 1639-? (Hamburg) | |
| ? Gebhart | 1639–1653 (Berlin) | |
| Jakob Bickle | ~1640 (Donauwörth) | |
| two brothers Metz) | ~1640 (Weißenhorn) | |
| Caspar Vollmer | −1640 (Öttingen) | |
| ? Kühn | −1641 (Görlitz) | |
| Valentin Deusser | −1641 (Nürnberg, just a few months) | |
| Georg Abrellen | −1643 (Schongau) | |
| Philipp Deibler (also Deubler) | 1643- (Öttingen) | |
| Georg Vollmar | ~1644 (Burglengenfeld) | |
| Andreas Boden | ~1644 (Frankenstein) | |
| ? Span | ~1644 (Dinkelsbühl) | |
| Matthäus Perger | 1645- (Nürnberg) | |
| Hans Rudolff | 1647–1655 (Berlin) | |
| Heintze (known as Sohn des Torgauers) | mid-17th century (Lentzen) | |
| Suhr family | ~1650–1750 (Celle) | |
| Johann Fuchs | ~1650 (Öttingen, deceased 1672) | |
| Claus Frölich | ~1652 (Braunschweig) | |
| Matheus Fux (also Matheiß Fux) | 1656–1696 (Memmingen) | |
| Bartholomaeus Abrel | −1652 (Günzburg) | |
| Johann Vollmar | ~1652 (Lauingen) | |
| Ismael Asthusen I. | 1653–1664 (Hamburg) | |
| Gottfried ? | 1655 (Berlin) | |
| Caspar Götze | 1655–1669 (Berlin) | |
| Andreas Kuisl | 1655–1678 (Markt Oberdorf) | |
| Berthin Aberel | −1659 (Günzburg) | |
| Hans Abril | ~1659 (Kaufbeuren) | |
| Bickel family | 1660–1691 (Markus Bickel, then Jakob Bickel, then Andreas Bickel, then Johannes Bickel; Stuttgart) | |
| Berthold Deutschmann | 1664–1674 (Hamburg) | |
| Georg Kuisl | ~1665 (Kempten) | |
| Hans Conrad Näher | −1666 (Kaufbeuren) | |
| Hans Conrad Näher | 1666- (Ulm) | |
| Georg Vollmer | 1668- (Öttingen) | |
| Hans Müller | 1669–1680 (Berlin) | |
| Jakob Stoeff | 1674–1685 (Hamburg) | |
| Hans Jerg Defner | ~1677 (Nördlingen) | |
| Carl Fuchs | ~1677 (Wassertüdingen) | |
| Max Philipp Hartmann | 1677–1679 (Augsburg) | |
| Andreas Kuisl | 1678- (Sonthofen) | |
| Dietrich Deigentesch | ~1680 (Ulm) | |
| Heinrich Müller | 1681–1690 (Berlin) | |
| Hans Jakob Kuisl | 1683–1696 (Schongau) | |
| Christoph Seitz | ~1685 (Kaufbeuren) | |
| Ismael Asthusen II. | 1685–1703 (Hamburg) | |
| Melchior Vogel | −1695 (Dresden) | |
| Johann Adam Hartmann | 1686–1706 (Augsburg) | |
| Georg Schöppelen | 1690- (Öttingen) | |
| Martin Koblentz | 1690–1702 (Berlin) | |
| ? Hansen (known as “Dr. Hansen”) | −1694 (Siegburg) | |
| ? Heintze | before 1695 (Torgau; father of Leipzig hangman Christoph Heintze) | |
| Christoph Heintze | −1695 (Leipzig) | |
| Polster family | 1695- (Leipzig) | |
| Conrad Fux | ~1696 (Memmingen) | |
| Andreas Klingensteiner | ~1701 (Kempten) | |
| Hans Michael Eichfeld | 1702–1705 (Berlin) | |
| Ismael Asthusen III. | 1703–1722 (Hamburg) | |
| Johann Michael Kopp | 1703–1753 (Sonthofen) | |
| Johann Jakob Scheller | ~1705 (Augsburg) | |
| Conrad Fuchs | ~1705 (Kaufbeuren) | |
| Augustin Konrad Walter | 1705–1710 (Berlin) | |
| Barthlome Abrell | −1707 (Günzburg) | |
| Johann Michael Klingensteiner | 1707–17.. (Günzburg) | |
| ? Deigentesch | −1708 (Kempten) | |
| Hans Michael Eichfeld | 1710–1714 (Berlin) | |
| ? Fischer | ~1711 (Babenhausen) | |
| Hans Kuisl | 1711–1734 (Schongau) | |
| ? Kuisle | −1714 (Augsburg) | |
| Wilhelm Kober | −1714 (Markt Oberdorf) | |
| Christopf Stoff | 1714 (Berlin) | |
| ? Neumann | 1714–1719 (Berlin) | |
| Franz Trenckhler | 1714–1723 (Augsburg) | |
| Nikolaus Kober | 1714–1763 (Markt Oberdorf) | |
| Johannes Seitz | ~1715 (Kaufbeuren) | |
| Johann Adam Scheller | 1718- (Pfaffenhausen) | |
| Johann Michael Kober | ~1720 (Donauwörth) | |
| Jakob Bayr | ~1720 (Füssen) | |
| Mattheß Fux | ~1720 (Kaufbeuren) | |
| Johann Fuchs | −1720 (Memmingen) | |
| Johann Conrad Nejer | ~1720 (Memmingen) | |
| Johann Fuchs | ~1720 (Regensburg) | |
| Leonhard Tallhover | ~1720 (Schwabmünchen) | |
| Adolph Grossholz | ~1720 (Stuttgart) | |
| Georg Wilhelm | 1720–1728 (Berlin) | |
| ? Pickel (also Bickel) | ~1722 (Kiel) | |
| Johann Trenkler | ~1722 (Schönegg) | |
| Franz Wilhelm Hennings I. | 1722-? (1735?) (Hamburg) | |
| ? Polster | ~1723 (Borna) | |
| Johann Georg Tränckler | 1723–1730 (Augsburg) | |
| Christoph Pfeffer | ~1724 (Braunschweig) | |
| Johann Christoph Jeck | 1729–1730 (Bernau) | |
| Martin Hennings | 1729–1731 (Berlin) | |
| Johann Adam Scheller | ~1730 (Augsburg) | |
| ? Michaelis | 1730–1740 (Bernau) | |
| Martin Weydemann | ~1731 (Berlin) | |
| Johann Seitz | ~1732 (Kaufbeuren) | |
| Johann Michael Weydenkeller | 1732–1757 (Kaufbeuren) | |
| Georg Vollmair | ~1734 (Burgau) | |
| Jakob Kuisl | 1735- (Schongau) | |
| Johann Christian Göppel | 1738- (Bremen) | |
| Johann Michael Widmann | 1738–1757 (Nürnberg) | |
| ? Schmidt | ~1740 (Schrobenhausen) | |
| Martin Gottlieb Koch | 1740–1747 (Bernau) | |
| ? Widemann | 1743–1767 (Memmingen) | |
| Gottfried Weydemann | 1745–1748 (Berlin) | |
| ? Fritz | ~1747 (Halle) | |
| Andreas Kleine | 1747-? (Bernau) | |
| Jakob Kratzel | 1748–1752 (Berlin) | |
| Steinmeyer family | ~1750 (Haigerloch) | |
| Johann Georg Widmann | 1751–1781 (Schongau) | |
| ? Meyer | 1752–1769 (Berlin) | |
| Johannes Georg Kopp | 1753–1801? (Sonthofen) | |
| Johann Christoph Neumann | 1756- (Königsberg, today Kaliningrad) | |
| ? Huß | ~1760 (Brüx) | |
| Martin ? | ~1760 (Munich) | |
| Wilm Kober | 1763–1786 (Markt Oberdorf) | |
| Jakob Steinmeyer | 1764- (Haigerloch) | |
| Johann Klingensteiner | −1765 (Günzburg) | |
| Ismael Asthusen IV. | 17??-1767 (Hamburg) | |
| Franz Wilhelm Hennigs II. | 1767–1773 (Hamburg) | |
| Johann Georg Tränckhler | ~1768 (Augsburg) | |
| Johann Daniel Brandt | 1769–1808 (Berlin) | |
| Heinrich Widmann | ~1772 (Memmingen) | |
| Jakob Bickel | ~1773 (Memmingen) | |
| Franz Wilhelm Hennings III. | 1773 (Hamburg) | |
| Franz Wilhelm Hennings IV. | 1773–1790 (Hamburg) | |
| Johann Georg Fux | 1773- (Kaufbeuren) | |
| Josef Anton Klingensteiner | ~1775 (Günzburg) | |
| Johann Michael Widemann | ~1777 (Memmingen) | |
| Heinrich Widmann | ~1778 (Memmingen) | |
| Xaver Steinmeyer | ~1779 (Haigerloch) | |
| August Heinrich Kaufmann | 1780–1802 (Bernau) | |
| ? Huß | −1781 (Eger) | |
| Karl Huß | 1781–1827 (Eger) | |
| Johann Georg Igel | −1783 (Waal) | |
| Franz Xaver Igel | 1783- (Waal) | |
| Josef Benedikt Kuisl | 1783–1807 (Schongau) | |
| Baptist Trinkler | ~1786 (Markt Oberdorf) | |
| Jakob Igel | ~1787 (Weißenhorn) | |
| Johann Pflügler | −1789, suicided 1790 (Augsburg) | |
| Franz Wilhelm Hennings V. | 1790–1822 (Hamburg) | |
| Josef Igel | ~1798 (Weißenhorn) | |
| ? Stein | ~1800 (Landeck/Silesia) | |
| ? Rörle | −1800 (Schwabmünchen) | |
| Remigus Metz | 1801– (Sonthofen) | |
| Johann Hörmann | 1802–1833 (Donauwörth) | |
| Carl Friedrich Kaufmann | 1802–1836? (Bernau) | |
| Johann Michael Kuisl | 18??- (last hangman of Schongau?) | |
| Christian Friedrich Krafft | 1808–1819 (Berlin) | |
| ? Nord | ~1812 (Heidelberg) | |
| Martin Hörmann | 1813–1841 (Munich) | |
| ? Voss | ~1817 (Dühnen) | |
| ? Funcke | ~1818 (Braunschweig) | |
| Johann Hartmann | 1818–1831 (Hannover) | |
| August Hellriegel | 1818–1834 (Berlin) | |
| Franz Wilhelm Hennings VI. | 1822–1830 (Hamburg) | |
| Lorenz Scheller | 1829–1854 (Munich) | |
| Raphael Georg Voigt | 1830–1852 (Hamburg) | |
| ? Hormuth | 1834 (Berlin) | |
| A. W. Krafft | 1834–1860 (Berlin) | |
| Wilhelm Weber | 1836–1850 (Bernau) | |
| Christian Schwarz | 1827–1860 (Bremen, 1843–1859 also Hannover) | |
| Anton Leisner | −1852 (Bavaria) | |
| Heinrich Graul | ~1852 (Bavarian Palatinate) | |
| Georg Eduard Voigt | 1852– (Prussia) | |
| Carl Altmann | 1853–1874? (Bernau) | |
| Michael Müller | 1854–1886 (Baden) | |
| Lorenz Scheller | 1854–1880 (Bavaria) | |
| Franz Reichhart | after 1854 (Bavaria) | |
| ? Bormann | 1859–1870 (Hannover) | |
| Emanuel Hamel | ~1860 (Sangershausen) | |
| Julius Krautz | 1878–1889 (Prussia) (until 1878 executioner of Hannover) | |
| Friedrich Schmidt | 1874–1877 (Bernau) | |
| Ferdinand August Zimmermann | 1877–? (Bernau) | |
| Franz Müller | 1886–1888 (Baden) | |
| Jakob Müller | 1888–1908 (Baden) | |
| ? Schwarz | −1888 (Württemberg) | |
| ? Siller | 1888–1926 (Württemberg) | |
| Friedrich Reindel | 1889–1898 (Prussia) | |
| Wilhelm Reindel | 1899–1901 (Prussia) | |
| Franz Xaver Reichhart | 1894–1924 (Bavaria) | |
| Benjamin Burckhardt | 1884–1896 (Baden) | |
| Karl Burckhardt | 1896–1935 (Baden, Württemberg and Hesse) | |
| Lorenz Schwietz | 1900–1914 (Prussia) | |
| Richard Schwietz | 1913–1915 (Prussia) | |
| Alwin Engelhardt | 1900–1906 (Prussia) | |
| Carl Gröpler | 1906–1937 (Prussia) | |
| w:de:Moritz Brand | “working” in 1908 (Saxonia) | |
| Karl Müller | 1908– after 1922 (Baden, since 1921 also Hesse) | |
| Paul Spaethe | 1912–1924 (Prussia, in 1923 also Saxony) | |
| Hans Kordess | −1918 (According to the New York Times, 25 April 1918 | |
| Konrad Widder | 1922–1923 (Baden) | |
| Joseph Kurz (also Kurzer) | 1924–1927 (Prussia) | |
| Johann Baptist Reichhart | 1924-1948/50 | |
| Fritz Reichelt | 1927–1933 (Prussia) | |
| Alwin Engelhardt | 1933–1936 (Prussia) (the same Alwin Engelhardt who was in office from 1900 to 1906) | |
| Friedrich Hehr | 1935–1949 (Baden, Württemberg and Hesse, since 1937 in the whole Third Reich) | |
| Ernst Reindel | 1936–1943 (sources vary about his start) | |
| Gottlob Bordt | 1940–1945 | |
| Karl Henschke | 1943–1945 | |
| August Köster | 1943–1945 | |
| Alois Weiss | 1943–1945 | |
| Wilhelm Röttger | 1942–1945 | |
| Johann Mühl | 1943–1945 | |
| Fritz Witzka | 1943–1945 | |
| Alfred Roselieb | 1941–1945 | |
| Clemens Dobbek | after 1945, “working” in 1947 | |
| Horst Schwenke | after 1945, “working” in 1949 | |
| Heinz M. | 1946– | |
| Gustav Völpel | 1946–1948 (it is not sure if his allegations of having been an executioner are true) | |
| Hermann Lorenz | 1968–1981 (former East Germany) |
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