Krapfenbäck, Simerl#
b. Maria Saal (Carinthia), Jan. 16, 1785, d. Liebenfels (Carinthia; shot while fleeing), Sept. 17, 1809, one of Austria's two legendary robbers (see also: G. Grasel). Son of a smallholder, fled from prison several times, lived in the Wolschart Woods (Krappfeld) and caused harm to the Napoleonic troops in 1806 and 1809.
Literature#
H. P. Weingand, Krapfenbaeck Simerl, 1996.