Wernher Steiner (1492–1542) was a chronicler of

Zug , neighboring_municipalities = Cham, Baar, Walchwil, Steinhausen, Unterägeri , twintowns = Fürstenfeld (Austria), Kalesija (Bosnia-Herzegowina) Zug (Standard German: , Alemannic German: ; french: Zoug it, Zugo r ...

. His writings are among the important sources for

Swiss history Since 1848 the Swiss Confederation has been a federal republic of relatively autonomous cantons, some of which have a history of federation that goes back more than 700 years, putting them among the world's oldest surviving republics. The earl ...

during the first half of the 16th century. As a military chaplain he witnessed the

Battle of Marignano The Battle of Marignano was the last major engagement of the War of the League of Cambrai and took place on 13–14 September 1515, near the town now called Melegnano, 16 km southeast of Milan. It pitted the French army, composed of the be ...

in 1515. Most of Steiner's writing was not printed during his lifetime and survives in manuscript form, some of which were edited by his descendants in the 17th century.

Works

*''Chronicon Tugiense de anno 1503 usque ad annum 1516'' (1530) *''Miscellanea historica Dr. Wernheri Steineri; conscripsit manu propria Trinepos suus Joh. Rodolphus Steinerus, Helvetio-Tigurinus anno 1667'' *''Kurtze historische Beschreybung vnd zwaren mehrtheilss in Liedern, kombt har von meinem Atavo oder Pfuchänj Hn. Wern. Steiner. Von Hanns Caspar Steiner dem Hanss Rudolff Steiner verehrt 1685''

References

*Melchior Kirchhofer, ''Wernher Steiner, Bürger von Zug und Zürich: eine Einladung zur Jubelfeyer der schweizerischen Reformation'' (181

Swiss chroniclers 1492 births 1542 deaths Swiss military chaplains 16th-century Swiss military personnel 16th-century Swiss historians {{Switzerland-writer-stub