 It was specifically caused by the so-called “”, the peasants under Jäcklein Rohrbach killing the High Governor, count Ludwig Helferich of Helfenstein and his followers, after having seized the city and the castle.The fundamental ideas laid down in these demands seems to have lasted longer than their main fighters and representatives.A direct comparison with the American Declaration of Independence of 1776 yields some equivalence in the motives and the implementation into the text.