{{Short description|14th-century chronicler}} '''Conrad Justinger''' was a 14th-century chronicler who was probably born in Strasbourg.<ref name="bergier_59">Bergier, p.&nbsp;59.</ref>

Justinger, who had learned the trade of a chronicler in his home town, appears to have moved to the city of Bern in the last quarter of the 14th century.<ref name="bergier_59">Bergier, p.&nbsp;59.</ref> From 1390 until his death, Justinger served the city of Bern as a magistrate and notary public.<ref name="bergier_59">Bergier, p.&nbsp;59.</ref>

In 1388, Justinger copied Jakob Twinger von Königshofen’s treatise ''Computus Novus Chirometralis''. Justinger’s handwriting furthermore appears in a number of chancellery documents of the city of Bern, such as the ''Udelbuch'' from 1390, the ''Satzungenbuch'' (German: ‘Statutes Book’) from 1398, the ''Freiheitenbuch'' (German: ‘Book of Liberties’) from 1431 as well as a Habsburg urbarium written after 1415.<ref name="Keeling">Keeling.</ref> In 1420, Justinger, who was appointed chronicler of the city of Bern around 1400, was entrusted by the Bernese council to chronicle the history of his hometown.<ref name="müller_758">Müller, p.&nbsp;758.</ref> This chronicle, which Justinger completed in 1430, is known under the name of ''Bernese Chronicle'' (German: ''Chronik der Stadt Bern'').<ref name="Keeling">Keeling.</ref>

Conrad Justinger, whose name was frequently omitted in later publications of the ''Bernese Chronicle'', probably died childless in April 1438.<ref name="müller_758">Müller, p.&nbsp;758.</ref> The original is lost, but a copy of the text survives in Jena. The original may have been illustrated; if so, that would make it the precursor of the late 15th century Swiss illustrated chronicles.

==References== {{Reflist}}

*Bergier, Jean-François. ''Wilhelm Tell: Realität und Mythos''. München: Paul List Verlag, 1990. *{{HDS|14749|Justinger, Conrad|author=Schmid Keeling, Regula|date=08 October 2008}} *Müller, P. L. “Konrad Justinger.” ''Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' 14 (1881): 758-759.

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