Sachs
HANS, the most distinguished meistersinger of Germany in the 16th HANS SACHS century, born in Nuremberg, Germany, Nov. 5, 1494. He learned the trade of a shoemaker, commenced business in his SACKVILLE-WEST native city, married (1519), and prospered. He took lessons under one of the chief meistersingers of Nuremberg, and soon surpassed all his contemporaries.
As a staunch follower of Luther, and an ardent advocate of his teachings, Sachs succeeded in imparting to his hymns a fervor which considerably aided the spread of the Reformation. A bronze statue in his memory was erected in 1874 at Nuremberg, where his house may still be seen. He died in Nuremberg, Jan. 19, 1576.
SACK (Spanish, seco; French, sec, "dry"), formerly a general name for the different sorts of dry wines, more especially the Spanish, which were first extensively used in England in the 16th century. Also a measure or weight, varying accor ing according to the article and country Also a term applied to the plundering of a town or city.