Narození 6. září 1794 Kleekamp, Rodiče Gerhard Henrich Siewing + Catharina Ilsebein Teepe, Partner Franz Heinrich Langenberg, Děti Catherine Henriette, Franz Wilhelm, Heinrich Philipp, Johann Heinrich, Cathrine Charlotte
A German chapbook published around 1510 is the oldest known extant publication about the folk hero (a first edition of c. 1510/12 is preserved fragmentarily), but a background in earlier Middle Low German folklore is likely.