Gabriel Brühl

Gabriel Brühl
Born 1691
Broekhuizen, Habsburg Netherlands
Died September 10, 1743(1743-09-10)
Ubach over Worms, Habsburg Netherlands
Criminal penalty 1743: Death by hanging
Criminal status Executed

Gabriel Brühl (died 1743) was a well-known robber in the then Duchy of Limburg, whose criminal career started in the 1720s and ended with his being hanged in 1743.

Brühl was a remote ancestor of the Belgian detective writer Georges Simenon, who used "Brühl" as one of his many pen names.

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