Johannes was born in Wechmar, Germany, the son of baker and miller Veit Bach.
With whom he was still in good condition for some time after the years of apprenticeship had been completed; but after the destruction of the castle (as happened in Anno 15..) and since his father Veit died in the meantime, he went to Wechmar and there Jfr.
Anna Schmiedin, an innkeeper's daughter from Wechmar, married and took possession of her father's estate.
Johannes Bach probably returned to Wechmar a long time before his father Veit died.
[7] On the other hand, these chronological discrepancies would be resolved according to Christoph Wolff's theory, according to which Johannes Bach and his father Veit were each born about a generation earlier than previously thought.
For example, Johannes Bach was mentioned as the owner of a house in Wechmar in 1577, so he had already taken possession of his father's estate by that time.