Thurnierbuch

Von Anfang, Vrsachen, vrsprung, vnd herkommen der Thurnier im heyligen Römischen Reich Teutscher Nation "Tournament Book: about the beginning, cause, source, and origin of the tournament in the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation".

In 1519, Rüxner was present at the election of Charles V. In Nuremberg city records, he is mentioned as a royal herold in 1525–6.

He is also the author of a number of genealogical works, including on the Dukes of Mecklenburg Rüxner's tournament book of 1530 was highly successful, but its partly unfounded claims were criticized even by contemporaries; Froben Christoph von Zimmern relied heavily on Rüxner's book for the Zimmern Chronicle.

The Thurnierbuch contains detailed descriptions of 36 tournaments supposedly held between 938 and 1487, including full lists of participants.

Rüxner's Floruit spans the first three decades of the 16th century, and it is possible that he published early versions of his work prior to the surviving 1530 edition.