Meistersinger Hans is a character from the opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner. The crossword solution for his job is 'Sachs', which is short for Sachsenspiegel, meaning 'Mirror of Saxony'. This was a medieval German legal code written in 1220 by Eike von Repgow. Sachs is also the surname of Hans Sachs, a 16th century German poet and playwright who was an inspiration for the character of Meistersinger Hans.