Four branches of the Bach family were known at the beginning of the 16th century, and a Hans Bach of Wechmar is documented to have been alive in 1561, a village between Gotha and Arnstadt in Thuringia, who is believed to be the father of Veit Bach.
Catro pólas da familia Bach eran coñecidas a principios do século XVI, e está documentado que un Hans Bach vivía en Wechmar en 1561, unha vila entre Gotha e Arnstadt, en Turinxia, quen puido ser o pai de Veit Bach.