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Other Title:

Kellereij Waldecker Schlosz Buch

Subjects:

Rhein-Neckar-Kreis (Germany) -- History -- Sources.
Baden-Württemberg (Germany) -- History -- Sources.
Baden-Württemberg (Germany) -- Economic conditions.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Government records.
Manuscripts, German.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

German.

Biography/History:

Was at the time he commissioned the work, in 1612, the guardian and administrator of the Electoral Palatinate (Johann Pfaltzgraffen beij dem Reihn Vormundt und der churfürstliche Pfaltz Administrator; f. 2r), on behalf of Friedrich V, Elector Palatine (1596-1632).

Summary:

Compilation of legal and administrative regulations and factual data pertaining to the Electoral Palatinate (Kurpfalz) government office of Waldeck (Schloss Haus und Amt Waldeck; f. 2r), as newly set down in 1612, evidently in the form of a later copy, with incorporation of additional notes. The office, also known as Kellerei Waldeck (f. 104r), was until the Thirty Years' War located at the castle of Waldeck, in Vorderheubach (today in the town of Heiligkreuznach im Odenwald, in the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis district of Baden-Württemberg). The preface (f. 2r-v; rubric: Waldeck) by Albrecht Olinger indicates that Johann II, Count Palatine of Pfalz-Zweibrücken, ordered the work on 2 January 1612, and that Olinger produced it under the oversight (im Beijsein) of Theobald (or: Debolt) Pfeiffer (f. 2r), the Zent-Schultheiss (head of local law enforcement) in Heiligkreuzsteinach (Creutzsteinach; f. 2v). Olinger lists 11 officials of the local court of law (Centh-Gericht; f. 2v) who witnessed the work, including Pfeiffer; Peter Hornig, the Unterschultheiss (deputy Schultheiss); and 9 others (no signatures are included). A table of contents (Register; f. 3r-4r) gives rubrics roughly corresponding to the contents, but folio numbers that do not appear to reflect the current work (contemporary folio numbers on leaves are lacking). The work makes reference to later dates, namely 1614 (f. 23r), 1616 (f. 71r), and 1668 (f. 30r); and incorporates notes that appear to report later developments (Notta, NB; f. 1r, 34v, 47r, 64v), including one citing the date 1718 (f. 46v). The first portion of the book, on Waldeck proper (f. 4r-25r), includes an inventory of the properties belonging to Waldeck castle, and a section (Appellation; f. 12v-13v) outlining in 11 articles (Centh Articuln) judicial procedures for the court in Heiligkreuzsteinach, which stood under the higher authority of the court in Heidelberg (Heijdelberg). Title pages mark the beginning of sections on villages under the jurisdiction of Waldeck: Eiterbach (f. 25v), Neudorff (f. 35r), Lampenhain (Lampenhahn; f. 48v), Hohenardt (f. 51r), Vorderheubach (Foderheubach; f. 64r), Bärsbach (Berspach; f. 72r), Heddesbach (Heddespach; f. 79r), and Schimbach (Schumbach; f. 93r). The records include statements about authority (Obrigkeit) and the criminal court (Malefitz und Halssgericht); demarcation of borders; regulations about residence (Einzug, Auszug), spirits (Umgeld und Weinschanck), guardianship of minors (Vormundschafft), livestock (Fassel Viehs Erhaltung), farming (Bauung der Frohn Äcker; Ernd Einheimschung), maintenance of roads (Weeg und Stegerhaltung), compulsory labor (Frohndienst), haymaking (Heu und Ohmet Mehungen), and forestry (Waldungen und Holtzeinung); and assessment of taxes, including a Turkish war tax (Türkensteuer), monies from bondspersons (Leibgeld, Leibeigene), chickens for Shrovetide (Fassnacht Hüner), and other income due on a regular basis (Stendig Geld von den Hofstätten). Names of individuals or households in the various localities are given throughout. Copies of additional documents are appended: a new regulation (f. 104r-v) regarding the offices of Schultheiss and Zinssmeister, dated 1661 (anno Lxi; f. 104v); and 4 agreements or contracts with Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Pfalz-Zweibrücken (Pfaltzgraffen beij Rhein), dated 1536-1538 (f. 105r-116r). Pages at the back of the book were evidently used for accounts of household income and expenses, dated 1867-1872 (f. 116v-120v, 122v, 123v-124v), presumably by Johann Adam Bretschi, whose name is written on earlier pages (47v; 56r, with date 1870).

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from title page (f. 1r).
Foliation: Paper, i + 124; [1-124]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 20-22 long lines; outer margins of text block ruled in lead.
Script: Written in a German cursive script.
Decoration: Rubrics written in a more careful, sometimes calligraphic hand, often within decorated initials.
Binding: Contemporary boards, with spine rebacked (Zacour-Hirsch).
Origin: Written in the vicinity of Heiligkreuznach im Odenwald, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, circa 1718 (f. 46v).

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Johann Adam Bretschi, circa 1867-1872.
Sold at Reuss auction by Edelman, 1971.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800: Supplement A(5). Library Chronicle 37, no. 2 (1971), p. 113 (Ms. German 75).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1236

Contributor:

Olinger, Albrecht.
Pfeiffer, Theobald, witness.
Hornig, Peter, witness.
Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Pfalz-Zweibrücken, 1526-1569.
Bretschi, Johann Adam, former owner.

OCLC:

235369532