Cellar (office)

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A cellar or waiter (from Latin cellarius or cellerarius) was responsible for the princely or ecclesiastical camera administration in the area assigned to him, the "cellar" (or "cellar") . In particular, he was responsible for collecting the money and taxes in kind from the feudal lords and landlords. He had a similar function as the rent master .

In the Middle Ages, this position was usually held by a minor ministerial . In the early modern period this office was increasingly given to patricians , that is, to representatives of so-called respectability .

In monasteries , especially those run according to Benedictine rules, the cellarer (or the cellar woman) is the member of the convent responsible for the economic interests of the monastery . Therefore, the Kehlhöfe, which were subject to interest in the monastery, were subordinate to him or her .

Footnotes

  1. ↑ From Latin colonus = colonate .

literature

  • Eugen Haberkern, Joseph Friedrich Wallach: auxiliary dictionary for historians, middle ages and modern times . Part 1: A – K. 9th, unchanged edition UTB , Stuttgart / Franke, Tübingen 2001, ISBN 3-8252-0119-8 (UTB) / ISBN 3-7720-1291-4 (Francke).
  • Franz-Josef Heyen: The St. Marien-Stift in (Trier-) Pfalzel. (Germania Sacra New Volume 43, The Archdiocese of Trier 10) De Gruyter, Berlin, 2005, ISBN 3-11-018419-2 (pp. 169–170).
  • German Legal Dictionary , Volume VII, Columns 718–721, Article 2 Cellar ( digitized ), Column 731–734, Article 2 Kellner ( Digitized ), Column 722, Article Kellerei ( Kellerei ) and Column 734 f., Article Kellnerei ( digitized ).