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Hausgesess (also: Hausgesäß ) is an early New High German term for a permanent residence in a house or a cottage with its own fireplace or for the entire household living there and thus has the meaning of "residing in a house". Accordingly, a house Sat an adult male head of the household and residents of a house or cottage with its own fireplace, without it necessarily be the owner needs.

Word origin

The term is derived from the Middle High German " hūs-gesëzze " = house + residence = house residents or the people belonging to the household.

history

Up until the 18th century it was customary to record and indicate the number of house seats - "house-sitting" men and widows with their own house - in censuses, tax books and the like in a town, so that it was basically household censuses. Women, children, servants and other billeted at home SAT sojourners were not counted.

From the 18th century onwards, people gradually began to determine the actual number of inhabitants until, in the 19th century, the term house seat lost its meaning and was no longer used.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Palatinate Dictionary (Vol. 3, Sp. 239)
  2. ↑ Palatinate Dictionary (Vol. 3, Col. 719)
  3. ↑ RechtsAlterTümer, University of Salzburg, accessed on December 9, 2013 ( Memento of the original from December 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / rat.imareal.oeaw.ac.at
  4. ^ Gustav Winter (Ed.): Lower Austrian Weistümer. Part 4: Supplements and registers (Österreichische Weistümer 11). Vienna / Leipzig, 1913, p. 671 (glossary).

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