Court goers

Hofegänger (also Hofgänger ) were Gutstagelöhner that were found mainly on large estates in northern and eastern Germany, especially in the 19th century.

On the estates there were Inste who worked with their families on a farm and had farmhands, the farmhands (or Scharknechte). They had a lordly relationship with the landlord, but were not wage laborers because they shared in the yield of the land, but received no fixed wages for their work.

See also: Explanations about court patrons, servants and instemen

literature

• Oswald Menzel: Hofegänger , ed. by Horst Knobloch. Norderstedt: Books on Demand 2011. ISBN 978-3-8448-6203-4
• Horst Knobloch: Waltersdorf. Today Nielestno. Chronicle of Horst Knobloch . Beverstedt: self-published 2013.
• Horst Knobloch: Waltersdorf. Dziś Nielestno. Kronika Horsta Knoblocha . From the German by Izabela Taraszczuk. Beverstedt: self-published 2013.

Web links

• In the history of the village of Gollschau ( Strehlen district ) there is a range of information about Hofegänger