Wooden villages

The term wooden villages referred to 17 villages in today's Stormarn district .

The name Holzdörfer goes back to the earth book of the old lordly Trittau office from 1708. The name is based on the fact that the farmers in these villages, in contrast to other villages, had special rights to use the forest. In addition to the normal use of the forest in Hahnheide and the neighboring forests in the region, mainly pig fattening, forest pasture and charcoal burning , the farmers were able to claim one thread of timber and wheel wood per hoof every three years . These special rights existed until the 19th century .

Four wooden bailiffs , who were subordinate to the Trittau resident bailiff , watched over compliance with forest rights and obligations .

The 17 wooden villages were: Eichede , Grande , Grönwohld , Großensee , Hamfelde , Hoisdorf , Köthel , Kronshorst , Lütjensee , Mollhagen , Neritz , Oetjendorf , Sprenge , Rausdorf , Rümpel , Trittau and Witzhave .

literature

• Adolf Christen: The Stormanschen "wooden villages" (based on the Trittau district record from 1708) . In: Die Heimat , Heft 71, 1964, pp. 302–306.