Hubengut
In the Middle Ages, a Hubengut was a farm in the area of the Lorsch Monastery and in the Odenwald . Derived from the medieval area of a hatch , the courtyard mostly consisted of a house, barn and stables and the fields, meadows and forests surrounding these that formed a coherent area. The owners were called Huebner, although such an area could also be divided between several Huebners, so that one Huebner owned a ½ or ¼ Hube. On the other hand, there were also cases in which a Huebner owned several lifted goods. The size of the goods varied widely and was generally not measured, only marked by boundary stones.
These lift goods were inseparable until 1811 and could not be sold or shared without the consent of the office or the district governor in which they were located. The assignment of Huben good to offspring was through formal sale and the parents usually jointure reserving. The property rights could only be passed on to one child, and the future Huebner had to pay off his siblings. These were then given the status of a sitter who had to earn their living either by exercising another profession, for example in the military, but often also as day laborers, servants or maidservants.
If Huebner died before the property had been assigned, ⅔ his wife died, ⅓ would be passed on to one of the children and the purchase would be anticipated with payment to the other siblings.
Most of the assignments occurred as a result of one or more marriages, in which the conditions for the transfers were regulated by the marriage and exchange contracts. After the inseparability of the Hubengüter in the Grand Duchy of Hesse , the normal inheritance laws also applied to these properties from 1811.
literature
- Konrad Dahl: Historical-topographical-statistical description of the principality of Lorsch, or church history of the Upper Rhinegau. Darmstadt, 1812. (at books.google.de)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Konrad Dahl: Historical-topographical-statistical description of the principality of Lorsch , page 180-181.