Cloister steward
Monastery steward , also monastery keeper , was the name of an administrative officer in some monasteries , especially the monasteries of the Cistercians . The Cistercian farms, which were separated from the main estate and were mostly economically independent, were called "grangiae" until the 14th century, later they were called "curiae". The head of a monastic farmyard was called "grangiarius" or "magister grangiae" (court master). These farms were run by lay brothers and were not directly connected to the respective monastery. The duties and official duties of the cloister steward included the supervision of the monastery buildings and the farm belonging to the monastery. He also watched over dikes and dams, as far as they existed.
In the late Middle Ages , the administration of the monastic farms was reorganized: the magister grangiae was replaced by the bailiff (lat. "Curator"), who usually managed several monastery farms that were combined into a court association.
Individual evidence
- ^ DRW: Klosterpfleger (index word articles). In: drw-adw.uni-heidelberg.de. Retrieved May 10, 2016 .
- ↑ Haberkern, Eugen / Wallach, Joseph Friedrich: auxiliary dictionary for historians. Middle Ages and Modern Times. Second part: LZ . 5th edition, Munich: Francke Verlag, 1977, p. 654
literature
- Hans Ferdinand Bubbe : Heimatbuch Uetersen (attempt of a chronicle of the city and the monastery Uetersen) - part I - IV . Heydorn, Uetersen, 1932