List of postal stations of the Dutch postal rate
This list of the post offices of the Dutch postal rate includes the fixed post offices documented between 1519 and 1700 on the Dutch postal rate , the main European postal rate of the 16th and 17th centuries.
The earliest date so far and, in the case of closure, the latest occupied date are given. Nevertheless, some of the postal stations mentioned may be older. The major changes on the Brussels-Rheinhausen section in the late 17th century are shown separately. Those stations that only existed for a short time due to route shifts due to the war are not taken into account.
Post stations to Augsburg
Brussels - Rheinhausen until 1680/81
| Post office | definition | occupied | to | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels | city | 1505/16 | Postal contract 1505, start of the relay in Brussels or Mechelen , headquarters since 1516 | |
| Wavre | city | 1522 | da l'Herba writes Baur ò Isca | |
| Gembloux | city | 1618 | da l'Herba calls Lucasier ò Shosi instead. | |
| Namur | city | 1522 | ||
| Vivier L'Agneau | Castle near Courrières | 1583 | Not at da l'Herba | |
| Emptiness | Village | 1522 | ||
| Hogne | Village | 1563? / 1589 | At da l'Herba it says Zoui, village | |
| Lignier | Village | 1522 | ||
| Grainchamps | unidentified | before 1647 | not at l'Herba or on the Augsburg mileage disc | |
| Flamisoul | Bastogne village | 1519 | 1814/15 | Branch of the Burgundian line |
| Michamps | Village near Bourcy | before 1563 | 1680/81 | since l'Herba calls Borcy ò Mistau (= Michamps)
1680/81 route shift from Flamisoul via Luxembourg and Trier |
| Asselborn | Village | 1555 | 1680/81 | Mention by da l'Herba as "Selchborn"
1680/81 route shift via Luxembourg and Trier |
| Arzfeld | Village | 1522 | 1680/81 | 1680/81 route shift via Luxembourg and Trier |
| Nattenheim | Village | 1522 | 1586 | replaced by Bickendorf before 1596 |
| Bickendorf | Village | 1596 | 1680/81 | 1680/81 route shift via Luxembourg and Trier |
| Binsfeld (Eifel) | Village | 1551 | 1680/81 | Post cross from 1551
1680/81 route shift via Luxembourg |
| Readers | Village | 1522 | 1698 | Moselle ferry, 1615 end of section,
until 1672 post office of Trier and Kurtrier, since 1698 only on the post office route Trier-Koblenz |
| Laufersweiler | Village | before 1561 | Documents postal robbery 1561 | |
| Eckweiler | Village | 1522 | ||
| Kreuznach | city | 1587 | Letter from Jacob Henot | |
| Wöllstein | Village | before 1563 | Mentioned by Giovanni da l'Herba | |
| Flonheim | Village | 1506; 1522 | before 1563 | replaced by Wöllstein |
| Hangen-Weisheim | Village | 1561 | 1561 Christoph von Taxis' inspection trip | |
| Puffeles | Village near Worms | 1522 | Single document, uncertain assignment, possibly identical to Pfiffligheim | |
| Bobenheim | Village near Worms | 1540 | Contract 1540, Rheinhausen branch | |
| Maudach | Village | before 1563 | Mentioned by da l'Herba | |
| Speyer | city | 1632 | 1635 | Swedish Post under von den Birghden |
| 1651 | 1651 | short-term, finally from 1669 | ||
| Rheinhausen | Village | 1490 | 1516/17 | Rhine ferry, 1516/17 route shift across Alsace |
| 1519 | 1632 | Swedish occupation in the Thirty Years War | ||
| 1636 | 1645/46 | Destruction of the post office, route shift | ||
| 1651 | 1803 | Closure under Napoleon |
Brussels - Rheinhausen 1680/81 to 1701
| Post office | definition | occupied | to | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels | city | 1505/16 | ||
| Wavre | city | 1522 | ||
| Gembloux | city | 1618 | ||
| Namur | city | 1522 | ||
| Vivier L'Agneau | lock | 1583 | ||
| Emptines | Village | 1522 | ||
| Marche-en-Famenne | city | 1680/81 | ||
| Grainechamps / Grandchamps | unidentified | before 1647 | ||
| Flamisoul | at Bastogne | 1519 | ||
| Malmaison | at Hollange | 1680/81 | ||
| Attert | Village | 1680/81 | ||
| Steinfort | Village | 1680/81 | ||
| Luxembourg | city | 1680/81 | ||
| Alarm clock | Village | 1680/81 | ||
| Grevenmacher | Village | 1680/81 | ||
| trier | city | 1680/81 | Post office since 1672 | |
| Readers | Village | 1522 | 1698 | 1698 change of course from Trier via Büdlich and Haag, total closure only in 1728 |
| Modified course from Trier | 1698 | Post course Trier-Büdlich-Haag-Laufersweiler, bypassing Lieser | ||
| Büdlich | Village | 1698 | ||
| Hague | Village | 1698 | ||
| Laufersweiler | Village | around 1550 | from 1698 on the Trier-Büdlich-Haag postal route | |
| Eckweiler | Village | 1522 | ||
| Kreuznach | city | 1587 | ||
| Wöllstein | Village | before 1563 | ||
| Hangen-Weisheim | Village | 1561 | ||
| Bobenheim | Village near Worms | before 1540 | ||
| Maudach | Village | before 1563 | ||
| Speyer | city | 1669 | ||
| Rheinhausen | Village | 1490 | 1803 | 1745 Partial relocation to Bruchsal |
Rheinhausen - Augsburg
| Post office | definition | occupied | to | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rheinhausen | Village | 1490 | 1803 | Post station in Speyer since 1490,
1745 Partial relocation to Bruchsal |
| Bruchsal | city | before 1563 | Mentioned by da l'Herba | |
| Diedelsheim | Village near Bretten | 1540 | 1563 | Abolished in 1563 and relocated to Knittlingen |
| Knittlingen | city | 1563 | 1563 instead of Diedelsheim; (first time 1495-1499) | |
| Enzweihingen | Village | around 1520 | Jeremias (Hieronymus) von Taxis was the post holder in Enzweihingen until 1565 | |
| Cannstatt | city | before 1561 | for the first time at short notice in 1496 Documents on the mail robbery of 1561; in the card of da l'Herba word start handwritten. corrected |
|
| Stuttgart | city | 1523 | 1534 | Post course Trient-Innsbruck-Augsburg-Stuttgart |
| Deizisau | Village | before 1561 | Documents about the 1561 mail robbery | |
| Ebersbach | Village | 1523 | Post course Trient-Innsbruck-Augsburg-Stuttgart | |
| Altenstadt | Village | 1523 | Post course Trient-Innsbruck-Augsburg-Stuttgart | |
| Westerstetten | Village | 1596 | Mentioned as a subordinate item | |
| Elchingen | Village | 1523 | Post course Trient-Innsbruck-Augsburg-Stuttgart | |
| Ulm | city | 1680 | despite opposition from the magistrate | |
| Gunzburg | city | before 1563 | Mentioned by da l'Herba | |
| Roßhaupten (Rochapt) | Village near Röfingen | 1523 | 1549 | on the postal route Trient-Innsbruck-Augsburg-Stuttgart
Relocated to Scheppach in 1549 |
| Scheppach | Market town | 1549 | ||
| Auerbach | Village | before 1563 | Mentioned by da l'Herba | |
| augsburg | city | 1520 | before 1520 sporadically, depending on the whereabouts of Maximilian I. |
Post stations south of Augsburg
Sufficient source material is available in Austrian archives for the postal stations south of Augsburg, but this has so far only been insufficiently evaluated by research on postal history.
With the exception of Innsbruck, the first permanent post stations are occupied in 1523. The stops around 1563 are mentioned in Giovanni da l'Herba's travel book. Kaspar Augustin's younger Augsburg mile disc based on Hans Rogel from 1629 is also included as a source.
Augsburg - Innsbruck
| Post office | definition | occupied | to | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| augsburg | city | see above | ||
| Otmarshausen | Village | before 1629 | Younger Augsburg mileage disc | |
| Hurlach | Village | 1523 | Post course Trient-Innsbruck-Augsburg-Stuttgart | |
| Diss | Village | before 1563 | Mentioned by da l'Herba | |
| Schwabbruck | Village | 1523 | Post course Trient-Innsbruck-Augsburg-Stuttgart | |
| Gerartshofen | Village | before 1629 | Younger Augsburg mileage disc | |
| Sameister | Village near Roßhaupten | 1596 | Mail order | |
| Feet | city | 1523 | Post course Trient-Innsbruck-Augsburg-Stuttgart | |
| Reutte | market | before 1629 | Younger Augsburg mileage disc | |
| Ehrenberg | Castle near Reutte | before 1563 | Mentioned by da l'Herba | |
| Cheerfulness | Village | 1596 | Mail order | |
| Lermoos | Village | 1523 | Post course Trient-Innsbruck-Augsburg-Stuttgart | |
| Nassereith | Village | before 1563 | Mentioned by da l'Herba | |
| Barwies | Village | 1523 | Post course Trient-Innsbruck-Augsburg-Stuttgart | |
| Mieming | Village | before 1563 | Mentioned by da l'Herba | |
| Pettnau | Village | before 1563 | Mentioned by da l'Herba | |
| innsbruck | city | 1490 | Innsbruck account books |
Innsbruck - Trento
| Post office | definition | occupied | to | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| innsbruck | city | 1490 | ||
| Matrei | Village | before 1563 | Mentioned by da l'Herba | |
| Steinach | Market town | 1523 | Post course Trient-Innsbruck-Augsburg-Stuttgart | |
| burner | Village | before 1563 | Mentioned by da l'Herba | |
| Sterzing | city | 1523 | Post course Trient-Innsbruck-Augsburg-Stuttgart | |
| Beisser in the Au | Post office | before 1629 | younger Augsburg mileage disc | |
| Mettinfol | hostel | before 1563 | Mentioned by da l'Herba | |
| Neuenstift | Monastery near Brixen | 1523 | Post course Trient-Innsbruck-Augsburg-Stuttgart | |
| Brixen | city | before 1551 | Awarded to Ludwig von Taxis | |
| Kollmann | Village | 1523 | Post course Trient-Innsbruck-Augsburg-Stuttgart | |
| Vernol | Post office | 1563 | Mentioned by da l'Herba | |
| Bolzano | city | 1523 | Post course Trient-Innsbruck-Augsburg-Stuttgart | |
| Neumarkt | Village | 1523 | Post course Trient-Innsbruck-Augsburg-Stuttgart | |
| Salurn | Village | before 1629 | Younger Augsburg mileage disc | |
| San Michele | Market town | before 1629 | Younger Augsburg mileage disc | |
| Trent | city | 1523 | Post course Trient-Innsbruck-Augsburg-Stuttgart |
Route extensions
Brussels - Antwerp
| Post office | definition | occupied | to | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brussels | city | 1505/16 | Postal contract 1505, headquarters since 1516 | |
| Mechelen | city | 1505 | Postal contract 1505, start of the relay in Mechelen or Brussels | |
| Antwerp | city | before 1519 | Lucas Rem's diary |
literature
- Hermann-Josef Becker: The post course Brussels - Innsbruck in the Eifel, Moselle and Hunsrück area , in: Postgeschichtliche Blätter (PgB) Saarbrücken 1962/1, p. 12–17, 1962/2, p. 4–10
- Wolfgang Behringer: In the sign of Mercury , Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2003 ISBN 3-525-35187-9
- Leon Bodé: The relocation of the Italian-Dutch postal course in the Hunsrück, Eifel and Ardennes area , in: Archive for German Postal History (AfdPg) 1/1994
- Ottavio Codogno: Nuovo Itinerario delle poste per tutto il mondo , 1608/1611
- Martin Dallmeier: Sources for the history of the European postal system 1501-1806, Part I, Sources - Literature - Introduction , Verlag Michael Lassleben, Kallmünz 1977
- Martin Dallmeier: Sources for the history of the European postal system 1501-1806, part II, documents regest , Verlag Michael Lassleben, Kallmünz 1977
- Eduard Effenberger: From old postal files, sources on the history of the Austrian postal service, its facilities and development , Verlag der Zeitschrift für Post und Telegraphie, R. Spies & Co, Vienna 1918
- Adolf Korzendorfer: Documents on the early history of the Deutsche Post , in: Archive for Postal History in Bavaria (AfPB), 3/1927
- Otto Lankes, Die Post in Augsburg from its beginnings up to 1808 , dissertation Munich 1914
- Wilhelm Mummenhoff: The intelligence service between Germany and Italy in the 16th century , dissertation Berlin 1911
- Fritz Ohmann: The beginnings of the postal system and the taxis , published by Duncker and Humblot, Leipzig 1909
- Lucas Rem (Ed. B. Greiff), diary from the years 1494–1541 , Hartmann'sche Buchdruckerei Augsburg 1861
- Joseph Rübsam: Johann Baptista von Taxis , Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1889
- Ernst-Otto Simon: The postal course from Rheinhausen to Brussels over the centuries , in: Archive for German Postal History 1/1990, pp. 14–41
References and comments
- ^ Abbreviated as OPNA, Ordinari Post to Antwerp, or OPNV, Ordinari Post to Venice. The original is older, as Diedelsheim is still called "Tiffelsheim" there, and it was moved to Knittlingen in 1563.
- ↑ According to the younger Augsburg mileage disc “Sausi”, Gembloux is patented as a post office in 1618 at the latest. (Fürst Thurn and Taxis Central Archive Regensburg, FZA HFS 790, p. 28).
- ↑ For the time being, earliest mention in a statement, FZA HFS 790, p. 143.
- ↑ Certainly attested in 1589, according to FZA HFS 790, p. 39.
- ↑ Uncertain single document for 1570 in a listing of the early post offices, see illustration in the Archive for German Postal History 1/1990, p. 17. The date is secondary.
- ^ Philippe Geubel, Flamisoulle , Publication du musée en Piconrue, Bastogne 1997, p. 13. On May 2, 1519 Jacques Balon and Jacques d'Esbeeck (= Jacob von Hesbeck) bought the post office there, Hesbeck is also 1530 and 1531 to 1541 occupied as a postman in Flamisoul.
- ↑ Simon 1990., p. 28.
- ↑ Simon 1990, p. 26 with further literature.
- ↑ Simon 1990, p. 25; as well as postal order 1596, Dallmeier II, Regest 106.
- ↑ according to Behringer 2003, p. 106 as early as 1558.
- ↑ Referred to as "Rebenmund" on the younger Augsburg mile disc.
- ↑ Confirmed in a document since 1495, see Ohmann 1909, pp. 318 and 324.
- ↑ Ohmann 1909, p. 137.
- ↑ Rübsam, in: L'Union Postale 12, December 1891, p. 199.
- ↑ Dallmeier II, p. 44.
- ↑ Dallmeier II, pp. 188f; Behringer 2003, p. 271.
- ^ Rübsam, in: L'Union Postale (UF) 12, December 1891.
- ↑ Lankes 1914, pp. 29-30. A reprint of da l'Herba's travel book is still missing, so that the more accessible itinerary by Ottavio Codogno, based on da l'Herba, from 1608 and 1611 is an additional source.
- ↑ Dallmeier II, Regest 113, p. 54.
- ↑ First documented in 1497, Ohmann 1909, p. 317.
- ↑ Dallmeier II, Regest 113, p. 54.
- ↑ Referred to as "al Monte" on the younger Augsburg mileage disc.
- ↑ Effenberger 1918, p. 411.
- ↑ Based on the younger Augsburg mileage disc "Teutschen"
- ↑ first mentioned as a post office in a letter from 1496, see Ohmann 1909, p. 119.
- ↑ Rem 1861, p. 21.