Meierhof
The Meierhof ( Meierei , Meyerhof , from Latin maiores villae , also Sedelhof or Fronhof ) is the name of a farmstead or building in which the manager (the Meier ) of a noble or ecclesiastical estate once lived in its history .
The Meierhof was later also a leased estate. In northern Germany , many of these buildings are still prefixed with the addition of Meierhof or Meyerhof .
A Sedelhof is a tax-exempt aristocratic farm with no military function or a Fronhof .
In South Tyrol the name is "Mairhof".
See also
Web links
- Sebastian Grüninger: Fronhof. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Manorial farms in the late Middle Ages
- Fronhöfe