Meierhof

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Meierhof (definition of terms ) .

The Meyerhof in Scheeßel

Pöllan Castle , a Meierhof in Carinthia

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

• Villication system
• Fronhof
• Cellar (office)

Web links

• Sebastian Grüninger: Fronhof. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Manorial farms in the late Middle Ages
• Fronhöfe