Nater (Thurgau family name)
On the origin of the Thurgauer Nater (family name)
The name
According to Ernst Leisi , some citizens of Constance began to have family names as early as 1200. The free peasants and the serfs followed, around 1300 the family names also caught on with women. The episcopal city of Constance often played a pioneering role; In the area of the German part of Switzerland , the civil family names appear in the 1st half of the 14th century.
Often job titles became family names, as was the case in this case. In the Idiotikon , the dictionary of the Swiss German language , it says: Nâter m. Tailor, furrier. According to an expert opinion by Stefan Sonderegger (see below ), the name Notter developed in dialect from the Old and Middle High German name nâtar, nâter for tailor or furrier, i.e. H. from the job title of the person who makes the seam. This then became a family name, which is usually recognized by the fact that the article “der” is omitted between the first and second names. It appears as a job title in the form of Nâter (with article) in the second half of the 13th century (Zurich: 1265–87, St. Gallen: 1284, Bern: 1295 and probably also in the Habsburg Rhine town of Diessenhofen , see TU4, No. 1412, February 13, 1338).
There were still no tailors in the country, let alone furriers; the clothes were made by the peasants themselves or bought from traveling traders or at the market. At most, city tailors might have come across the Stör. Rural craft guilds only appear in modern times. The professional title of the Nater with article became the proper name Nater without article. We have the oldest evidence for Nater as a family name (without article) in Bern 1295 (FRB3, p. 604. No. 612), Zurich 1314 (UZ9, p. 132f., No. 3261), Freiburg im Üechtland 1312 (FRB4, P. 504, No. 479), in Berlingen TG from 1317, Schaffhausen 1334, in Thun 1336.
Soon after the family name appeared in the German language, the job title Nater fell out of use in favor of tailors and furriers. Apparently, with the penetration of fashion into bourgeois circles, cutting had become more important than sewing, which every woman could do. In the French language, on the other hand, the semantically derived couturier, the couturière, has remained alive right up to the haute couture.
In the course of time, knowledge of the origin of the name was completely lost because the job title Nâter had also disappeared. This also shows the choice of a "speaking" coat of arms with an adder.
The family name Nater, also with the rounding to Notter, is widespread in German-speaking Switzerland and southern Germany to this day. A continuity over decades, probably a family, is first documented in Berlingen - in the early "Berwang" sources. The monastery on the opposite Reichenau still had a Dinghof here in 1504 ; maybe one day he owned the whole village.
The Nater in Berlingen
An Ulrich or Ueli Nater von Berlingen appears in the Reichenau files from Berlingen 1317 to 1375 ; it is likely that there are two generations of the same first name, e.g. B. the first between 1317 and 1343 is only mentioned as a neighbor, the second from 1343 to 1375, is owned by vineyards, which it encumbered with the permission of the Reichenau abbot.
The name Nater can hardly have developed in Berlingen from the job title for tailor / furrier. Much more plausible is the reverse case, that the Nater, as possible Constance residents - (Schulte I, p. 211) counts them to the old "also spread in other imperial cities " families - acquired real estate in Berlingen and elsewhere on the Untersee, where they appear, for example vineyards, the yield of which could easily be brought to Constance by ship. Berlingen stood with the city of Constance in castle law , d. H. its citizens were considered expatriates from the city. This meant that the people of Berling could settle there without paying a purchase fee and enjoy the protection of the city in the event of war. For Berlinger's initiative, this castle right brought excellent opportunities for advancement.
The first name of the Nater on record in Berlingen is remarkably often Ulrich . Ortisei is the patron saint of the Kreuzlingen monastery . At that time this was still close to the city of Constance and was included in their religious customs. It was very easy for a resident from the catchment area of the monastery to move to the city and integrate there.
The first Berlinger Nater is only mentioned as a neighbor who owns the vine, namely the property of the Provost Konrad von Klingenberg . The cathedral provost had acquired some of these goods from Ritter Dietegen von Kastell , the brother of the abbot of Reichenau. With this neighborhood we are at the top of the nomenclature.
In contrast to the first, we meet the second Ulrich Nater very often in certificates, namely 13-14 times and everything indicates that it is a single person. He has a sister Margareth, who is partly co-owner of his property. 1348 his wife with the rare (quite urban) name Euphemia and his son Hermann are also mentioned. This person must be of legal age at this point in time (i.e. at least around 15 years of age), otherwise he would have assistance. Mrs. Euphemia has one such, namely Hans Schedler (see Appendix II), which probably means that she has brought her own property into the marriage. B. a widum , which her husband may not dispose of without her consent. His sister Margareth is married to Konrad Sunnentag, a wealthy Constance patrician .
These documents (see Appendix II) almost always deal with goods, mostly vineyards, in Berlingen, their pledging and securing the interest owed to Reichenau for them. If Ulrich Nater pledges goods, it does not necessarily mean that he is financially bad, but rather that he wants to use the liquidity elsewhere, e.g. B. in trade; In addition, the amounts involved are comparatively small and viticulture is capital-intensive.
After 1375 we can no longer find any naters in the documents at Untersee ; Abbot Eberhard von Brandis , with whom the Nater evidently maintained good relations, died in 1379. His successors were less and less able to (or wanted) to enforce their rights. H. their consent to such transactions as above was no longer obtained, but instead had it confirmed, if necessary, by an official office in Constance, which has left no sources.
Ueli Nater in Constance
Ueli Nater can be found from 1376 to 1391 in the Konstanzer Rat (KR Bl 1 SA-379). Since the earlier council lists have not been preserved, it can be assumed that he was a member of the council before, because he obviously does not belong to the insurgent guilds , but to the patricians of society 'to the cat' . Ulrich was not exactly a rare first name, but there is a considerable probability that it is a member of the same family that we met in Berlingen, the name is written in the sources Nater, Nâter and Näter.
According to the Konstanz sources, Uli Nater has to do with the canvas trade: In 1388 Uli Näter is a canvas shower (Wielandt 1, p. 136), d. H. one of those responsible for assessing the quality of the canvas on the market . The office had only existed since 1376, and he may have exercised the function earlier. The brother-in-law of the Berlinger Nater, Konrad Sunnentag (also spelled Sonnentag or Sunday), is referred to in the certificate as a dressmaker , which means a linen dealer . He was a patrician and related to the Ehinger family, who originally came from Überlingen and provided mayor there; In Constance, too, several Ehingers held the office of mayor, one even of the mayor, some of them ennobled by Emperor Sigismund (Oberbadisches Geschlechtbuch 1, p. 286). The Nater were also related to the Ehinger, which is why their coat of arms appears in the Schulthaiß family chronicle.
The wealthy Constance residents, aristocrats, merchants, and also some guilders, belonged to the “zur Katz” society, which also played a political role and was re-constituted around 1424. The names and coats of arms of the members at that time have been recorded and have been handed down in a copy from the 16th century, the so-called Konstanz coat of arms scroll , here the coats of arms Sunnentag and Ehinger are next to each other right at the beginning of the last row of the first table, a few places in front of the Nater coat of arms (see chapter Nater coat of arms).
Ueli Nater does not appear on the list of the 105 richest people of Constance, who owned at least 1,400 pounds of Heller assets in 1388 (Nuglisch, p. 363). Uli Nater appears in the sources for the last time in 1391, probably because the following council lists are no longer preserved. Ueli Nater is usually listed before Lütfrid Muntprat on the council lists, which indicates that he belonged to his circle; at the end of the 14th century he was probably a partner in Muntprat's trading company. Around 1408, Lütfried II. Muntprat combined his trading company with the Ravensburger Gesellschaft der Mötteli and Humpis, which had existed since around 1380, to form the Great Ravensburger Handelsgesellschaft (Schulte I, p. 17f.).
For this, it is said, Philipp Nater, probably a relative of Ueli Nater, ran a branch in an unknown location (Schulte I, p. 27). On the roll of the coat of arms of the 'zur Katz' society, the Nater coat of arms is right in front of that of the Mötteli: perhaps a Nater introduced the Ravensburger Mötteli to the 'zur Katz' society.
In the tax register of 1418 he is entered with 2550 pounds hellers; (Luitfrid Muntprat with 62,000, Hainrich Muntprat with 10,000, Peter Sunnentag with 9200, with a total of 129,170). The average wealth of a citizen was 260 pounds hellers. On February 10, 1419 he lost the seal of the Muntprat between Ravensburg and Konstanz, apparently without serious consequences, presumably he was also a partner in the company (Schulte I, p. 193).
After he had already moved to Überlingen with around 30 peers in 1420/21, he left Constance in 1425 to settle elsewhere. In 1425 he left Konstanz because of the long-distance trade ban (Joos, p. 39 with note 49).
Philipp Nater was married to Magdalena von Roggwil . Magdalena's brother Ulrich was a member of the Constance Council between 1436 and 1464. Philipp and Magdalena had only three daughters, the eldest was called Ursula, married Walter Mötteli in 1443 and received an exceptionally considerable dowry of 4,200 Rhenish guilders from their father. It is possible that the Mötteli - they also called themselves Möttelin von Rappenstein - were already living in Roggwil Castle at that time . Rudolf Mötteli the old was head of the large Ravensburger trading company from 1397 to 1419. In 1422 he bought the castle and town of Arbon for 8,000 gold gulden . The Bishop of Constance , to whom these had once belonged, hastened to enfeoff him with it. His son Hans was the episcopal bailiff there from 1425 to 1441, at the same time he became a citizen of St. Gallen and placed the city and the fortress of Arbon under their protection. In 1441 the bishop redeemed the pledge via Arbon. Hans Mötteli lived at Roggwil Castle, the former ancestral seat of the family of the same name. He was an uncle of Walter, Philipp Nater's son-in-law. In 1452 the Mötteli split from the Great Ravensburger Society and founded their own. It is possible that the Mötteli already lived in Roggwil Castle at this time (until 1578); they played a notable role in Thurgau, yes, in Swiss history, as it was thanks to Junker Joachim Mötteli from Rappenstein zu Pfyn that the Thurgau jurisdiction was recognized as a corporation by the Confederates (Lei, p. 20f.)
Magdalena taxed £ 2,120 in 1466. On the Thursday after St. Bartholomew's Day, 1468, as a widow, she bequeathed various legacies to proceed according to the order of society (Schlichte I, p. 196). According to the Konstanz Gemächtebuch, a number of foundations were paid as soul equipment on the basis of a slip of paper with his will, including one to the Berlingen Church - which proves a connection with this place and confirms the assumption that we are still dealing with the same tribe.
Philipp Nater bequeathed the remaining goods to "his daughter child whether it is in life", which was apparently the case at this time, but at the time the last will was drawn up it was not yet clear, as little as the name and gender of this child, probably it was then not born yet. The widow's brothers are named as executors: Ulrich and Heinrich von Roggwil and Rudolf Muntprat. A sister Elsyn and her daughter are also mentioned. Probably with Philipp this branch of the family died out in the male line. According to the Upper Baden gender book (II, p. 109), Walter Mötteli only had daughters, an Ursula who died childless in 1515, an Elisabeth who married Rudolf Muntprat and a Barbara who was married to Georg Ehinger von Gutenau.
From Constance back to the countryside
From 1428 a Constance control book is regained, it there is a "Naeterin" (a with over-written e) with the following assets in pounds Heller : 950 in lying, 2400 in the running of, paid 8 '( shillings ) tax (CIT I, p 69, No. 574). That is considerable, after all; she lived at the "Snetztor", the Schnetztor still standing today, where Ludwig Muntprat had also lived, who in 1418 had 3,200 pounds of Heller and 5,000 driving assets and was driving 18 '(KSt I, p. 102, no. 575). In the following tax book, 1433, she increased her fortune significantly: 1100 pounds Heller lying, 4472 driving, tax amount 13.18 '. Then she evidently moved to the country: in 1440 we find her as an expatriate among the shoemaker's guild, which does not mean that she belonged to this profession, but rather steered there, because the expatriates paid the tax to maintain citizenship . There are only 2 'and 6' 'left (Heller or Pfennige, wealth lying at 100 pounds Heller (KSt I, p. 152, no. 1739), probably already distributed to her children. 1450 says: “ Naetarin (sy is tod). "Below that follows with the next number:" ir sun Hans Naettar "owns 100 pounds of Heller and pays 3'6" (KSt I, p. 192, no. 2177). In 1460 we find this Hans Nätter as expatriate with the fishermen's guild, without any amounts.
This Naeterin could be the widow of Uli Nater, who probably returned to Constance after the death of her husband in 1428, where she was still ugly. It is not known where she and then her son Hans lived in the country. It was probably in the Bischofshöri .
A few years later, another mother was put on record in the record of the Seventh Court. She was sued by a neighbor to exhaust her well to the detriment of the latter. The court decided that she was allowed to do this as often and as much as she wanted, the plaintiff would not suffer any harm (Bussbuch, no. 118a). It is not known where this nater lived, she does not appear in the tax book.
On the other hand, this is clear with another Nater in the same bus book: a neighbor had placed poles in his own garden in such a way that they protruded into the corridor of Hans Nätter von Harperswile . He, too, was right: the neighbor should shove the poles or pretend to be able to walk down the aisle for the natter and thus go unpolluted (Bussbuch, no. 152). In 1459 this Hans Nater von Haperswil received the Kelnhof Hugelshofen from the Reichenau monastery as a fief (KR 1, No. 1945). In 1463 he undertook to pay interest to this monastery (GLA 5/706, no. 945). In the Konstanz tax book of 1460 he is recorded as an expatriate among the bread bars and wine bars with 410 pounds of Heller assets and a tax amount of 14 shillings (KSt I, p. 228, no. 2735). In addition to him, there is another Hans Nätter as an expatriate among the fishermen with no amounts (KSt I, p. 228, no. 2821), maybe he didn't pay at all. 1470 is noted: Hans Nater wib von Harperswil with 210 pounds of Heller assets, which amounted to 7 shillings in taxes (KSt II, p. 32, no. 1737). In 1480 the same entry follows again without any amount (KSt II, p. 59, no. 1690). From 1490 onwards, the name Nater disappears from the Konstanz tax books, but not from the Reichenau files: During the Reformation , a Hans Nater von Happerswil had to oath of obedience to Abbot Martin von Reichenau because he was a back seat and servant at Hegne (on the back of the Bodan ) Broken and without prior knowledge of the upper level in the outrage between the five Christian places also those of ZH , BE , and their followers did military service on the side of the Thurgau people and put a Swiss cross on his sword (KR 1, No. 2940, September 12, 1531 ).
Happerswil - also written in the sources as Halperswil, Harppeschwil, even Harprechtswil - today belongs to the Weinfelden district , but the historical references (e.g. church membership) point to Kreuzlingen , i.e. H. in the direction of Constance, from there in 1450 a grove of Nater and in 1486 a Vlrich Nâter is mentioned in the Constance sources. It is possible that this Hans Nätter was identical with the son of Naeterin, whom we believe we recognize as the widow Uli Naters, especially since in 1486 a Vlrich Nâter from Harperschwil is on record - then we should look for the real home of the Nater in Happerswil (City Archives Konstanz , Landgericht-Auslagebücher, CV 12, p. 93; CV 16, p. 19).
From Happerswil to Hugelshofen
In 1459 Hans Nater von Happerswil received the Kelnhof zu Hugelshofen from the keepers of the four Raitinen zu Konstanz as an inheritance loan (KR 1, no. 1904, June 2, 1459). At least one branch of this tribe moved to Hugelshofen, which belonged to the Bischofshöri , the property of the diocese. The "Bischofshöri", presumably a gift from King Dagobert , reached from below Gottlieben to Berg to above Münsterlingen . “It became the economic hinterland of the bishopric, and the late medieval bailiwick of Eggen , which is spatially largely identical with the Bischofshöri and the likewise late medieval rule of Castell , should form the basis for the attempt of the later citizen town, here in Thurgau, which adjoins the town to the south to build up a territory. ”The farmers of the Bischofshöri paid interest to the diocese . They supplied the episcopal city with food and wood, and in the 15th century they were entitled to hide behind the city walls if there was a risk of war. Originally they even belonged to the Konstanz parish of St. Stephan , then own parishes were established in Tägerwilen and Alterswilen , in Kreuz- and Münsterlingen the monasteries had parish rights, in Bernrain , Oberhofen , Altishausen and Illighausen there were subsidiary churches or chapels (Maurer, Konstanz, p. 28f.).
From the 16th century on, naters are abundantly documented there. The local historian Hans Nater wrote: “The Hugelshofen archive contains a large number of tenth letters, mostly to clergymen of the Constance monastery.” Their whereabouts are uncertain. According to the Reichenau sources in the General State Archives in Karlsruhe , apart from the Bollhof (mid-16th century), there are other goods that Nater held in Hugelshofen as inherited interest loans from Münster beneficiaries until the Revolution (last document 1795) and further with loans from others burdened the spiritual institutions of the episcopal city. One can assume that the Nater, insofar as they came from the Bischofshöri, were not of the free class, but of serfs, like most rural residents. The rule: "City air makes you free" was only partially applicable in Constance, at least not towards the bishop as the city lord. But the bishop allowed his serfs to marry and move away, only insisting on paying a small fee, so that they mostly waived ransom, especially since serfdom was in no way a hindrance to advancement in the city. So it is not surprising that a Josef Nater from Hugelshofen only bought himself out of serfdom from the Constance St. Stephen's Foundation in 1605 (Nater, Alt Hugelshofen, p. 10f.)
Hugelshofen originally belonged to the church district of Alterswilen , in whose area confessional remained mixed after the Reformation. During the Thirty Years' War , the city of Zurich had a "directory of all parishioners and souls of the entire Reformed-Catholic community of Alterswÿllen including the branches Hugelshoffen and Aetischausen that were converted, located in the Upper Thurgöü" (StAZH E II 700.143 and E II 212) . In Alterswilen itself there were no Reformed Nater from 1634 to 1694, today there are some Nater graves in the local cemetery and according to the family name book of Switzerland (p. 83) there are long-established Nater there. A few naters are recorded in the hamlet of Krachenburg, a dozen in 1640; Few in Lybetschwyl ( Lippoldswilen ). By far the most reformed naters existed in Hugelshofen from 1634 to 1694, although the first name Ulrich still occurs quite often. It can be assumed that there were also Catholic Nater (StAZH E II 218a, [1640, 1643], EII 229a [1670], E II 243 [1682], E II 252a [1694]).
In Dotnacht ( Kreuzlingen district ), the local historian Hans Nater has namesakes since the end of the 15th century, and numerous in the 19th century (Nater, Dotnacht, pp. 41 and 163). In any case, the naters have spread widely. According to the family name book (p. 83), Nater has been a citizen of the following Thurgau municipalities at least since 1800: Alterswilen, Dotnacht, Engishofen , Frauenfeld , Hugelshofen and Lippoldswilen. All of these places are between Lake Constance and Frauenfeld. There are none at Untersee.
Nater coat of arms
Ernst Leisi stated in 1941 about the namesake Nater: A Nater is a man who deals with sewing, i.e. a tailor. If a bearer of this name had a coat of arms made for himself in which a grass snake appears, he was mistaken about the meaning of his name. However, this does not mean that he should change his coat of arms; for there are thousands of coats of arms made from the approximate sound of the name instead of its original meaning. Such coats of arms are called “ speaking coats of arms ” (Leisi, p. 9).
On the so-called roll of the “zur Katz” society in the Rosgarten Museum in Constance, there is a coat of arms with the inscription: Näter . Since Philipp Nater apparently gave up his citizenship in Constance in 1425 and left the city, the coat of arms must have been recorded beforehand, probably the one of the Nater who was first accepted into society. This could have happened as early as the 14th century. This is indicated by the shape of the bucket or stech helmet . On the other hand, the division could already mean a deviation from an originally undivided red coat of arms in the sense of a differentiation from another branch of the family.
The coat of arms is divided into five silver-red sections with a crowned brown snake twisted three times as stake. The snake is a very rare heraldic animal because of its mostly negative connotation in the Old Testament . Beams or beam-like divisions in a coat of arms were probably originally just wooden slats or iron bars with which the shield was attached. In French, "pièces honorables", in German called heralds , they are very often chosen to distinguish a coat of arms holder from other bearers or other branches of the same family. This could also be the case in the Nater coat of arms of Constance. The later naters in Thurgau lead the natter in an undivided red shield.
It is also interesting the crest on which the snake between two brick walls appears. This could be a reference to possession in connection with a tower or gate. Did he live in an old aristocratic tower, of which there were over two dozen in Constance? (Maurer, Konstanz, pp. 145 f.). Despite decimated Konstanz sources or too time-consuming search, there is an indication that the presumed widow Ueli Naters (Naeterin) lived near the Schnetztor , perhaps even in it, because the city has long been on this side since the emergence of the suburbs through the forward Kreuzlinger or Guarded Emmishofer Gate . This would also explain the crest.
The Oberbadische Wappenbuch by Kindler von Knobloch (III, p. 188) explicitly refers to the Konstanz coat of arms for the Nater or Naeter coat of arms, but instead of the stech helmet from the front with a full cover, it depicts a spangenhelm viewed from the side with only short ceiling, and allows the snake in the crest to grow over the walls instead of curling between them. Obviously he was inspired by another source (City Archives Konstanz, Department AI, Vol. 17), namely the Schulthaiß family chronicle . The patrician Jakob Schulthaiß (1517–1553) created it in 1551 to show the rise of the mayor family to the nobility, as evidenced by the coats of arms of the families associated with them. These coats of arms are beautifully painted and larger than those of the coat of arms scroll, all with a crest and spangenhelm , i. H. according to the time of origin, not the age of the gender in question. Among them there is also a Nater coat of arms (Maurer, Wappen, p. 103), with some not unimportant deviations from that of the coat of arms, which Schulthaiß knew of course as a member of the society "zur Katz":
- here the shield is divided into seven, instead of six, places from silver to red, i.e. H. the base of the shield is silver instead of red;
- the snake curls itself in two coils, instead of three straight, its color is gray on the back, silver on the belly, instead of brown with shadows;
- the snake wears a four-pronged crown instead of a three-pronged crown, the four prongs probably having golden buttons;
- in the crest there is a pinnacle or a crenellated spire instead of two free-standing walls;
- the snake, leaning on the pinnacle window, winds its way up the heraldic right, red pinnacle instead of climbing between two silver, connectionless walls; (Both times her crown has only three points).
From this it can be concluded that there was probably not just one, but at least two Nater coats of arms in Constance, whereby that of the coat of arms is probably the older one, i.e. from Ueli Nater, that of the Schulthaiß chronicle is probably the younger, i.e. the generation of Philipp Nater would be assigned. The Nater coat of arms appears in the chronicle following the connection between Elisabeth Schulthaiß and Johann Jakob Ehinger from 1518 and belongs to the latter's ancestry; The name does not appear on his family tree, however, as well as that of Sonnentag, whose coat of arms also figures in this suite, there are only nine names (except Schulthaiß), but 13 coats of arms there (Maurer, Wappen, p. 102).
It is noticeable that the Thurgau Natterer family has adopted this helmet ornament, not only as such, but even in the coat of arms: A blue snake from red between silver walls (Binder, p. 73). The appended ending -er means a secondary connection with a gender without this, in our case with a Nater gender.
The Nater coat of arms is missing from the Grünenberg coat of arms collection, although this collector also belonged to the 'zur Katz' society. There is also no Nater coat of arms among the approximately 600 coats of arms in the Konstanz Chronicle of Councilor Gebhard Dacher or the approximately 500 coats of arms in the Reichenau chronicle of the chaplain Gallus Öhem. In the church of Hugelshofen there were Nater coats of arms on the pews. They disappeared around 1900 when the church was rebuilt. After all, we know the coat of arms of the local nater: the snake on a red background.
In the church of St. Johann in Frauenfeld - Kurzdorf there were seats in the choir from 1681 to 1689 with metal shields adorned with coat of arms, including one of the Nater family: Von Rot with a silver snake in a green tree, with the inscription: "16/89 / / Hanß / Felix // Nater ". Even more: In 1916 Alfred Nater donated a coat of arms with this coat of arms, designed by a painter Albrecht, to the new church; it can still be seen in the back right under the gallery. A third Nater coat of arms from Frauenfeld-Kurzdorf has come down to us, namely from a Frauenfeld rifle plaque from 1882: Red with a golden hammer, surrounded by two black snakes (Thurgauer Wappenbuch, p. 54).
Summary
The name Nater arose from the job title for tailor or furrier : one who makes the seam. Nater as a job title is usually recognized by the preceding article. In the Eastern Switzerland - Zurich area we find them from the last third of the 13th century, in Aargau until the 15th century.
We first encounter Nater as a family name in Thurgau in 1317 with an Ulricus, dictus Nater , as a neighbor of wineries in Berlingen TG. From 1344 to 1375, Ulrich Nater appears quite often as a vineyard owner in Berlingen in Reichenau documents; it is mostly about the permission to take on pledges to secure the interest owed. Ulrich Nater has a wife Euphemia (Mye), sister of the Constance patrician and linen dealer Konrad Sonnentag, his own sister Margreth and a son Hermann.
Ulrich Nater disappears from Berlingen from 1375 onwards, but a Ueli Nater appears in the Konstanz sources. He also has to do with the linen trade, sits on the council and is probably a member of the men's society “zur Katz”. In the Great Ravensburg Society, a Philipp Nater probably runs a branch as a partner, loses the Muntprat seal between Ravensburg and Constance in 1419 and gives up Constance citizenship in 1425 because of the ban on long-distance trade . He is married to the Constance patrician Magdalena von Roggwil, left her a considerable fortune in 1468, from which, according to his will and the like. a. donates a lake device to the church in Berlingen. His daughter Ursula brought Walter Mötteli into the marriage in 1443; He came from one of the founding families of the company, but then lived a country squire in Roggwil and Arbon; his descendants still played a notable role in Thurgau. In the Konstanzer sources, a wealthy widow Nater appears in the first half of the 15th century, who then moves with her son Hans to Happerswil, from where he will be on record for a long time. It seems reasonable to assume that this is where the real home of the Nater is to be found. In 1459 he received the Kelnhof zu Hugelshofen as an inheritance loan. At this place, various nathers are known to have been fiefs holders and borrowers of religious institutions in Constance up until the Revolution. Hugelshofen has been the focus of the naters since the 17th century, and they branch out widely.
Their coats of arms all show an adder, due to a misunderstanding of the echo in the name. The two oldest on the so-called Konstanz coat of arms scroll and in the Schulthaiss chronicle (both 15th century) lead the snake standing on multiple red and white divided beams, all later on a uniform red background, which is probably the original color of the coat of arms.
To derive the family name Notter
Stefan Sonderegger , emeritus professor for Germanic philology at the University of Zurich , writes in a report:
- The previous explanations of the name, as far as they are known to me, can not be represented linguistically :
- Name of origin of Naters ( Wallis ): should be Naterer, Naterner or similar, in any case not Nater, Noter, Notter
- Derivation from notarius : then old documents with -o- and not -a- would be expected, so noter from the beginning
- Derived from the Old High German nickname Notker , whose afterlife in the late Middle Ages is known as Nogger, Nögger: then old documents with -o- and not -a- would be expected, and forms with the consonant assimilation -gg-, -k- would also be expected ; In addition, the name Notker is relatively narrowly limited to north-eastern Switzerland (typical for old St. Gallen ).
- The starting point for the explanation of the surname Notter is the oldest evidence from the late Middle Ages, i.e. from the Middle High German period:
- the rich evidence from the Canton of Aargau since the 1st half of the 14th century (Natere, Nater, female form Katherina Naterra, later Natter)
- from the Canton of Zurich z. B.
(1) H. dictus Nâter de Wintertur 1265–1287 (Urbare and Rödel of the city and landscape of Zurich, edited by Werner Schnyder, Zurich 1963, 62)
(2) H., der nater 1296–1297, but here the beginning of an addendum of the 14th century (ibid. p. 132)
(3) Peter Nater 1366, 1369 and other mentions 1370 (Nater), 1376 Demut Nattera, Katherin Natterin, all people in the city of Zurich Auf Dorf (= Oberdorf) (The tax books of City and landscape of Zurich of the XIV. And XV. Centuries, 1st volume, Zurich 1918, 147, 209, 253, 374, 468, 470).
The spelling of these oldest evidence shows that firstly a form with the original long -fi- is to be used in the stem syllable (1265–1287 H. dictus Nâter) and secondly there is an epithet that starts with dictus or in combination with the first name + der nater (e.g. AG vf Hermans des Naters hus, Ruodolf der Natere, ZH H. der nater) is introduced. This is especially the case with original job titles, so-called job names. These can also form a feminine form, as in the documents Katherina Naterra (AG), Demut Nattera, Katherin Natterin (ZH). Thirdly, it should be pointed out that forms with -tt- are younger and rarer, and also do not remain continuous (e.g. still 1567 Nater AG), so that they are to be regarded as younger. Fourth, forms with -o- (noter, notter, etc.) have apparently only appeared since the older modern period, so that these represent the most recent forms. - According to our linguistic analysis of a basic form nâtere, nâter in the sense of an epithet, only Middle High German nâter, older nâtaere “sartor” (Lexer, Middle High German Concise Dictionary 11, Sp. 39), ie “Schneider”, feminine form nâtaerinne, is used as an etymon for the explanation of the name f., derivation of nât f. “Seam” into consideration, a job title that is already well attested in Old High German times as nâtari m., Natare, natere “sartor” and z. B. in the collection of so-called Summarium Heinrici (after 1000, Upper Rhine ), which is rich in professional names, appears as a synonym for snîdari "Schneider". It should be noted that in urban documents, Middle High German nâter can also mean “fur mower, furrier”. This meaning is also proven for the older Swiss German: Nâter m. 'Schneider, Kürschner' (Idiotikon IV, 849, with documents 1335, 1343 and the presumably expressed statement 'here probably also the family name Nater TG, otherwise also written Natter WS'). In northern German Switzerland, the long -â- of the original form Nâter with so-called evaporation Nôter (with dull o), with abbreviation (especially before -er derivation) Notter developed.
- In summary, it can definitely be said that in the name Notter, older Nâter, the old and Middle High German professional designation nâtari, nâtaere, nâtere, nâter in the sense of an original epithet 'tailor, also fur sewer , furrier ' is present. This can be seen both from the older evidence of the name and from its dialect development.
Sources and evidence
Sources (cited with the abbreviations in bold)
Chartularium Sangallense. Arranged by Otto P. Clavadetscher, Vol. IV (1266–1299). St. Gallen 1985. = AS
Chartularium Sangallense. Arranged by Otto P. Clavadetscher. Vol. VI (1327-1347). St. Gallen 1993. = CS6
Chartularium Sangallense. Arranged by Otto P. Clavadetscher. Vol VII (1348-1361). St. Gallen 1993. = CS7
The legal sources of the canton Aargau vol. 4: The city rights of Bremgarten and Lenzburg, edit. von Walther Merz, Aarau 1909, p. 30, no. 7, Stadtrotel Bremgarten, certificate 4, parchment manuscript from the 1st half of the 14th century.
The tax books of the city of Constance: Part I. 1418–1460. Edited by the Konstanz City Archives. Constance 1958. = KSt I
The tax books of the city of Constance: Part II. 1470–1530. Arranged by Peter Rüster. Constance 1963. = KSt II
Fontes Rerum Bernensium
3rd volume Bern 1880 = FRB 3
4th volume Bern 1889 = FRB 4
6th volume Bern 1891 = FRB 6
7th volume Bern 1893 = FRB 7
8th volume Bern 1903 = FRB 8
10. Bd. Bern 1956 = FRB 10
Repertory of Swiss historical sources in the Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe. = GLA
Dept. 1: Konstanz-Reichenau:
Vol. 1: Documents with selections. (Franziska Geiges-Heindl, Karl Mommsen, Martin Salzmann) Zurich 1982. = K – R 1
vol. 2: Books. (Franziska Geiges-Heindl, Karl Mommsen, Martin Salzmann) Zurich 1981. = KR 2
vol. 3: files, supplements. (Josef Brülisauer, Franziska Geiges-Heindl, Peter Hoppe, Martha Salzmann) Zurich 1894. = K – R 3
vol. 4: Complete register. (Franziska Geiges-Heindl, Martin Salzmann) Zurich 1990.
City archive of Konstanz: Repertory K II, master builder's bus book 1452–1470, vol. 1 = bus book
City Archives Konstanz: Konstanzer Ratsbuch 1376-1391. = KR
Thurgau document book, edit. by Friedrich Schaltegger and Ernst Leisi . Vol. 4, 1300-1340, Frauenfeld 1931. = TU4
Thurgau document book, edit. by Friedrich Schaltegger and Ernst Leisi. Vol. 5, Frauenfeld 1937. = TU5
Thurgau document book, edit. by Ernst Leisi. Vol. 6, Frauenfeld 1950. = TU6
Thurgau document book, edit. by Ernst Leisi. Vol. 7, Frauenfeld 1961. = TU7
Land register of the Hermetschwil AG monastery, Aarau State Archives, AA 4532 = UH
The documents of the Bremgarten City Archives up to 1500, ed. by Walther Merz, Aarau 1938. = URB
Urbare and Rödel of the city and landscape of Zurich, arr. by Werner Schnyder, Zurich 1963, = URZ
Document book of the southern parts of the canton of St. Gallen (Gaster, Sargans, Werdenberg) 11th Vol. 1285-1340, edit. by F. Perret. Rorschach 1982.
Document book of the city and landscape of Zurich.
Vol. 6, 1288-1296 Eds. J. Escher and P. Schweizer. Zurich 1905. = UZ6
vol. 8, eds. Escher and P. Schweizer. Zurich 1911. = UZ8
vol. 9, eds. Escher and P. Schweizer. Zurich 1915. = UZ9
Nabholz, Hans and Hegi, Friedrich: The tax books of the city and landscape of Zurich of the XIV. And XV. Century. 1. Bd. Die Steuerrödel of the XIV. Century 1357-1376. Zurich 1918. = ZS1
Nabholz, Hans and Hauser, Edwin: The tax books of the city and landscape of Zurich of the XIV. And XV. Century. 2. Vol. Tax legislation and tax junk 1401–1450. Zurich 1939. = ZS2
Rieder, Karl: Regesta Episcoporum Constatiensium. 1384–1436, 3rd vol. Innsbruck 1926. p. 303 Document 9322 of July 21, 1430.
Role of the coat of arms of the gender society “zur Katzen” in Konstanz 1547. The city of Konstanz commemorated the 35th annual meeting of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings on July 31 and August 1, 1904. Original in the Rosgarten Museum Konstanz.
Lexica and secondary literature (cited after the short title in bold)
Binder , Max: Konstanz as a city of heraldic art and the book of arms of the knight Konrad von Grüneberg, in: "Das Schöne Konstanz", Konstanz 1939.
Book of surnames in Switzerland, edit. on behalf of the Swiss Society for Family Research, Zurich (3rd edition) 1989.
Joos , Edi: The unrest of the city of Constance 1300–1450, in: Journal for the history of the Upper Rhine, 116 (NF 77), 1968, pp. 31–58.
Kirchgässner , Bernhard: The tax system of the imperial city of Constance 1418–1460, Constance 1960.
Lei , Hermann: The Thurgau court rulers in the 18th century. An example of corporate freedom in a common rule of the Old Confederation (Diss.), Frauenfeld 1963.
Leisi , Ernst: The origin of our family names, in: Publication of the Heimatvereinigung am Untersee, issue 2, 1941.
Maurer , Helmut: The coat of arms of the Schulthaissischen family chronicle. Declaration of the City Archives Konstanz for its move into the convent building of the monastery Petershausen, Konstanz 1984.
Maurer , Helmut: Constance in the Middle Ages, vol. 1: From the beginnings to the council, Constance 1989.
Nater , Hans: Alt Hugelshofen . A village story, Bürglen 1963.
Nater , Hans: Dotnacht , the way to unity. A village story, Zollikon 1970.
Nuglisch , A .: The development of wealth in Constance from 1388 to 1550, in: Conrads Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik, 3rd volume, Bd. 32, Jena 1906.
Upper Baden gender book , edit. by J. Kindler von Knobloch and O. Freiherr von Stotzingen, 3rd vol., Heidelberg 1898–1919.
Schulte , Aloys: History of the large Ravensburger trading company 1380–1530, Vol. 1–3, Stuttgart 1923.
Schweizerisches Idiotikon , dictionary of the Swiss German language, Frauenfeld 1881–1990.
Thurgauer Wappenbuch , arr. and ed. by Julius Rickenmann, Geneva 1940.
Wielandt , Friedrich: The Constance linen trade; 1. history and organization; 2. Sources (Konstanzer Stadtrechtsquellen, edited by the Konstanz City Archives), Konstanz 1950.
Evidence for nater as a job title for tailor or furrier
1265–87: "S. dictus Nâter de Winterthur “Zurich 1265–87. > URZ, p. 62.
1284: “Volki dir Nater” (guarantor) St. Gallen May 13, 1284> AS, p. 273, no. 2122: “Baldebert von Andwil sells the Ödenhof to the St. Gallen Hospital and provides guarantees that his nieces and the Sisters in Wil give up their rights to the abbot of St. Gallen . "
1293: "... hern Dietrichs blessed landlady, des Naters", Zurich, Aug. 19, 1293, No. 2248.> UZ6, p. 209. Note: The name has not yet been used in this form. Incidentally, since Nater can also be called Schneider and in 1264 there is a Dietrich Sartor civis Thuricensis (III. No. 1279) “... this is probably meant. Nater was the name of the furriers and the town book mentions a kürsenhaus on the Münsterhof for 1835, cf. City books, ed. Zeller, I, p. 83 and Old Zurich, I, p. 490, according to which it stood in place of the later guild house for the Kämbel , ie the house of Mr. Sattler Locher-Wolf next to the Meise . But this Naters house, as the impulses show, is not identical to the Kämbel. "
1295: "Uol. Nâter ”, Feb. 3, 1295, Bern [member of the Grand Council]. > FRB 3rd vol. Bern 1880, p. 604, no. 612.
1312: "Petter dictus Nattere", April 1312, Freiburg im Üechtland [landowner in Nydre-Churchilon]. > FRB 4th vol. Bern 1889, p. 504, no. 479.
1314: "... the Heinrich des Naters" Zurich March 4, 1314.> UZ9 p. 132f. No. 3261. This Nater house was just to the left of the mentioned Zunfthaus zum Kämbel (“Kameel”), which in 1335 was also called “Kürsenhaus”. > UZ7, p. 449.
1316: "Johans des Naters", convent brother. Zurich May 10, 1316.> UZ8 p. 123, no. 2836.
1328: "brothers Johan, the Naters" Heinrich for Rheintor, citizens of Diessenhofen , sold the monastery of St. Catherine's two fields in Raithard which Johan has the snake as a fief to 41 lb. old Brisger. Diessenhofen Feb. 12, 1328.> TU4 p. 528, No. 1412.
1335: "Johans the adder and his wife Agnes" from Diessenhofen are enfeoffed by Abbot Rudolf von Stein with a farmstead in Stein for 10 Schilling Pfennig annually, on the condition that he build "gadmer" under the earth there as storage rooms, and no about it; that he and his servants do not live there but only work; that no one lies there with a woman. Stein am Rhein April 3, 1335.> TU4, p. 657, No. 1531. [The same document in the document register for the canton of Schaffhausen . Ed. From the State Archives, 1st volume, year 987–1469. Schaffhausen 1906. p. 72, no. 573.1].
1349, Sept. 12th: Abbot Eberhard v. R. promises his serf Jakob Habernäsch the nater, citizen of Constance, not to exchange, sell or pledge him and has 8 £ d. receive. Sabbath post nativitatis b. M.> Copy of GLA Reichenau Lehenbuch 1, No. 1104, 1105, p. 223/224
Bremgarten
1st half of the 14th century: "ein wacht sol sin vf Hermans des Naters hus", 1st half of the 14th century> The legal sources of the Canton of Aargau, vol. 4: The city rights of Bremgarten and Lenzburg , revised. von Walther Merz, Aarau 1909, p. 30, no. 7. Stadtrotel Bremgarten, certificate 4: Parchment manuscript from the 1st half of the 14th century. (see below Var. Natters in manuscripts RII and RIII).
1474: "ein wacht sol sin vf Hermans des Natters hus", probably 1474 and the end of the 15th century.> The legal sources of the Canton of Aargau, vol. 4: The city rights of Bremgarten and Lenzburg, edit. by Walther Merz, Aarau 1909, p. 30, no. 7. Stadtrotel Bremgarten: R II = document 5: parchment manuscript probably from 1474, R III = document 6: parchment manuscript from the end of the 15th century.
Evidence for Nater as a proper name
Berlingen (Steckborn TG district)
1317: "... de vineis prope villam Bernang = Berlingen ... Ulricus, dictus Nater" (neighbor), Constance, November 20, 1317.> TU4, p. 369, no. 1241. Provost Konrad von Klingenberg gives the convent Feldbach owned the Hagenbuch farm and other goods near Feldbach, some of which he bought from Ritter Dietegen von Kastell, son of the former Knight Walters. [S. 371: Dietegen von Kastell was the brother of Abbot Diethelm von Reichenau, the Provost Konrad von Klingenberg was the youngest brother of Bishop Heinrich II of Konstanz, whose mother Williberg von Kastell.]
1343: “Ulrich Naters vineyards” neighbor in Berlingen, Reichenau December 8, 1343.> TU5, p. 62, no. 1730 a + b.
[oI]: "Ulrich Nater von Berlingen", witness April 23rd> TU5, p. 69, no. 1741.
1344: "Ulrich Nater von Berlingen" Abbot Eberhard [R.] declares that Ulrich Nater zu Berlingen (Bernang), with his consent, paid an interest of a quarter of wine from his vineyard under Sandegg, which he moved to his vineyard called Sendli transfers to B. above the village. Reichenau 23 August 1344.> KR 2, No. 543, p. 112.> GLA 67/1105. > TU5, p. 93, No. 1778 of August 20, 1344. [Date!]
1346: Ulrich Nater u. Others pledge before Abbot Eberhard von Reichenau goods in Berlingen, Steckborn and Feldbach for 25 pounds to the Jew Maigerlin in Constance, half repayable on Martini this year and the following year, or 2d per pound post-interest per week. Konstanz January 16, 1346.> KR 2, No. 607, p. 118.> GLA 67/1105, p. 625-627 & 404.> TU5, p. 143, No. 1842.
1346: "Ulrich der Nater von Bernang" sells two Saum white wine from his vineyard called das Hinder Loe zu Berlingen to Katharina von Gossau as a Leibgeding for 10 lb Pfennig Konstanz currency. Constance April 19, 1346.> KR 2, No. 611, p. 119. GLA 67/1005, p. 628f. > CS6, pp. 507f., No. 3976.
1346: Ulrich Nater von Berlingen buys from Abbot Eberhard an annual interest of 2 Saum white wine from his vineyards at B. 10 lb as a personal gift to Katharina von Gossau, virgin of Adelheid Sträuli (Strölin) in Constance. April 20, 1346.> KR 2, No. 611.> GLA 67/1105.
1348: Ulrich Nater von Berlingen and his sister Margreth pledge, with the permission of Abbot Eberhard von Reichenau, the mill, house, Torggel, Baumgarten and Hofraiti for 25 lb Pfennig Konstanz currency. Constance January 4, 1348.> KR 2, no. 663, p. 124.> GLA 67/1105, p. 638.> TU5, p. 210, no. 1916.
1348: Ulrich Nater von Berlingen pledges vineyards in Berlingen for 3 lb Schilling Konstanz coin with the permission of Abbot Eberhard von Reichenau. Constance February 18, 1348.> KR 2, No. 669, p. 124.> GLA 67/1105. > TU5, pp. 214f., No. 1922.
1348: "Ulrich Naters vineyards" (neighbor, with the permission of Eberhard von Reichenau). May 8, 1348.> TU5, pp. 218f., No. 1929.
1348: "Ulrich Nater von Berlingen" and his wife Euphemia (Mye) with their bailiff Hans Schedler, his son Hermann and his sister Margreth sell an interest of 7 Mütt kernels, Konstanzer measure around 29 lb Pfennig Konstanz currency (numerous goods) to Konrad Egli, citizen of Constance. Reichenau December 8, 1348.> KR 2, No. 694.> GLA 67/1104. > TU5, p. 249, no.1956.
1348: "Ulrichen den Nater von Bernang" (it is about the same interest). Constance December 13, 1348.> TU5, p. 250, no. 1957.
1353: "Uli Nater" buys a vineyard above the Berlinger Tor with the permission of Abbot Eberhard von Reichenau. January 8, 1353.> KR 2, No. 807, p. 138.> GLA 67/1104. > TU5, p. 416, No. 2140.
1353: "Ulrich Naters" property, neighbor, with the permission of Abbot Eberhard von Reichenau. Constance probably August 17, 1353.> TU5, p. 442, no. 2171.
1365: "Ulrich Nater" The garment tailor Konrad Sunnentag, a citizen of Constance, pledged a lapel to Abbot Eberhard von Reichenau, who lent him the goods of his in-law Ulrich Nater von Berlingen, in the event that the goods were completely in his property would come to do all services with taxes and other things to the church in Reichenau, to encourage the recipients to do the same services. Constance December 16, 1365.> TU6 p. 382, no. 2847.
1375: "Ulrich Nater von Berlingen" and his sister Margret pledge three vineyards in Berlingen for 52 lb to Hug in der Bünd den Jüngeren, a citizen of> Constance. Reichenau, February 3, 1375.> KR 2 No. 1139, p. 175.> GLA 67/1104, p. 472-475. > TU5, p. 551 no., 2296 [date in TU5 incorrect!].
1375: "Ulrich Nater von Berlingen" with the consent of his sister Margrethe and his son Hermann, with the permission of Abbot Eberhard von Reichenau, pledge two vineyards for 20 lb Pfennig Konstanz coin to Lienhard von Hof, citizen of Constance, repayable on the next St. Martin's Day. Reichenau March 17, 1375.> KR 2, 1201, p. 175.> GLA 67/1104. > TU6, p. 764, No. 3313.
Constance - Surroundings - Bischofshöri
Constancy
[The council lists before 1376 and after 1391 are not preserved]
1376: "V ° li natter" [1. Column middle]: Names of the members of the Great Council (columns 1–3 = 35 each): and Small Council (34)> City Archives Konstanz: Konstanzer Ratsbuch 1376–1391. BI 1 p. 11> KR, 11
1377: "V ° li Nater" [1. Sp. 14, before Lütfrid Mumprat]> KR, 12
1378: "V ° li Nat '" [1. Sp. 14, in front of Lütfrid Mumprat]> KR, 23
1379: "Father Father" [1. Col. 18. partially destroyed]> KR, 35
1380: "Üli Natt '" [1. Sp. 13, before Lütfrid Mumprat]> KR, 50
1381: "Nater" [1. Sp. 14, before Lütfrid Mumprat]> KR, 62
1382: "Nater" [1. Sp. 11, before Lütfrid Mumprat]> KR, 79
1383: "Nater" [before Lütfrid Mumprat]> KR, 91
1384: "V¨li Nater" [1. Sp. 11]> KR, 125
1385: "Ueli Nater"> KR, 132
1386: "Neter" [1. Sp. 12]> KR, 143
1387: "nat / Lütfrid Mumprat" [1.Sp. 14, before]> KR, 155
1390: "Nater} phender who are also in the great council"> KR, 363
1391: "V¨li Nâter" [1. Sp. 13]> KR, 379
1388: "U ° li Naeter", canvas shower and sub-buyer. P. 345> Wielandt, Friedrich: The Constance linen trade. Vol. II. Sources. Konstanz 1953. p. 10.
1452–: Naterin> Bußbuch des Baumeister 1452–1470, no. 121, Naterin> K II, vol. 1, no. 118a
1497: Nater, Clain Hans, 1497.> Bürgerbuch A IV 2, p. 12 Nater, Groß Hans, 1497.> Bürgerbuch A IV 2, p. 12
1511: Naterin, Barbara von Wiher from the Allgäu. 1511.> Bürgerbuch A IV 4, p. 37
1551: Naterin, Margreth, widow of Thomas Huetlin, des Alten, 1551.> Bürgerbuch A IV 9, p. 2
1564: Naterin, Margretha, von Hugeltzhoven 1564.> Bürgerbuch A IV 7, p. 98
1566: Nater, Blesi and Clainfund von Hupperschwil, Nater Jerg, a valet in the hospital 1566> deduction book A IV 10, p. 70
1568: Naterin, Barbara von Hugelshofen married. with Hans Frey von Petershausen 1568> Bürgerbuch A IV 11, p. 293, p. 295; 1569> 12b.
1569: Nater, Barbara, von Hugelshofen. > Bürgerbuch A IV 7, p. 137f.
Emmishofen (Kreuzlingen TG district)
1486: "Cuonrat Nâter"> City Archives Konstanz, CV 16, Regional Court Auslagebuch, p. 14.
1532: Friedrich Näter von Emmishofen sells Max Blarer, the councilor to K., an interest> GLA 67/511 No. 2672, from November 3, 1532.
Happerswil (Weinfelden TG district)
1428: "Hans Nater von Halperswil". > Dikenmann: The position of the city of Constance in the Landgraviate of Thurgau 1417–1499, (quoted from the tax book of the city of Constance).
1450: "Haine Nater" from Harppeschwil (witness). > City Archives Konstanz CV 12, Regional Court p. 93
1463: Hans Nater von Happerswil obl. For interest> GLA 5/706, No. 945, from July 3, 1463
1450–72: "Hans Nättr von Harperswile"> City Archives Konstanz, book of penance of the builder 1452–1470 No. 122, and K II, vol. 1, no. 152
1486: "Vlrich Nâter von Harperschwil". > Stadtarchiv Konstanz, CV 16, regional court display book p. 19.
1531: Hans Nater v. H.? Abbot Martin von Reichenau swears Urfehde, because he broke the oath of obedience as a Hintersasse and servant zu Hegne and without prior knowledge of the upper rulership in the outrage between the 5 Catholic places also those of ZH, BE, and their appendices did military service on the side of Thurgau Sword made a Swiss cross. > KR 1, No. 2940 of September 12, 1531.> GLA 5/229.
Hugelshofen (Weinfelden TG district)
1459: "Hans Nater von Happerswil" gives the caretakers of the four Raitinen in Konstanz lapels for the enfeoffment with the Kelnhof in Hugelshofen as an inheritance loan. Constance, June 2, 1459.> KR 1, No. 1904, p. 256> GLA 5/670.
1494: "Ulrich Natter von Hugelshofen" receives from Remigius Karrer, chaplain of the altar of the St. Margarethen Chapel in the Constance Minster, the Schuppis to Hugelschoffen next to the churches, including the house and accessories. > Quote after
1525: "Hans Nater, called Nasshans von Hugelshofen" pays the St. Paul Brotherhood in Constance an annual interest of 10 Schilling ex house, farm and tree garden plus meadow called Ölwiese zu Hugelshofen, all fiefdoms of the St. Margaret Altar in Constance Minster. November 18, 1525.> KR 3, No. * 78d, p. 349.> GLA 66/4647, fol. 91v.
1543: "Weisshans Nater, called Wissli" and Hans Nufer, blacksmith from Mattwil, near von Hugelshofen, present lapel to Heinrich Roder, chaplain of the St. Bernard Altar in Constance Minster for the enfeoffment of the estate called Bolhof zu Hugelshofen as hereditary. March 5, 1543.> KR, No. 3128, p. 412.> GLA 5/670.
1554: "Martin Nater von Hugelshofen" and Hans Nufer: Confirmation of the Bollhof zu Hugelshofen as an inheritance from Chaplain Heinrich Roder from the Bernhard altar in the Minster of Constance. > KR 1, No. 3295, U of 1554.> GLA 5/705.
1574: "Joseph Nater von Hugelshofen" gives a lapel to the chaplains of the women's office in Konstanzer Münster for the enfeoffment with goods to Hugelshofen, which his father Heinrich Nater (†) had previously held as a pleading. 1 July 1574 sealed by the governor in the TG. > KR 1, No. 3611, p. 471.> GLA 5/670.
1703: "Jerg Nater zu Hugelshofen" is allowed to take out a loan from the St. Stephan zu K. monastery for 150 florins ( guilders ) and thus encumber his fief. > KR 1, No. 5059, U of 6.15.1703. > GLA 5/670
1718: "Georg and Kaspar Nother zu Hugelshofen" are allowed to encumber their fiefdom in Hugelshofen for 150 florins from the Stephansstift for 3 years. > KR 1, No. 5142U, dated January 8, 1718.> GLA 5/670
1719: "Hans Natter zu Hugelshofen" may encumber his fiefdom in Hugelshofen received from the cathedral chapter for 3 years with 175 fl. > KR 1, No. 5153, dated September 12, 1719.> GLA 5/670
1765: "Jakob Nater" and Daniel Wachter von Hugelshofen issue a lapel to the chaplain and keeper of the Bernhardspfründe at the Münster for the enfeoffment with the Bollhof zu Hugelshofen> KR 1, No. 5432, U of November 6, 1765.> GLA 5 / 670
1795: Guilty acknowledgment of the brothers Hans Georg and Matthias Natter for 350 fl from the Stephansstift. December 8, 1795> KR 1, No. 5592.> GLA 5/671.
1795: acknowledgment of debt by Johann [not Joseph as in the register!] Natters, Zimmermann zu Hugelshofen opposite the Stephansstift for 50 florins over the 150 florins owed according to the mortgage note of September 1, 1785 and 50 florins of January 22, 1786 and everything on the 22.8. to interest. > KR 1, No. 5593, U p. 696, Frauenfeld December 8, 1795.> GLA 5/671.
Siegershausen (Kreuzlingen TG district)
1465: "Hans Nater von Sigrisshusen ". > City Archives Konstanz CV 14, Regional Court p. 8.
Hüttlingen (Frauenfeld TG district)
1380: "Nater" (farmer of half a farm, which is given by Abbot Heinrich von Reichenau to the Schultheiss underm Schof in Winterthur ). Schaffhausen September 25, 1380.> TU7, p. 221, no. 3586
Hinterthurgau
Municipality not exactly localized, around Sirnach , Tannegg , Fischingen , Dussnang to Bronschhofen :
around 1300: "der Nater gu ° t xx denarios" Isti sunt census et redditus castri in Tannegge, no. 59. Land registry without date, original lost, copy from the 14th century> GLA Karlsruhe, Beraine 4657, p. 18 -21. > TU5, p. 733, No. 39.
Gabris (village in the municipality of Wuppenau, Münchwilen TG district)
1359: “Bertold Nater von Gabris moves a fiefdom post of the court to Heiligkreuz by 20 lb. Pfennig Konstanzer Münze of his wife Elisabeth, their son Eberhard and their daughters Mechtild and Geri. ”St. Gallen July 30, 1359.> TU6, p. 24, no. 2444. [The same document also in: CS7 p. 455]. There is a seal on it: Seal of Ulrich von Enne, Probst of SG. > UB SG V, No. 1544, 669. Fig. 196.> Vol. IV, Fig. 196: Gallus with bear, + S.UOLRICI.DE.ENNE.PPO1TI.MON.SCI.GALLI.
Schaffhausen
1334: "Heinrich Nater and Johann his brother", citizens of Schaffhausen, receive a house in the Hampelngässli as a fief from the Allerheiligen monastery , for which they issue a fief lapel. March 21, 1334.> Register of documents for the canton of Schaffhausen. Edited by the State Archives. 1st volume year 987-1469. Schaffhausen 1906. p. 71, no. 560.
1527: "Hans Nater" (judgment in a march dispute in Schaffhausen ), February 23, 1527.> Register of documents for the canton of Schaffhausen. Edited by the State Archives. 2nd volume year 1470-1530. Schaffhausen 1907. p. 554, no. 4339.
Zurich
1366: Peter Nater 2 ß Auf Dorf No. 132.> ZSI, p. 147.
1369: Peter Nater 2 ß Auf Dorf No. 132.> ZS1, p. 209.
1370: Peter Nater 2 ß Auf Dorf No. 132.> ZS1, p. 253.
1376: Demuot Nattera left on village no.28.> ZS1, p. 468.
1376: Katherin Natterin left on village no.86.> ZS1, p. 470.
[1390]: Naters Gut in Vollikon. Zurich January 11 [1390]. > Documents from the State Archives of the Canton of Zurich *. Vol. 1385-1400. Eds. Urs Amacher and Martin Lassner. Zurich 1996, p. 102, no.3401.
1401: Katerin Naterin left on village no. 12. Peter Nater 2 ß on village. > üZS2 p. 28. 1408: Katerin Naterin on village no.12.> ZS2, p. 108.
1410: Katerin Natrin Auf Dorf No. 12.> ZS2, p. 203.
[Afterwards no more Nater in Zurich]
Heinrich Nater, conventual of the Kappel am Albis Monastery, was given to Bishop Otto [III. von Hachberg] proposed as pastor for the church in Beinwil. > Rieder, Karl: Regesta Episcoporum Constatiensium. 1384-1436, 3rd vol. Innsbruck 1926, p. 303, document 9322 [copy of SASG M1A4].
Bern area
1336: “A garden located at Willis Natersgarten on the Ride [in Thun].” June 20, 1336.> FRB vol. 6, Bern 1891, p. 295, no. 302.
1340: "the guotter am Naters" in Röthenbach. End of June 1340.> FRB Bd. 6, Bern 1891, p. 532, no. 549. [Naters is probably a place or field name, since personal names are listed with first names in this document.]
1344: "Walther Nâter, Peter Nâter, Burchart Nâter". June 23, 1344.> FRB vol. 7, Bern 1893, p. 41, no. 45. [The three Nâter are in Gurzelen / Gürbetal , subject to interest, nothing is stated about their place of residence, it was probably Bern as with the persons involved the certificate.]
1351: "daz guot am Naters", October 15, 1351, Thun. > FRB Vol. 7, Bern 1893, p. 598, No. 630.
1352: "Uelli Nater", Jan. 7, 1352, Thun. > FRB Vol. 7, Bern 1893, p. 620, no. 650.
1366: "Uoli Nauter, sat ze Berne", June 1366, Bern. > FRB Vol. 8, Bern 1903, p. 671, No. 1694.
1376: "Burchart Nater Burger ze Berne", April 12, 1376, Bern. > FRB Vol. 9, Bern 1908, p. 494, r. 1016.
1379: "Jenni Hirssi, Heini von Troeyen, Uelli Naters and Anna, wiland Jennis, blessed landlady of Troeyen", 3rd July 1379, Bern. > FRB Vol. 10, Bern 1956, p. 22, No. 59.
1381: "Nicholaus Natere, burgensis de Berno", January 12, 1381, Bern. > FRB Vol. 10, Bern 1956, p. 118, No. 212.