Oldenburg farmer's letters
The Oldenburg peasant letters (synonyms: peasant roles, village rules, peasant codes, arbitrariness) were written down rules of conduct that were created by farmers in the counties of Oldenburg and Delmenhorst during the 16th and 17th centuries in accordance with the cooperative self-government law .
A total of 87 peasant letters have become known in the two counties. Many of them are now only copies. Most of them are in the Lower Saxony State Archives in Oldenburg.
The farmer's letters mainly contained rules for maintaining order in the villages and field marks, but also traditional rules of lower self-jurisdiction. Embarrassing hand and neck punishments were left to the appointed courts. The amount of the fine (breaks) to be paid for misconduct was recorded in the individual paragraphs.
Contents of the letters
Farmer beers
Many farmers' letters stipulated that once a year a meeting of all farmers in the village took place, in which the master farmer and the jury were elected, current problems were discussed and the fines received were converted into free beer and drunk. In many places these gatherings were called "farmer beers".
Traditional letters
number | Name without location | place | date | Administrative unit | items |
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1 | Peasant law from | Boitwarden | 08/30/1757 | Bailiwick of Golzwarden | |
2 | Farmer's letter from | shad | 02/22/1693 | Rodenkirchen Bailiwick | |
3 | Farmer's letter from | Rodenkirchen | 03/22/1712 | Rodenkirchen Bailiwick | |
4th | Farmer's letter from | Beckum | 01/11/1715 | Rodenkirchen Bailiwick | |
5 | Farmer's letter from | Hartwarden | 02/25/1716 | Rodenkirchen Bailiwick | |
6th | Farmer's letter from | Absen | 02/18/1728 | Rodenkirchen Bailiwick | |
7th | Farmer's letter from | Hakendorferwurp | 12/24/1736 | Rodenkirchen Bailiwick | |
8th | Farmer's letter from | Hartwarder and
Rodenkircherwurp |
02/22/1737 | Rodenkirchen Bailiwick | |
9 | Farmer's letter from | Alserwurp | 02/22/1738 | Rodenkirchen Bailiwick | |
10 | Farmer's letter from | shad | 02/22/1742 | Rodenkirchen Bailiwick | |
11 | Policey and
Building order of |
Utergadingen | 04/18/1770 | Rodenkirchen Bailiwick | |
12 | Farmer's letter from | Hope so | 05/11/1673 | Bailiwick dismantled | |
13 | Farmer's letter from | Remove | 16.03.1691 | Bailiwick dismantled | |
14th | Farmer's letter from | Ellwild | 04/16/1691 | Bailiwick dismantled | |
15th | Building order of |
Abbehausergroden
and Altendeich |
02/24/1694 | Bailiwick dismantled | |
16 | Farmer's letter from | Blinking | 05/04/1691 | Blexen Bailiwick | |
17th | Farmer's letter from | Blexersands | 05/12/1732 | Vogtei Blexen | |
18th | Farmer's letter from | Tettens | 06/04/1735 | Vogtei Blexen | |
19th | Farmer's letter from | Phiesewarn | 04/19/1732 | Vogtei Blexen | |
20th | Farmer's letter from | Volkers | 06/23/1759 | Vogtei Blexen | |
21st | Farmer's letter from | Atens | 07/03/1759 | Vogtei Blexen | |
22nd | Farmer's letter from | Ice warden | 07/03/1759 | Vogtei Blexen | |
23 | Farmer's letter from | Snowing | 01/21/1760 | Vogtei Blexen | |
24 | Farmer's letter from | Großfedderwarden | 05/02/1735 | Bailiwick of Burhave | |
25th | Policey and
Building regulations all Farmerships in of the |
Bailiwick of Burhave | 6/14/1755 | Bailiwick of Burhave | |
26th | Policey and
Building regulations all Farmerships in of the |
Bailiwick of Burhave | 13.5.1758 | Bailiwick of Burhave | |
27 | Farmer's letter from | Eckwarden | April 12, 1689 | Bailiwick of Eckwarden | |
28 | Building order of | Ruhwarden | 11/10/1749 | Bailiwick of Eckwarden | |
29 | Building earth from | Düke and Kleintossens | 11/10/1749 | Bailiwick of Eckwarden | |
30th | Farmer's letter from | Tossens | 05.03.1770 | Bailiwick of Eckwarden | |
31 | Farmer's letter from | Oterlands | 09.1774 | Land dignitaries bailiwick / office | |
32 | Farmer's letter from | Wiemsdorf | 09.1774 | Land dignitaries bailiwick / office | |
33 | Men's and
Peasant law from |
Neuenbrok | 02/03/1614 | Bailiwick of Moorriem | |
34 | Peasant law from | Dalsper | 02/04/1614 | Bailiwick of Moorriem | |
35 | Burrecht im | Parish of Elsfleth | 02.1614 | Bailiwick of Moorriem | |
36 | Burrecht and order of | Bardfleth | 02.1614 | Bailiwick of Moorriem | |
37 | Burrecht of | Burwinkel | 02.1614 | Bailiwick of Moorriem | |
38 | Burrecht and order of | Eckfleth | 02.1614 | Bailiwick of Moorriem | |
39 | Burrecht of | Huntorf | 02.1614 | Bailiwick of Moorriem | |
40 | Burrecht of | Nordermoor | 02.1614 | Bailiwick of Moorriem | |
41 | Peasant law in | Siverdt Stedings
Radschaft |
02.1614 | Bailiwick of Moorriem | |
42 | Farmer role of | Neuenbrok | July 25, 1709 | Bailiwick of Moorriem | |
43 | Building regulations in | Parish of Elsfleth | 03/10/1760 | Bailiwick of Moorriem | |
44 | Farmer role of | Burwinkel | 02/28/1764 | Bailiwick of Moorriem | |
44.1 | Farmer role of | Buttel | 03/21/1766 | Bailiwick of Moorriem | |
45 | Farmer role of | Dalsper | 03/29/1769 | Bailiwick of Moorriem | |
46 | Farmer role of | Altenhuntorf | 1768? | Bailiwick of Moorriem | |
47 | Bauerrecht im | Parish Great Sea | 02/26/1614 | Bailiwick of Oldenbrok | |
48 | Bauerrecht im | Parish Oldenbrok | 02.1614 | Bailiwick of Oldenbrok | |
49 | Arbitrariness of | Vogei Strückhausen | 03/31/1722 | Bailiwick of Strückhausen | |
49.1 | Building order of | Popkenhöge,
Strückhausermoor and Coldewey |
04/07/1722 | Bailiwick of Strückhausen | |
50 | Farmer's letter from | Popkenhöge,
Strückhausermoor and Coldewey |
04/02/1762 | Bailiwick of Strückhausen | |
51 | Peasant law from | Mutton warden | 02.1614 | Bailiwick of Hammelwarden | |
52 | Arbitrariness of | Mutton warden
and Fünfhausen |
01/27/1738 | Bailiwick of Hammelwarden | |
53 | Farmer's letter from | Riding country | 04/18/1638 | Bailiwick of Switzerland | |
53.1 | Farmer's letter from | Süder-Frieschenmoor | 03/12/1689 | Bailiwick of Switzerland | |
54 | Farmer's letter from | Seefeld outer dike | 10/27/1729 | Bailiwick of Switzerland | |
55 | Farmer's letter of mutt from | Northern Switzerland | 02/09/1739 | Bailiwick of Switzerland | |
56 | Farmer's letter from | Neustadt | 02/10/1750 | Bailiwick of Switzerland | |
57 | Rulla of | Mansfleth and Ranzenbüttel | 1580 | Berne Bailiwick | |
58 | Rulla of | Betting Fees | 1586 | Berne Bailiwick | Rulla of betting fees |
59 | Role of | Schluess | 02/22/1597 | Berne Bailiwick | |
60 | Farmer role of | Neuenkoop and Buttel | 08/15/1606 | Berne Bailiwick | |
61 | Rulla of the citizens too | Berne | 01/01/1620 | Berne Bailiwick | |
62 | Peasant law from | Hamenhausen | 02.1707 | Berne Bailiwick | |
63 | Role of | Ollen and Glüsing | 1729 | Berne Bailiwick | |
64 | Peasant role of | Ritzenbütteler Landes | 02/20/1666 | Bailiwick of Altenesch | |
65 | Role of | Listening speech | 02/12/1727 | Bailiwick of Altenesch | |
66 | Farmer's letter from | Ohmstede | 04/09/1700 | House bailiwick of Oldenburg | |
67 | Funeral order of | Eversten | 11/22/1735 | House bailiwick of Oldenburg | |
68 | Farmer role of | Bümmerstede | 01/20/1746 | House bailiwick of Oldenburg | |
69 | Funeral order of | Holy Spirit Gate | 03/13/1751 | House bailiwick of Oldenburg | |
70 | Funeral regulations of the
Mutt from |
Ohmstede | 03/01/1756 | House bailiwick of Oldenburg | |
70.1 | Comparison of house people
from |
Ohmstede | 05/26/1764 | House bailiwick of Oldenburg | |
71 | Farmer role of | Holle and Oberhausen | 11/12/1695 | Bailiwick desert land | |
72 | Bauerrull from | Buttel and Bäke | March 31, 1708 | Bailiwick desert land | |
73 | Peasant law from | Wüsting | 04/30/1725 | Bailiwick desert land | |
74 | comparison of | Blankenburg | 06/14/1728 | Bailiwick desert land | |
75 | Peasant law from | Wüsting | 06/22/1766 | Bailiwick desert land | |
76 | Farmer role of | Krichhatten , Sandhatten , | 04/03/1699 | Bailiwick of Hatten | |
77 | Farmer role of | Westerburg and Höven | 02/24/1785 | Wardenburg Bailiwick | |
78 | Peasant law from | Gristede | 1600 (um) | Rastede Office | |
79 | Bauerrecht in the | Rastede parishes
and Wiefelstede |
02/08/1614 | Rastede Office | |
80 | Peasant law from | Loy and Barghorn | 06/19/1710 | Rastede Office | |
81 | Peasant law from | Linswege | 04/10/1671 | Office of Apen | |
82 | Bauerrecht im | Westerstede parish | 10/24/1746 | Office of Apen | |
83 | Bauerrecht in the | Vogtei Westerstede | 08/09/1766 | Office of Apen | |
84 | Bauerrecht im | Westerstede parish | 1772/73 | Office of Apen | |
85 | Bauerrecht in the | Bockhorn Bailiwick | 04/14/1742 | Neuchâtel Office | |
86 | Bauerrecht in the | Bailiwick of Zetel | 06/08/1757 | Neuchâtel Office | |
87 | Bauerrecht in the | Bailiwick of Zetel | 03/23/1767 | Neuchâtel Office | |
88 | Peasant law from | Edewecht | 02/13/1753 | Bailiwick of Zwischenahn | Edewecht's peasant law |
According to Ekkehard Seeber: Constitutions of Oldenburg farmers: Edition of rural legal sources from 1580 - 1814. V & R unipress, Osnabrück 2008.
literature
- Albrecht Eckhardt (Hrsg.): History of the community Edewecht in the Ammerland . Isensee, Oldenburg 2005, ISBN 3-89995-226-X .
- Ekkehard Seeber, "The Oldenburger Bauerbriefe", Holzberg Verlag, Oldenburg, 1975, ISBN 3-87358-081-0 .
- Gerold Meiners, "Die Stedinger Bauer roles", in "Stedingen and the Stedinger", Hauschild Verlag , Bremen, 1987, ISBN 3-920-69985-8 .
Sources / Editions
- Lower Saxony State Archives Oldenburg, holdings 24 and 289.
- Ekkehard Seeber: Constitutions of Oldenburg peasantry: Edition of rural legal sources from 1580 - 1814 . V & R unipress, Osnabrück 2008, ISBN 3-89971-414-8 .