Thomas Billeb

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Thomas Billeb (* around 1617 in Abtsbessingen ; † February 11, 1687 in Großbodungen ) was a German lawyer , administrative clerk , fiefdom holder , from 1653 to 1687 Graflich - Schwarzburg - bailiff for Großbodungen and builder of the Kemenate Großbodungen .

Life

Thomas Billeb was born in Abtsbessingen as the son of the coach and mayor Hans Billeb .

In 1633 - in the 30-year war - enrolled him at the legal faculty of the University of Erfurt and is probably after finishing his studies in the service of the Count of Schwarzenburg occurred. At the end of the Thirty Years' War in Großbodungen from 1646, he initially worked as a clerk or administrator. In 1652, at the latest in 1653, he was then as Schwarzburg shear bailiff operates. Billeb held this office for almost 34 years until his death in 1687.

The associated with his office lease of about 360 acre large chamber property and Kemenatenlehen were obviously economically bearable for Thomas Billeb. The inhabitants of the part of the Office villages Kraja , Wallrode and Bodungen had in different ways Frondienste to make: For which also part of the Office Hauröder residents example was the provision that they the gardens behind the administration building , which in the castle Großbodungen was housed at had to work on certain days.

Historical view of the Kemenaten ensemble. Former home of the Fürstlich-Schwarzburg officials (drawing by Erwin Hablick, 1950 †)

Amtseinkünfe and successful agriculture offset Thomas Billeb in the position, in the seventh year of his duties in 1659, the fief Kemnot to which a large land belonged to purchase. He will probably have started the reconstruction of the large floors soon. Four years later, in 1663, the stately half-timbered ensemble was completed, and Billeb was able to join his wife Katharina (1626–1673), née Katharina, who came from Tastungen . Kauffmann and the 8 children move into their new home. Until his death in 1687 Thomas Billeb lived in the bower he had built.

One of the great merits of this bailiff was the elevation of Großbodungen to a market town in 1664: Count Anton Günther von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen granted the town the privilege of holding "three general stores and cattle markets " every year.

To this day, unfortunately, no street remembers this officiator Thomas Billeb, who was extremely important for the historical development of Großbodungen.

Historical sources

Thomas Billeb is in the authoritative historical sources on large floors for the time of the 17th century as a

“ Active, prudent man”, “who was not only the tenant of the chamber property, but also the tenant of the kemenate (Kemnot) and was thus able to run a respectable farm, but above all as a 'prefectus', ie bailiff, made serious efforts to promote the economic and spiritual prosperity of the community "

This is what Pastor Blau said at the end of the 19th century, to whom Großbodungen owes an important local history .

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References and comments

  1. ↑ a b Date of birth cannot be determined precisely due to lost church records.
  2. ↑ a b c Eichsfelder Heimathefte (EHH) 2013, Dr. Gerlinde Countess of Westphalen.
  3. ↑ Original document / State Archive Rudolstadt → This document on the market rights of large floors was publicly exhibited in 2014 in the gallery in the castle .
personal data
SURNAME Billeb, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Graflich-Schwarzburg bailiff
DATE OF BIRTH around 1617
PLACE OF BIRTH Abtsbessingen
DATE OF DEATH February 11, 1687
Place of death Large floors