Kurland Property Records
This publication entitled “Kurland Property Records” opens up an essential source on Livonian history of the late Middle Ages and Reformation period, and makes these materials available and usable for research. In particular, it provides new insights on matters relating to economic, social and population history.
In cooperation with Klaus Neitmann (Baltic Historical Commission Göttingen/Potsdam), edited by Daphne Schadewaldt.
The “property records”, which concern rural land tenure during the latter period of the Duchy of Kurland, are primarily fiefdom documents, bills of sale, and mortgage deeds as well as documents relating to, among other things, marriage agreements, boundary inspections, judicial disputes, and annuity business. These are documents that were omitted when the Livonian, Estonian and Kurland record book was published, so this edition presents a collection of sources that have, until now, remained largely unknown. The publication covers the time period from the year 1230, when the first documents were handed down, until the end of Livonian independence in 1526.
The publication project received financial support from the Marga and Kurt Möllgaard Foundation in Frankfurt am Main, and the work was carried out, at intervals, from April 1998 until the end of March 2003. The editing process began with the rediscovery of a manuscript by German-Baltic historian Albert Bauer, which was held in the Institute’s document collection. In the 1930s and 1950s, Bauer had gathered a large number of significant source materials from various archives (522 documents in total, 381 of which contained text). As part of the project, originals and/or photographs of these documents were collated, processed and edited using a critical methodology, and numerous additional pieces from archives in Berlin, Riga, Stockholm, and Copenhagen were collected and incorporated. The resulting publication contains close to 1,100 relevant and significant documents.
The text of the records is in german.
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People | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
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Places | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z |
# | Places |
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1 | Habichtsberg Bauer491 |
2 | [Halswigshof] erg1193 (Halswigshof 9 km w Friedrichstadt) |
3 | [Halswigshof] erg1198 (Halswigshof 9 km w Friedrichstadt) |
4 | Hapsell erg0327 |
5 | Hapsell erg0327 |
6 | Harrien erg0177 |
7 | Harrien unnd Wirlande; Harrien und Wirlannde erg0755 |
8 | Harriesch erg0981 |
9 | Hasaw Bauer472 (Hasau, mündet ca. 20 km ssw Windau in die Ostsee) |
10 | Hasawe; Hasaw erg0988 (Hasau 20 km ssw Windau) |
11 | Hasbaltenn lanndt Bauer385 |
12 | Hasemu\^{e}ggere Bauer151 |
13 | Hasennpote Bauer479 |
14 | Hasennpote erg0853 |
15 | Haßennpothe erg0854 |
16 | Haßennpothe erg0854 |
17 | Hasenpot Bauer482 |
18 | Hasenpot erg0068 (Hasenpoth-Kloster am südl. Stadtrand von Hasenpoth) |
19 | Hasenpot erg0240 |
20 | Hasenpot erg0586 |
21 | Hasenpot erg0990 |
22 | Hasenpot erg1005 |
23 | Hasenpot erg1179 |
24 | Hasenpot erg1197 |
25 | Hasenpote Bauer139 |
26 | Hasenpote erg0042 |
27 | Hasenpote; Hasenpotisch erg0907 |
28 | Haßenpotescher weg Bauer165 |
29 | [Hasenpoth] Bauer248 |
30 | Hasenpoth Bauer329 |
31 | Hasenpoth Bauer355 |
32 | Hasenpoth Bauer359 |
33 | Hasenpoth Bauer485 |
34 | Hasenpoth erg0748 |
35 | [Hasenpoth] erg0748 |
36 | Hasenpoth erg0766 |
37 | Hasenpoth; Haßenpoth Bauer116 |
38 | Hasenpothe Bauer069 |
39 | Hasenpothe Bauer485 |
40 | Hasenpothe Bauer516 |
41 | Hasenpothe erg0748 |
42 | Hasenpothe erg0873 |
43 | Hasenpothe; Hasenpoth Bauer069 |
44 | Hasenpott Bauer463 |
45 | Hasenpott Bauer463 |
46 | Hasenpott Bauer471 |
47 | Hasenpott Bauer486 |
48 | Hasenpott erg0990 |
49 | Haßenpotte erg0783 |
50 | Hasenpottescher weg erg0968 |
51 | Hasenpotthe erg0850 |
52 | Hasenput Bauer070 |
53 | Hasenputtesche wege, beide Bauer178 |
54 | Hasoppsches landt Bauer214 |
55 | Hasosche beck erg1065 (Hasau, mündet bei Hasau in die Ostsee) |
56 | Hasow Bauer472 (Hasau 20 km ssw Windau) |
57 | Hasow erg0248 (Hasau, Fluß, mündet Gem. Hasau in die Ostsee) |
58 | Hasow erg0391 (Hasau 20 km ssw Windau) |
59 | Hasow erg0434 (Hasau 20 km ssw Windau) |
60 | Hasow erg0896 (Hasau 20 km ssw Windau) |
61 | Hasow erg1020 (Hasau 20 km ssw Windau) |
62 | Haszemuggere Bauer327 |
63 | Haszenpot Bauer248 |
64 | Haszenpoth; Haßenpoth erg0746 |
65 | Hauiksberch Bauer327 |
66 | Hauskum erg0116 |
67 | have thom Berge erg0738 (Hofzumberge 17 km ssö Doblen) |
68 | Heideweg; heideweg; heidewegh erg0906 (Heideweg, führt aus dem Stift Kurland über Waldegahlen nach Talsen) |
69 | Heidewegk erg0923 (Heideweg, führt aus dem Stift Kurland über Waldegahlen nach Talsen) |
70 | Heitwech erg1059 (Heideweg, kommt aus dem Stift Kurland) |
71 | hele strate erg0748 (Helle Straße, bei Hasenpoth, identisch mit dem Hellen Weg?) |
72 | Heler wech Bauer205 |
73 | Heler wech Bauer392 |
74 | Heler wech erg0748 (Heller Weg, führt wohl von Hasenpoth nach Allschwangen) |
75 | helle strasse Bauer431 |
76 | Helle stratte Bauer295; Bauer296 |
77 | heller wech erg0243 |
78 | heller wech erg0784 |
79 | heller wech erg0909 (Heller Weg, führt von der Memel nach Birsen in Litauen) |
80 | Heller Weg Bauer291 |
81 | Heller Weg Bauer376 |
82 | Heller Weg Bauer510 |
83 | Heller Weg erg0045 |
84 | Heller Weg erg0862 |
85 | Heller Weg erg0939 |
86 | heller wegk erg0909 (Heller Weg, fürht von Salwen nach Ascheraden) |
87 | Helmde erg0266 |
88 | Hemdale(?) Bauer304 |
89 | [Herbergen] Bauer253 (Herbergen 28 km s Friedrichstadt) |
90 | Herman Athleves hoff Bauer273 |
91 | Herman Hanten landt erg0090 |
92 | Herrden Bauer157 |
93 | Hestonia Bauer009 |
94 | Hestonia erg0189 |
95 | Heytwech erg0085 (Heideweg, führt wohl aus dem Talsenschen ins Stift Kurland) |
96 | Hildessems have erg0923 (Waldegahlen 4 km n Talsen) |
97 | Hildsems have erg0906 (Waldegahlen 4 km n Talsen) |
98 | Hilgewalt Bauer083 |
99 | Hilghe A erg0060 (Heilige Aa, mündet ca. 54 km s Libau in die Ostsee) |
100 | Hilghewolt Bauer125 |
101 | Hillige A erg0976 (Heilige Aa, mündet ca. 54 km s Libau in die Ostsee) |
102 | hilliger bussch erg0715 |
103 | Hilliger buysch erg0692 |
104 | Hilsen Bauer046 (Ilsern 3,2 km nw Dondangen) |
105 | Hirckstein beke; Hirckstein erg0248 |
106 | [Hofzumberge] Bauer240 (wohl Teil von Hofzumberge 17 km ssö Doblen) |
107 | [Hohenberg](?) Bauer505 (Hohenberg 6 km sö Zabeln) |
108 | Holltsagenn gudckenn erg0937 (Fircks-Pedwahlen 1,5 km s Zabeln oder Hohenberg 6 km sö Zabeln) |
109 | Holtsagen hoff Bauer506 (Fircks-Pedwahlen 1,5 km s Zabeln oder Hohenberg 6 km sö Zabeln) |
110 | Holtzagenn Wetzimen; Holtzagenn heuschlege erg0939 |
111 | Hosowe Bauer069 (Hasau, Fluß, mündet bei Hasau in die Ostsee) |
112 | Huickscher wech erg0740 |
113 | Hundesbeke Bauer474a |
114 | Hunenberch erg0664 (Hüningsberg 6,5 km nö Tuckum) |
115 | Hünenn bergh Bauer445 (Hüningsberg 6,5 km nö Tuckum) |
116 | Huppit Bauer238 (Huppit, Zufluß in die Ehden) |
117 | Husman Bauer019 (Usmaiten 38 km sö Windau) |
118 | Husman Bauer019 (Usmaitenscher See 45 km sö Windau) |
119 | Husman Bauer023 (Usmaiten 38 km sö Windau) |
120 | Husman Bauer023 (Usmaitenscher See 45 km sö Windau) |
121 | Husowe Bauer023 (Hasau 20 km ssw Windau) |