Estate (land)

A farm is a larger agricultural estate, called as mansion owned also good or domain, or a farm (farm).

The estate as mansion owned

It includes the manor ( manor house, stables, barns and servants' quarters ) with everything on land, forest and water. In addition to farms, which were managed by the main courtyard with, called Vorwerk.

Previously designated an estate assets or possessions. Hence the name developed Good for a large agricultural estate. The goods, which were knights for meritorious activities against their king, were also called manor. In northern Germany, especially in Schleswig -Holstein, it was for the term noble estate.

As part of the manorial estate had a far-reaching powers in the role of Fronhofs. For example, went from here, that is, from the landowner, the patrimonial jurisdiction, into Prussia even until the 19th century.

Over time, the term has served as the knight or noble estate of the ownership and stood still, only the name of a equipped with certain rights agricultural enterprise is that in itself could include commoners.

The helpers of the old estates were formerly let live in small settlements, which were called the North German Heish.

The farm as a free property

In contrast to other countries, Salzburg, Tyrol and German Switzerland the farmer was in the Alps of Bavaria, a free man and his own master. So the farm represents a lehnsfreies estate. The free peasant had the sole right to dispose of his property, and in addition to numerous other rights, only he was allowed to marry. His servants, but also his siblings got this right not to. The right of free peasantry was hereditary and was passed as possible, when the son was in the best age, the old farmer went into the Austragshaus. Early on, however, also was established a succession in the female line, as a good fell under the sovereigns without legitimate heirs. This tradition has been preserved as a family farm in Old Bavaria, Austria and South Tyrol to the present, where the oldest fiefdoms to the 14th century decline. Connected with this is the custom of the name of our house, where the farmer does not lead his family name, but the his estate.

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