Hi Alistair,
I’ve only just discovered your post, for some reason.
I can read most of the printed bits, but the handwriting is waaaaay over my head…
Maybe one of the experts here (e.g. JustinL, davecapps) can help with that. I’m a bit limited on time at the moment, but I’ll try and give you an idea of what’s going on here.
The document (
Auszug aus dem Grundbuche) is an excerpt from the land registry from the parish of (Schönenbach?). I’m not 100% sure about the name, but it could fit and there is a Schönenbach a couple of km East of Furtwangen.
Again, due to the handwriting, I’m not sure about the date: Could it be
2ten Mai 1865?
Anyway:
Geschehen zu (Schönenbach) am (2ten) Mai 1865
vor unterzeichneten Gerichtsleuten.The event took place on (2nd) May 1865, before the undersigned court officials.
The following property was sold:
(I can make neither head nor tail of the handwriting, apart from being able to decipher “Kuss” in 2 places. X sold a property to Y, but exactly who did what is beyond my abilities, I’m afraid.)
The second (handwritten) scan is, I believe, “
Bedingungen” (Terms/Conditions)
The third scan is:
Kauf-Bedingungen und andere Neben-Erfordernisse
in
Fragen und Antworten(Conditions of Purchase and other Additional Requirements in Questions and Answers)
Questions:
1. When is the
Hausschilling to be paid? With or without interest?
(
Hausschilling appears to be some kind of payment to the local vicar for the upkeep of a building. Maybe someone else can help us further with that..?!)
2.
Wird das Gütermaas gewährt?(?)
Gütermasse could be mass of commodities. Is the mass of commodities to be granted? Sounds rather weird. A bit over my head…
3. Has the purchaser adopted other guarantees/safeguarding in addition to the declared basic encumbrances, which may now or in future (affect?) the object of purchase?
(They use “
sich erfinden”, which today would be “invent (oneself)”. I can only assume it means something like “affect”.)
4. Who is responsible for the purchase costs? (
Wer leidet die Kauf-Kosten? Simply beautiful.
)
5. Which other conditions were also affected?
6. Under which day and number were the involved guardians/carers or advisers obligated?
7. Under which day and number is the, where applicable, required official authorisation or empowerment issued?
8. (Asks whether mortgages, etc. are outstanding on the sold property.) To whom? For how much capital and interest? How will the creditor be satisfied?
(Scan 4)
9. Does the property not belong to an entailment or inheritance stock? Did the seller not acquire (the property) under causal conditions?
10. Has the
Hausschilling been entered in the land registry or mortgage book?
11. Was freedom from excise made use of, either in part or whole, and for what reason?
The next part says that
Both parties pledge to uphold the contract and the city court has obligated them to ensure that the answers 6 to 11 are truthful.
Read aloud, authorised and signed by
The District Council The Seller
The Purchaser
Lower left is a field covering the costs.
Lower right is the decision/resolution field for the officials (court).
I hope this helps a little!
Let’s see if anyone can help with the handwriting…
Best regards,
Karen
