confirmation of translation (German)

[fiddlerslass]

Just checking that I have this correct please. In the baptism top of page, on 1 Nov 1758 is one of the testes described as Jungfrau Maria Anna the daughter of the forester Franz Josef Ballan of Tätschen (Tetschen) .
Was there a minimum age that someone could stand as a witness at a baptism ? Trying to work out a rough age for Maria. She had siblings born about 1742-51.
Thanks

http://vademecum.soalitomerice.cz/vademecum/PaginatorMedia.action?_sourcePage=vLx1psK1hgJGWfHH3NPMN7ACSSbWzClIwvJQZ9zWzRTsh5FXP5afsiP5X8AXU-PP1esLujJMCt9CbVOEiQ_zbZtHMGxgozq03Oxc2wahY4o%3D&row=225

[Zefiro]

the link leads me to an error page...

[fiddlerslass]

Does this work?

http://vademecum.soalitomerice.cz/vademecum/permalink?xid=09ddd7cea03b9b8d:30bdd2c7:1201ea2ef5b:-79d1&scan=bb8657664bc84f80b8f94ea1753ba5eb

[Zefiro]

This link is good.
Your translation is correct.
Jungfer Maria Anna, des Herrn Frantz Joseph Ballan Forstmeister in Tätschen eheliche Jungfer Tochter

To answer your question: I don't know the minimum age to act as witness. I tried to find from what age a girl was called jungfer, but didn't find anything yet. I'll continue my search tomorrow.

(but if I had to guess: a minimum age of 10 years)

[Zefiro]

Anna Maria was witness, not godmother. Godmothers had to be at least 7 years, although younger ones seemed to have existed. Maybe these were only witnesses.
I found this information below:
https://forum.ahnenforschung.net/archive/index.php/t-13570.html
Marlies, 25.10.2007, 09:03

Zusammenfassend kann gesagt werden: Taufpaten mussten mindestens 7 Jahre alt sein und der katholischen Kirche (durch Taufe) angehören. Weitere Bedingungen sind und waren vermutlich auch der Empfang von Eucharistie und Firmung. Vereinzelt hört man von Beobachtungen, dass auch jüngere (also Kinder unter 7 Jahren) Taufpaten gewesen seien. Die Kirche differenziert aber zwischen TaufPATEN und TaufZEUGEN. Man sollte also in Fällen, wo "infantes" bei der Taufe genannt werden, genau hinschauen, ob sie als "levans" oder als "testes" bezeichnet werden.

In your case: Maria Anna could have been younger than 7 years.

[fiddlerslass]

Thanks for that. I am surprised that even a witnesses could be so young. I would think she would probably have had her first communion though, so I will go with 7 or over.