Narrative Timeline

Compressed Timeline

Doc No. Date Key content / action

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11 Mar 1799

Concept Cammer Rescript to the Bückeburg Office, ordering implementation of the Chamber’s decision following the 27 Feb 1799 Office report. Signed “Anstatt pp Hering Riehe MKaas Emmerwarth v. Landesberg.”

4

18 Oct 1800

Report of the same officials, apparently confirming execution or boundaries of the assigned plot.

4½

(undated)

Lieutenant Funck’s report on measurement or valuation of the land. Usually attached to #4.

5

27 Oct 1800

Concept Cammer Rescript to the Bückeburg Office and to Chamber treasurer Stackmann, authorizing preparation of the purchase deed; closing line “Grafl: p MKaas Wint J. Danckwerth.”

6

1 Dec 1800

Concept Kaufbrief (draft purchase letter) from the Rentkammer to Colon Krückeberg, finalizing the transfer of the small plot.

7

(if present—often cover note or filing slip)

Final filing or acknowledgment of execution.

1. The Petition is Initiated at the Bückeburg Office (29 May 1798)

On May 29, 1798, Jobst Heinrich Krückeberg, a Colonist at No. 10 in Berenbusch, petitioned the Amt in Bückeburg (local goverment office) to purchase adjacent plots to enlarge his garden and homestead grounds. An official named Lindemann recorded his request. This identifies Lindemann as the scribe of the petition, acting on Krückeberg’s behalf.

Close to my garden, on the common land by the road, there lies a sloping corner of land which is uncultivated and therefore of no use to anyone, and which even causes the road to be uneven. Since this corner adjoins my garden, I would like to cultivate it and purchase it.

2. The Petition is Reviewed by the Cammer (30 May 1798)

A cover note for the petition tells us it was forwarded to the Cammer.

The Colon Krückeberg No. 10 in Berenbusch humbly requests: that the corner adjoining his garden be graciously made available for purchase.

To the Guardianship Rent Chamber

3. Forestry Assessment by MKaas (14 June 1798)

Upon reviewing the petition, the Cammer requested a forestry authority report likely to ensure that the land Krückeberg requested would not unduly affect timber resources or regulated forest land.

A Foresty official named MKaas wrote the report on 14 June 1798, which appears directly below the left-side header of Document 1.

MKaas concluded that:

  • The area in question was near the village and not part of any important forest tract,

  • The land could be cleared, but three saplings should be planted elsewhere as compensation.

4. Mariginal Note of Brief Written Order to Bückeburg Office (18 Feb. 1799)

On 18 February 1799 a marginal note (written on the Office’s Petition) by Forstmeister Kaas records that a brief written order from the Cammer was sent to the Bückeburg Office, instructing it to report on the case.

A short written order from the Chamber was sent to the Office for its report. Bückeburg, 18 February 1799. MKaas.

— Vormundschaftliche Kammer Notation on Bückeburg Office Petition

The exact wording of that order and any enclosures (such as the Forestry Report) are not preserved; only this short reference and the Office’s subsequent Desfallsiger Bericht in the Designatio Actorum (Document No. 2) remain.

5. The “Report by the officials at Bückeburg on this matter.” (27 Feb. 1799)

The Offices of Bückeburg and Arensburg prepared Document #2, on February, 27, 1799, to inform the Cammer that they had reviewed the forestry report, and to report that locally only one Berenbusch resident named Weiland raised objections — which the Offices dismissed as without merit.

6. Guardianship Chamber Resolution: Approved Allocation of Parcel to Krückeberg (10 Mar. 1799)

The Guardianship Chamber wrote their administrative directives to the left of the report:

  • The approved the allocation of the parcel (so Krückeberg’s request is likely approved).

  • They instructed the local officials to investigate other possibly unauthorized garden expansions in Berenbusch, like those of Weiland, and to report back.

7. Official Draft/Decree to the Official at Bückeburg of Guardianship Chamber (11 Mar. 1799)

The Chamber informs the Bückeburg officials that:

  • They will allocate the land Krückeberg, no. 10 Berenbusch, provided he agrees to:

    1. plant three saplings at another forest site for each willow or poplar felled and sold by the forestry office

    2. pay 24 Mariengroschen per square rod for the plot.

  • If Krückeberg agrees to these conditions, the Office is to:

    1. have a sworn surveyor survey the plots, and

    2. report its size back to the Cammer.

8. Offices of Bückeburg and Arensburg Reply to Guradianship Chamber Decree (18 Mar. 1800)

The survey drawings of the two parcels assigned to Jobst Henrich Krückeberg, No. 10 in Berenbusch, show two areas, one of 19 rods 44 feet decimal and the other of 1 rod 90 feet. This is equivalent to 2,540 sq ft and 215 sq ft, or about the size of ¼ of a modern tennis court.

The Offices propose that Krückeberg pay, beginning at Michaelmas, September 29th, an annual fee for the granted land of 2 Reichsthaler 1 Schilling, exclusive of exchange charges (agio).

9. Draft of Chamber’s Official Resolutions to the Bückeburg Officials, and to the Fiscal Treasurer Stackmann (27 Oct. 1800)

In its official reply on 27 Oct. 1800, the Guardianship Chamber formally approved:

  • The allocation of the two plots under the same terms set out in the Cammer’s earlier order of 11 March 1799.

  • The Amt’s proposed Rottzins of 2 Mariengroschen, 1 Pfennig annually.

  • The fixed purchase price totaling 14 Reichsthaler, 8 Mariengroschen, 1 Pfennig, payable to the Cammer’s revenue office.

The local officials were instructed to ensure Krückeberg fulfilled all stated conditions.

They also issued a directive to o Cammer Rentmaster Stackmann, that he:

  • ensure collection of the purchase price from Krückeberg calculated at 14 Reichsthaler, 8 Mariengroschen, 1 Pfennig.

  • Enter the amount under the proper heading in the Cammer accounts.

  • Use of the Official Reply (Rescript) itself as the official accounting justification.

10. Deed Issued to Krückeberg (1 Dec. 800)