Hersfeld Tithe Register Explained

The Hersfeld Tithe Register (German: Hersfelder Zehntverzeichnis) is a list of the places and castles in the Friesenfeld Gau (territory) and in Hassegau, from which Hersfeld Abbey received tithes.[1] The original document dates from between 881 and 887 or between 896 and 899, but no longer exists.[2] The list is found in a transcript from the 11th Century, which is now in the Hessischen Staatsarchiv Marburg.[3]

The tithe register is divided into four sections. Many placenames are duplicated and triplicated.

The first part was apparently compiled between 830 und 860, and lists under 239 numbers a large number of placenames. The second part and subsequent parts were created during the abbacy of Abbott Harderat between 889 and 899 and was bound with the first part and lists 18 names, each of which ends in '-burg' 2. In the third part 13 places are listed and in the fourth 5 markets and 7 places are listed. [4]

Many modern placenames in the modern day German states of Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt can be connected with a corresponding name in the register.[5]

List of Places

"Haec est Decimatio quae pertinet ad sanctum Wigberthvm in Frisonoveld" (This the tithe which belongs to the blessed Wigbert in Friesenfeld) [4]

  1. [Al]bundesleba – Alvensleben, an abandoned village on the site of present-day Sangerhausen
  2. Rurbach – Rohrbach, a Cistercian monastery east of Oberöblingen
  3. Rebiningi – Oberröblingen
  4. Seobach – presumably Seebach, a burb of present-day Mühlhausen
  5. Enzinga – Einzingen, now a part of Allstedt
  6. RebiningiNiederröblingen (Helme)
  7. Gisilhus – Kieselhausen, an abandoned village to the west of present-day Sangerhausen.
  8. SangerhusSangerhausen
  9. [R]eotstat – Riestedt, now a part of Sangerhausen
  10. BurcdorpfBurgsdorf
  11. Niustat – possibly Nienstedt (now part of Allstedt)
  12. SuderhusaSotterhausen
  13. Niunburc(Beyer-)Naumburg
  14. Grabanesdorpf – Grabesdorf, abandoned village near Beyernaumburg
  15. Liobolvesdorpf – Lobesdorf, abandoned village near present-day Sotterhausen
  16. HoldestediHoldenstedt
  17. Sineswinidun – Schweinswende, an abandoned village near Bornstedt
  18. Hildiburgorod – Klosterrode, now a part of Blankenheim
  19. Liudolvesdorpf
  20. BrunistatBornstedt (bei Eisleben)
  21. Sidichenbechiu – Sittichenbach, now a part of Lutherstadt Eisleben
  22. Uuinidodorpf – Wenthdorf, abandoned village near Osterhausen
  23. OsterhusaGroß-Osterhausen
  24. Einesdorpf – Einsdorf, now part of Allstedt
  25. Midelhusa – Mittelhausen (Allstedt)
  26. WinchillaWinkel (Helme)
  27. UuolfheresstediWolferstedt
  28. Brallidesdorpf
  29. Hornum
  30. Nigendorpf – Klosternaundorf, now part of Allstedt
  31. OsterhusaKlein-Osterhausen
  32. Scrinbechiu – Rothenschirmbach, now part of Lutherstadt Eisleben
  33. HornbercHornburg, Saxony-Anhalt
  34. BisgofesdorpfBischofrode
  35. HardabrunnoErdeborn
  36. Dachendorpf – possibly a variant spelling for Neckendorf, Nachendorpf
  37. Helpide – Helfta, now part of Lutherstadt Eisleben
  38. LuzilendorpfLüttchendorf
  39. ScidingeBurgscheidungen
  40. Leobedigasdorpf – Lipsdorf
  41. Budinendorpf – Bündorf (Wüstung)
  42. Ziuuinidum – Wenden, now part of Mücheln
  43. Rozwalesdorpf – possibly Rulsdorf or Schwötzschdorf
  44. SeoburcSeeburg (Mansfelder Land)
  45. RostenlebaRoßleben
  46. AlberestatAlberstedt
  47. GuministiKunisch
  48. RebiningiUnterröblingen
  49. Budinendorpf – probably Bindorf
  50. AltstediAllstedt
  51. Meginrichesdorpf – probably Memleben or Weningenmemleben
  52. StediStedten (Mansfelder Land)
  53. Budilendorpf – Bottendorf (Roßleben-Wiehe)
  54. Bablide – Mönchpfiffel, now part of Mönchpfiffel-Nikolausrieth
  55. MimilebaMemleben or Weningenmemleben
  56. Osperestat – Esperstedt (Obhausen)
  57. Miscawe – vermutlich Meuschau
  58. Eindorf – vielleicht Einsdorf
  59. Odesfurt – Oßfurt
  60. ScrabanlochSchraplau
  61. Gerburgoburc – Korbesberg
  62. Wangen[Klein-]Wangen
  63. Wodina
  64. Dachendorpf
  65. HeiendorpfHayndorf
  66. Fizinburc – Vitzenburg, since 2004 a part of Querfurt
  67. ScidingaKirchscheidungen

Castles

„Haec sunt urbes que cum viculis suis et omnibus locis ad se perti[nentibus] decimationes dare debent ad sanctum Wigberhdym ad Herolvesfeld“ (These are the castles with their farmsteads and all localities which must give tithes to the blessed Wigbert in Herodsfeld)

  1. Helphideburc – Helfta Castle, now part of Lutherstadt Eisleben
  2. NiuuenburgBeyernaumburg
  3. AltstediburgAllstedt Castle
  4. MerseburgMerseburg
  5. ScrabenlebaburgSchraplau
  6. Bru[nstedibur]g- Bornstedt, Schweinsburg
  7. SeoburgSeeburg
  8. Gerburgoburg – Korbesberg
  9. Vizenburg – Vitzenburg Castle in Querfurt
  10. CurnfurdeburgQuerfurt Castle
  11. ScidingeburgBurgscheidungen Castle
  12. UuirbineburgBurgwerben
  13. MuchileburgMücheln
  14. GozzesburgGoseck
  15. Cucunburg – Kuckenburg, now part of Esperstedt
  16. Liudineburg – Lettin, now part of Halle (Saale)
  17. H[unlebab]urg – Holleben, now part of Teutschenthal
  18. Vuirbinaburg – eventuell Markwerben
  19. Suemeburg – eventuell Schanze bei Korbetha-Wengelsdorf oder eine unbenannte Anlage bei Kraßlau/Leina

Literature

References

  1. Book: Zschieschang, Christian. Das Hersfelder Zehntverzeichnis und die frühmittelalterliche Grenzsituation an der mittleren Saale: Eine namenkundliche Studie. November 4, 2017. Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar. 9783412507213. Google Books.
  2. Book: Bernhardt, John W.. Itinerant Kingship and Royal Monasteries in Early Medieval Germany, C.936-1075. August 22, 2002. Cambridge University Press. 9780521521833. Google Books.
  3. Web site: Detail page - Archivportal-D. www.archivportal-d.de.
  4. Book: Zschieschang, Christian. Das Hersfelder Zehntverzeichnis und die frühmittelalterliche Grenzsituation an der mittleren Saale: Eine namenkundliche Studie. November 4, 2017. Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar. 9783412507213. Google Books.
  5. Web site: More Than 1000 Years of History. www.burg-querfurt.de.