[gelöst] What is a Chatouller

[Stanley Who]

Jahr, aus dem der Begriff stammt: 1804
Region, aus der der Begriff stammt: Wehlau,Kr Wehlau, Ost Preussen

Hello Everybody,

Is someone able to tell me what a Chatouller is.

Entry No20. Pater, Michael Benkmann is my 4xGreatGrandfather.

Regards, Jan

[Kasstor]

Hello Jan,

I found https://drw-www.adw.uni-heidelberg.d...rm=schatullier

Regards,

Thomas

[Anna Sara Weingart]

Hi
It is explained on this web page

http://historische-berufe.de/chatouller/

A chatouller was a free farmer, who owned a chatoul-farm (German: Chatoul-Gut).
A chatoul-farm was a farm, that was established on lands, which belonged to Prussian state forest.
This land came from the state fund. The french derived word chatoulle (chatoul) meaned "fund"

[Anna Sara Weingart]

... This land came from the state fund.

More precisely: This land came from the fund of the Prussian state forest. (German: Wertfond der Forsten)


The same matter as Chatouller, but other spelling, was Schatuller, or Schatullbauer:

http://genwiki.genealogy.net/Schatullbauer

[Anna Sara Weingart]

More precisely: This land came from the fund of the Prussian state forest. (German: Wertfond der Forsten) ...

I have to correct my statement.
The chatouller had to pay an interest rate. This money flowed into the fund of the Prussian state forest, and into the "cash casket" (German: Schatulle or Chatoulle) of the Prussian king. That is, why these forest farmers were named "chatouller".

[Stanley Who]

Thank you all for your imput.

Very interesting and one learns something new every day.

Jan