is longer than elsewhere in East Prussia a thoroughly agrarian society. Little wonder that ignite the existential question of land ownership and boundaries and disputes, which in turn Find their way into court and ultimately archive files.
Christoph TRUNZ addressed with the help of an advocate to the Prussian court and to his king. Friedrich Wilhelm I speak a word of power and order that the status quo, nothing changes premature be allowed until the court decided the case according to law and order. Endgütlige the decision of the royal manorial court in Kaliningrad is missing from the file. But it is likely to be very likely that Christopher TRUNZ as the winner in this case shows, especially since his opponent Michael Rekindt in the course of this discussion to inappropriate affective actions - not only against its neighbors, but also against officials of the king has-to be carried away.
Prussian Lieutenant Colonel, Royal Prussian chief engineer and Levielle, versatile scholar and a famous architect. Collas came from an old French Huguenot family, was still born as Jean de Collas in the French Huguenot stronghold of Sedan, has 1685 on the repeal of the Edict of Nantes with his father and siblings as a persecuted Huguenots in the wake of Prince William of Orange (1650-1702) in the Netherlands flee. 1688 Collas-family moved to Prince to London. In the fall of 1701 comes from John Collas than 23 years as part of a trip to Asia with Imperial Count Heinrich XXIV of Reuss-Plauen to Konigsberg. In winter 1701/1702 he is Guest of Lieutenant-General Graf Joachim Heinrich Steward of Waldburg in long home, district Rastenburg, where he became acquainted with the most outstanding representatives of East Prussian nobility. Collas decided in 1703 to abandon the trip to Asia and working permanently in East Prussia and therefore initially acquires the property Dommelkeim in Samland (near Arissau). He married in Königsberg on 30 April 1716 Charlotte Pelet, from the house of white stone-believers Itten (1700-1751). Jn (a) n by Collas, born as Jean de Collas expected, the 8 years older than Jean de Bodt (1670-1745), architect of the Berlin arsenal, have been known: both persecuted Huguenots fled in 1685 as in the wake of William of Orange, then they went with him to London in 1688 and both came as architects in 1700 to Prussia - Bodt 1699, Collas 1,701th eea. Royal Mayestät I am compelled bey now closed Hoff court to present allerunterthänigst, had what form I and my ancestors of infinite years, some Huben fields and meadows, bey the Dorff Arissau fish house's AMBT in possession, which I geaugstet over 40 year, from year sown to year, and I gerrecket, jetzo stars you but in Frey Dorff, Michel Rickindt, which maketh me some pieces in dispute, and if so would selbige vertauschet of his ancestors, angiebet. Now the thing was on the order E. Royal. Mayestaet teutschen AmbtsCammer that Ambt Fischhausen with the concurrence of the LandMeßers Reimers, untersuchet and according to her report found that I done wrong, after the time had Rickindt the chief engineer and CammerRath of Collas bequemet for examination, the been but informiret in specie inaccurate because the number of Wirth in Dorff, that He at 6:00 instead of 8 Huben struck me, and my plays the Rickindten, but I attributed the Rickindten; dabey gesetzet a Tight á 20 Thaler, who would speak dawieder. I have so burdened the bey AmbtsCammer which the matter to the nochmahls Ambt remittiret, which also left me a nearer Demonstrate open, pass through Articul alone and in terminology, which the office where witnesses ad divendu testimoniu abandoned, the witnesses have sistiret, and they want to be honest question is, sub.A. instead of questioning this stuff praejudicirliche deposition publiciret, of which I got to E.Hochadl.Hoffgericht have called Irishmen.
E.Hochadl.Haubt-Ambt I had the appeal that's up to pass away, but had E.Hochadl.Hoffgericht by beygeliegendes Compulsoriale, which the AmbtsBericht yet another gefolget express yielded to the appeal to me, and called up the Acta, as well as you allbereits introduciret have had the Rickindt pending appeal contentious pieces of my de facto sown, however, de facto augstet in the night my meadows, as he believed soldiers for work, will also stretch my field, nor commit pending appeal, because the closed court Hoff, a Attentatu over the other. There are E.Königl.Mayestaet from which beylagen et c. seen that the Rickindt about Collationes Actoru, although sine sententia, a rebus judicatii, is itself appeliret that, new Solte violence with violence will be expelled, death and murder shock nevertheless could emerge. I will not venture too such as my son and Schultz in Dorff, which itself at the sowing of Rickindten on my land, into something with words wiedersetzet, with heavy tower tightening in Ambt been considered, and nothing less it again all right, even back our country right that pending appellation dergrleichen attentata and Novation are allowed Solter. Because I and my ancestors, but the pieces arable quaestionis more than 100 years in possession had, and the thing yet, as the beylagen witness stands actuality in appeal, and the wiewoll in AMBT incomplet gantz written Acta, in Hoff court ad justificandu lie ALSS I take refuge with E. Royal. Mayestaet throne of grace, dehmühtigst pleading to protect me in my uhralten possession pendente appellation, and to get to the Haubtambt Fischausen in grace by Rescriptu that the same applies to the Michael Augsten Rickindten everything and Rencken my time Hero owned land and meadows bey 100 thr . irremissible Firm, which like to be disabled for best inhibire, even that which inspired such work need on which pieces of it to pull strongly and everything in statu quo, as it marked motu Processu been to leave, so that the shelves appeal Andi not multiplied, but each country bey the law, and where national Constitutionabus, and consequently the bey his family may be geschützet. zugefüget For a damage to me, however, by modulating the Rickindt attentati I Reservation I run my right hinkünfftig bey E.Hochadl.Hoffgericht, but comforted me in this piece royally. Protection and grace ALSS, eea. Royal Mayestaet allerunterthänigster servant Christoph Truntz , cöllmischer Einsaaß in Arissau
Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia King p.
Lgetr. [ faithful love ] You see from the beyschluß more content, what with us for Christoph Truntz, cölmischer serving time in Arissau, because of his to-do with the Michael Rickindten case and that of this made attacks, allerunterthänigst vorgestellet and prayer. Just as now pedente appelation cheap all in statu quo must remain, so you went through the behörige therefore make available, and the Rickindten all further attacks seriously and BEY to prohibit punishment. D.31 July 1720 ~ 5 signatures : Laucken, AvRauschge, vTettau, LvOstau, Wallenrod
At the Voigt to Fischhausen
Rickindten all the attacks that he again the Christoph Truntz, cöllm. One was to prohibit eating in Arissau, bey Tight.
have apparently produced the penalties no resounding success, because addressed Christoph Trunz again to the King:
Allerdurchlauchtigster United's most powerful king, Gracious Lord - received 28th d. Aug. 1720 -
eea. Royal Mayestaet bemercken are not in disgrace, that I must bow down to abermahls dero sacred plaintive face with tears. The [n] gemeinet notwithstanding I sub.A. by the gracious Rescriptum receive so much that I had spoken pending Vite et appellations Arissau in my field, I etzliche himself at 40, but my ancestors genutzet over 100 year E.Hochadl.Hoffgericht bit into the thing would mean-Eye [ is harvest ] and Rencken can, and especially the pieces that I myself am sown, so although I was so happy that most Beyl. As the Ambtschreiber this royally. to most gracious Regulation follow, as indicated bey of Voigt and tribunal-council of TETTAU absence, the Rickindten that he should Augsten of the Getreyde what I sown, not the least alone Selbiger hatt afterwards by two days, the regulation sub. C. späth evening brought out the morning after he had been absent for many of them soldiers ohngefehr 15 men, gone to my fields, the Getreyde what I partly own and partly of Rickindt, pending Vite cut away by modu attentati sown, gathered together and run into his barn, can not it swept by the fact that the Nachbahren Dorff in the dawieder gesetzet and I on the royal in specie. Verördnung related; Rather, the ugliest of expression, which I am ashamed exprimiren me here be bey present the investigation but same is clearly Reservation me ejected again [against] this high Rescriptu, including his wife, her skirt lifted sv, and hear the same Schandwort let bit finally á verbis ad verbera come when the Rickindt and his adhaerentes the other from the Dorff Creates slammed brave, some wounded about how the investigation will identify more such bey. Although I have to watch these things with patience and a thousand tears, as my Getreyde sown by my own field, by a Frembden, otherwise useless Wirth, is broughtest frembde in barns, so I can not prevent such yet, because before Here would force law gone. The Beyl. C. uses thereof be the chief engineer and CammerRath of Collas investigation seems more again, ALSS to be in front of me, but because the Chief Engineer against cöllmische people, no Judex competens may find less his study and classification of these Dorff Creates single ingress, however, again the Dorff Creates prescriptions, privileges, Contributionis, body, and Quitbüchern like running the division from an incorrect relation herrürht interierten a country jury, I dahero protestiret dawieder and the appeal to E. so very aristocratic. Hoff court interponirt and the investigation by the chief engineer and Cammer council of Collas the actual Punctu's Controversies, about Beyme Hoff court quaestionirt, then yes revelations that when a thing is to remain in statu quo, a sententia a Judice Incompetenti or a Judice prima instantia lata, where it has been appellieret it, can not effectu Juris being taken, but the matter must remain in gantz statu quo ante as motam vitem been, and in such form in the fields Arissau must remain, like 40, bit 50 more the [n] was 100 years ago, bit E. Hoff will have verabscheidet court. But because of this Attentatu Rickindten gewaltsahm so huge and great that even death may result from shock and death because some engraved with Schußforcken dabey, others are wounded in a different kind, and the vilipendent Ungehohrsamb again E.Königl.Mayestaet gracious Regulation bizarre meritiret an exemplary punishments, the ALSS is my allerdurchlauchtigstes requests, E.Königl.Mayestaet do deign graciously, the Officio Fisci to carry this investigation in the grace that the same applies to contraventions sowoll ratione attentati, ALSS in specie of violence and the Royal vilipendent. Regulation investigate, and I pendente appellation bey protect my Possession in so far that it stopped the Rickindten, sowoll me on my hay meadows geaugstete ALSS, restituiren also the geerndte on my land in Getreyde Continenti and einzulieffern in my barn and shopping. I comforted myself in this cheap request of my most gracious being heard, which I first heritage
Your Royal Mayestaet allerunterthänigster servant Christoff Truntz
This letter seems indeed signed by Christoff Truntz , but as has been the first letter of the Advocaten Thomas Saffrau been written in his name. On the back themselves to the sender address and a clear indication field. The entire writing the first and second letter is from the same hand.
We learn from this letter that there has been Verbalinjurien in which the parties led a bad word to another, which in turn resulted ultimately in violence, in which by and by most part had the whole village.
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The royal government has then the following:
Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia King
Lgetr. [True-Love] There Christoph Truntz is serving time in cölmischer Arissau, because of the Michael Rickindten-do and the Case of the vows you made Available but ground among us agreed with a similar Memorial, the ALSS connection [ mean the supplements are ] sheweth to many. Just as now understand our Rescriptum to by 31 of the elapsed Mohnahts July might not be such as provided by you in the Amptsverordnung the 5th approved of this month have been, but our Meynung then gone that Truntz bey his previous Possession will geschützet, and what he heard and One Eye [ reap ] Solt, zumahlen the Jeniger, which in the case of the chief engineer, and Ampt-CammerRaht by Collas, these things not heard before, is done Him from sothaner possession can not put up, but such a cheap, after prior investigation must be done by the ordinary judges by a legal sentence, so we hereby order you to worship, to make the injunction that the supplicant that which would restituiret Rickindt from those fields and the field, the supplicant till now had in possession, so on how to examine most carefully what expelled from Rickindt words against our initially erwehntes rescriptum, and otherwise bey the matter further procedure, therefore we like to pay your humble gehorsambst report. D. 29th Aug. 1720
four signatures: Laucken, AvRauschge, LvOstau, Waldenburg
At the Voigt to fish in a matter Christoph Hausen Truntzen, cöllm. Serving time in Arissau for his to-do with the Michael Rickindt case and according to the Voigt available.
This is the provisional end point in this violent dispute. The progress of the matter is in the file are not documented further. But as already stated above, we may well assume reassured that Christopher Trunz has continued undiminished his property. Also of note is the prompt response of the Prussian authorities to the input of Chris Trunnell.
Jäskendorf district Morag (East Prussia), Castle Finck stone circle Rosenberg (West Prussia), Frederick Stone (1709-1714 for Count Otto Magnus von Doenhoff designed by the Berlin Arsenal architect Jean de Bodt) and in the East Prussian County Rastenburg Castle Städt Doenhoff (1710-1716 Bogislav for Graf Friedrich von Doenhoff according to Frederick Stein).
The Act under the signature GStAPK, XX.HA, EM 34g No. 9 found in State Archives Berlin-Dahlem.
