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Lehnkammer

English translation: advisory body of tenant vassals


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German term or phrase:Lehnkammer
English translation:advisory body of tenant vassals
Entered by: Oliver Walter
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14:36 Jul 27, 2010
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Social Sciences - Government / Politics / 19th-century Germany
German term or phrase: Lehnkammer
This occurs in a text from an 1822 encyclopaedia about Schwerin (Germany). "Sie ist zugleich der Sitz des Geheimenrathscollegiums, der großherzoglichen Regierung und Lehnkammer des Kriegscollegiums, einer Justizkanzlei, eines Kammercollegiums;"
Oliver Walter
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advisory body of tenant vassals to the Grand Duke of Schwerin
Explanation:
advisory body of tenant vassals to the Grand Duke in the former Grand Duchy of Schwerin which assisted with public administration including taxation in the fiefdoms and in counselling on military matters including drafting of manpower in case of war with neighbouring kingdoms or grand duchies

the Grand Duchy itself was subject to the former Kingdom of Prussia

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small correction:

the former Grand Duchy of Schwerin itself was subject to the former Kingdom of Prussia
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andres-larsen
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Thank you for your help. I called it the tenant vassals’ chamber of the war council.
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Lehnswesen
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advisory body of tenant vassals to the Grand Duke of Schwerin


Explanation:
advisory body of tenant vassals to the Grand Duke in the former Grand Duchy of Schwerin which assisted with public administration including taxation in the fiefdoms and in counselling on military matters including drafting of manpower in case of war with neighbouring kingdoms or grand duchies

the Grand Duchy itself was subject to the former Kingdom of Prussia

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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-07-27 17:41:04 GMT)
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small correction:

the former Grand Duchy of Schwerin itself was subject to the former Kingdom of Prussia

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Thank you for your help. I called it the tenant vassals’ chamber of the war council.
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Reference: Info

Reference information:
Provost's Lehnkammer (or Mannkammer)

http://tinyurl.com/2blpb93

Mannkammer (I)
Erklärung: in Nordwestdeutschland und den angrenzenden Teilen Belgiens und Hollands kleiner selbständiger Lehnshof (II), "meist im Gefüge größerer Territorien oder Verwaltungsorganismen" mit einem "genossenschaftlich organisierte(n) Eigendasein neben der Hauptlehenkurie" des Lehnherren (Lenaerts,JülichMannk. 1).

http://www.rzuser.uni-heidelberg.de/~cd2/drw/e/ma/nnka/mmer/...

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Reference: Lehnswesen

Reference information:
Law dictionary: technical dictionary of the Anglo-American legal ... - Dora von Beseler, Barbara Jacobs-Wüstefeld - 1986 - Reference - 1896 pages
... Dienste ~ system ***Lehnswesen, -system, Feudalsystem ~ tenant Lehnsmann ~ tenure Lehen; ... Feudalherrschaft/ -system n, Lehnswesen, -system*** n; 3. ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=3110104296...

The Oxford-Duden German dictionary: German-English, English-German - Olaf Thyen, Werner Scholze-Stubenrecht ... - 1999 - Reference - 1728 pages
... pledge of loyalty; (von Ehepartnern ) pledge of fidelity Treu eid der oath of allegiance; ***(hist.: im Lehnswesen) oath of fealty*** Treue-: - pflicht die ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0198602480...

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Lehn Name Meaning and Origin - Ancestry.com - Lehn Name Meaning and History. German: status name for a feudal tenant or vassal, from Middle High German lehen 'to hold land as a feudal tenant' (see ...
www.ancestry.com/facts/Lehn-name-meaning.ashx -

Lehn : WhitePages - Lehn. German: status name for a feudal tenant or vassal, from Middle High German lēhen 'to hold land as a feudal tenant' ( see Lehmann ). ...
names.whitepages.com › ... › Last Names › L › Litc-Liti -

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