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Glossary entry

German term or phrase:

Lehnkammer

English translation:

advisory body of tenant vassals

Added to glossary by Oliver Walter
Jul 27, 2010 14:36
14 yrs ago
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German term

Lehnkammer

German to English Social Sciences Government / Politics 19th-century Germany
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;"
Proposed translations (English)
1 advisory body of tenant vassals to the Grand Duke of Schwerin
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Lehnswesen

Discussion

Oliver Walter (asker) Jul 27, 2010:
Thanks Thank you for your help - that's very useful.
Andres Larsen Jul 27, 2010:
Lehenskammer and Lehnskammer Lehenskammer and Lehnskammer are synonyms:

Adelung - ***Die Lehenskammer, oder Lehnskammer - 12. März 2009 ... Die Lehenskammer, oder Lehnskammer. Die Lehenskammer, oder Lehnskammer***, [1977-1978] plur. die -n, S. Lehenhof. ...
lexika.digitale-sammlungen.de/.../bsb00009132_7_0_886 -
Andres Larsen Jul 27, 2010:
tenant vassals as advisors and administrators the tenant vassals were advisors to the Grand Duke and helped carry out administrative tasks in the Grand Duchy
Andres Larsen Jul 27, 2010:
(advisory) chamber of (tenant) vassals correct

this used to be the (advisory) chamber of (tenant) vassals (of the war college / war council) in the former Grand Duchy of Schwerin
Oliver Walter (asker) Jul 27, 2010:
So it's an administrative body? Thank you (Kim & Andres) for the references, which provide a little information. I provisionally conclude that the Lehnkammer (possibly Lehenkammer?) is some kind of administration that deals with some aspects of fiefs or fiefdoms.

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advisory body of tenant vassals to the Grand Duke of Schwerin

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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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you for your help. I called it the tenant vassals’ chamber of the war council."

Reference comments

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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/...
Peer comments on this reference comment:
agree Barbara Wiebking
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Reference:

Lehnswesen

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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