Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Lehnkammer
English translation:
advisory body of tenant vassals
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Oliver Walter
Jul 27, 2010 14:36
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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
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1 | advisory body of tenant vassals to the Grand Duke of Schwerin |
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Lehnswesen |
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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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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
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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Comment: "Thank you for your help. I called it the tenant vassals’ chamber of the war council."
Reference comments
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Reference:
Info
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/...
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
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 -
... 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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Note added at 1 hr (2010-07-27 15:38:59 GMT)
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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 -
Discussion
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 -
this used to be the (advisory) chamber of (tenant) vassals (of the war college / war council) in the former Grand Duchy of Schwerin