Person:Gorgus Jauch (1)

[jauch_althanss.GED]

Gorgus is last mentioned (as living) in a 1610 document.

In his book "Schwenningen, Geschichte eines Grenzdorfes auf der Baar," Otto Benzing tells the story as following :

In 1535, the two brothers This and Theis Jauch get the "Bläsihof" (domain/farm) from the monastery in St.Blasien (black forest) "zu Lehen". (That means : the monastery was the feudal lord, the Jauchs the vassals.) The "Bläsihof" was later called the "Unruh-Hof" because of the heritage-quarrels in the Jauch family.

10 years later (i.e., 1545), Matthäus (Theis) Jauch was the only owner of the domain/farm. He had a son called Georg with his first wife and three other sons (Ewald, Stoffel, Gorgus) with his second wife. When he married the second time, Matthäus decided that Georg Jauch should be heir of the "Bläsihof". But after the death of Matthäus Jauch, his second wife and her three sons asserted a claim. They wanted the bigger part of the farm, and insisted that Georg should have the smaller part and this came to be.

In 1576, the second-wife/stepmother died and the three sons demanded that Georg should give back his part and therefor get a little sum of money. Georg applied to the Obervogt in Tuttlingen (a higher authority than the council of Schwenningen). But Tuttlingen gave the case back to the council of Schwenningen. The council decided : The old situation will not be changed. During all this, Ewald Jauch died.

The Abbot of St.Blasien monastery was interested in the unity of the farm. In 1582 he decided that Georg owns a quarter of the "Bläsihof" and Stoffel and Gorgus the rest. Gorgus was determined to be the bearer of the feudal tenure. So he was responsable for the delivery of taxes and contributions. When Georg would retire, he was to sell his part to his brothers. This happened in 1598. Now each one -- Stoffel and Gorgus -- owned a half of the farm.

But 4 years later (i.e., 1602), there was new quarrel. The wifes of Stoffel and Gorgus didn`t get along. Both of them wanted their husband to be the sole owner. Gorgus and Stoffel both applied at different instances and in the end, the goverment of the Duke of Württemberg in Stuttgart decided that the division has to continue. Otto Benzing completes the story by explaining that after the war (1618-1648), the farm was again devided in two parts.

Gorgus' sons, Hans and Georg were both dead by 1649. Hans had left behind a debt of 1.849 gulden and Georg a debt of 2.121gulden. In 1649 the "Bläsihof" was sold. One half was bought by Michael Jauch who had married Katharina Jauch, the daughter of Hans Jauch. The other half was bought by 3 other citizens of Schwenningen (not named).

1. ↑ jauch althanss.GED.

   Date of Import: 16 Sep 2005

2. ↑ jauch althanss.GED.

   Date of Import: 16 Sep 2005

3. ↑ jauch althanss.GED.

   Date of Import: 16 Sep 2005