J. G. Sommer (1847), "Kingdom of Bohemia", vol. 15, pp. 343-345
Translation Copyright 2001 by Urs Geiser - All rights reserved

Command Post of the Knights of the Holy Cross in Eger

The dominion of the command post of the Knights of the Holy Cross [Kreuzherren-Commende] in Eger consists of the command post building in the city of Eger, the so-called Spitalhof, conscribed to the Bruckthor suburb, two dominical villages, and portions of a great number of villages of other dominions. All these possessions came to the command post starting in the 13th century by gifts, bequests, and foundations, and they are administered as an independent dominion by an economic superintendent and a Justiziär [a position in the legal system. The owner is the order of the Knights of the Holy Cross in Prague, and its beneficiary is whoever is the commander [of the order] at the time.

The usable areas are:

The natural qualities and the agricultural circumstances are generally no different than those of the Eger district.

The number of inhabitants is 250, and they live mostly from agriculture and animal husbandry.

The livestock numbers were on 30 April 1837:

The trades people are: 1 cotton weaver, 3 beer sellers, 1 brewer, 1 linen weaver, 1 miller, 2 tailors, 6 shoemakers, and 1 stocking knitter.

The poorhouse was founded in 1830 by the authorities and the dominion personnel on the basis of a free-will collection. At the end of 1845 it had an endowment of 549 fl. 10 3/4 kr. C.M., and in the same year the income was 107 fl. 34 kr. C.M., and 29 fl. 19 kr. C.M. were distributed to 3 indigent people.

The properties of the dominion are:

(1) In Eger proper: the command post district, consisting of 8 houses with 59 inhabitants, among them the command post building in the city with the apartment of the commander and the superintendent, 1 brewery and 1 malt [storage] building; the commander is simultaneously pastor at the church of St. Bartholomew (see above, p. 310); (b) the Spitalhof (Spittelhof), 1 dairy farm with 1 day laborer building in the Bruckthor suburb of Eger; (c) 1 day laborer building in the Schiffthor suburb; furthermore the following villages:

(2) Ober-Schön, 3/4 hours SE of Eger, numbers 18 houses with 108 inhabitants, in the parish of Dechantei church [in Eger] and has 1 tavern. 1/2 hour apart is the so-called Pulverthurm [powder tower], currently an inhabited building. Ober-Schön was once a separate estate that was donated in 1279 by a Lord von Mühling to the knights as a pious offering.

(3) Reißig, 1 hour NW of Eger, 14 houses with 60 inhabitants of which 1 house (farm) belongs to the city dominion of Eger, in the parish of Dechantei church and has 1 tavern. 1/2 hour apart is the so-called Pulverthurm [powder tower], currently an inhabited building. -- Not far from the village are the so-called Reißig Ponds that belong to the city community of Eger, which in 1828 built here a new fishery building.

The possessions in villages of other dominions are:

(4) of Au (city dominion of Eger), 3 houses;

(5) of Doberau (same dominion), 1 house;

(6) of Dürnbach (same dominion), 2 houses;

(7) of Fischern (same dominion), 1 house;

(8) of Gasnitz (same dominion), 3 houses;

(9) of Gehaag (settlement Wies, same dominion), 1 house (hunting lodge);

(10) of Himmelreich (same dominion), 1 house;

(11) of Honnersdorf (same dominion), 3 houses;

(12) of Hartessenreut (same dominion), 5 houses;[1]

(13) of Knöba (same dominion), 1 house;

(14) of Kötschwitz (same dominion), 2 houses;

(15) of Kornau (same dominion), 1 house;

(16) of (Ober-)Lohma (same dominion), 2 houses;

(17) of Nebanitz (same dominion), 1 house;

(18) of Neudorf (same dominion), 1 house;

(19) of Oed (same dominion), 2 houses;

(20) of (Unter-)Pilmersreut (same dominion), 2 houses;

(21) of Romersreut (same dominion), 5 houses;

(22) of Rossenreut (same dominion), 4 houses;

(23) of Schlada (same dominion), 3 houses;

(24) of Sebenbach (same dominion), 2 houses;

(25) of Seichenreut (same dominion), 6 houses including 1 tavern;

(26) of Siehdichfür (same dominion), 1 house;

(27) of Watzgenreut (same dominion), 1 house;

(28) of Wogau (locality Dreihof [same dominion]), 2 houses;

(29) of Voitersreut (St. Clara), 2 houses;

(30) of Haslau (estate Haslau), 1 house;

(31) of Hirschfeld (estate Liebenstein), 2 houses; and

(32) of Eichelberg (same estate), 1 house.

Footnote

1. [Entry for Hartessenreut (p. 334) says that these 5 houses belong to St. Clara.] [back]