Urkunde Münchweiler Haschbach
Legal settlement between Hans von Haschbach and th…

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Urkunde Münchweiler Haschbach Legal settlement between Hans von Haschbach and the mayor of Münchweiler. Handwritten document on paper. Dated Wednesday after St. Catherine's Day (November 27) 1538. 1 page. 36 x 32.5 cm. Folded - German document, carefully and closely inscribed, about a settlement between Hans von Haschbach (Haschbach am Glan, part of Heschtal) and his son Michel von Haschbach, made before the 'bottell von dedenkop', Symondt von Rammelsbach and the Schultheiß von Münchweiler (Glan-Münchweiler), the town of Kusel is mentioned - Slightly brownstained and somewhat damp-stained, a few small marginal lesions.

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Urkunde Münchweiler Haschbach Legal settlement between Hans von Haschbach and the mayor of Münchweiler. Handwritten document on paper. Dated Wednesday after St. Catherine's Day (November 27) 1538. 1 page. 36 x 32.5 cm. Folded - German document, carefully and closely inscribed, about a settlement between Hans von Haschbach (Haschbach am Glan, part of Heschtal) and his son Michel von Haschbach, made before the 'bottell von dedenkop', Symondt von Rammelsbach and the Schultheiß von Münchweiler (Glan-Münchweiler), the town of Kusel is mentioned - Slightly brownstained and somewhat damp-stained, a few small marginal lesions.

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