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- From Wilbur Hanson Kalb:
The German transcription :
3 4 Lorenz Thomae ein
söhnlein getaūfft Ex. Bern.
hard Kempf Müller in der
Nedten [ Niedten ? Nelken ? ] mühl.
The English translation :
3 Apr. [ 1617 ] Lorenz Thomae a
little son baptized after Bern-
hard Kempf Miller at the
Nedten [ Niedten ? Nelken ? ] Mill.
Yes, this is easy but I can’t find Bernhard Kempf’s mill, “Nedter Mühl”, in the map of Hildburghausen from the Meyers Gazetteer website.
There are at least five mills around the town — Ebenretters, Eicherts, Höppls, Schlief and Finken — but the map is from the 1880s. I need to find an earlier map for the correct spelling. However, the Historical Timeline of Hildburghausen does have the information about the Kempf Mill ( translated from the German ) :
1419
The Kreismühle [ District Mill ] ( since 1552 Kempfesmühle [ Kempf Mill ] ) on the Werra in Häselrieth is mentioned in the Zinsbuch [ account book ] of the St. Lorenz [ Church ], in 1462 Kressermül, 1515 Kreyersmüll, in 1552 it comes into the possession of the Kempf family and is called Kempfesmühle. The mill is located on the site of the former Wäscherei [ laundry house ] at Kehrweg 4 [ which happens to go to Hildburghausen ].
But a 1635 request to the bailiff of Heldburg had Bernhard Kempf living in Hildburghausen, not Häselrieth, as a miller. He is known to have had Margaretha Herrman ( + 1664 ) as his wife and at least one child, Hans Kempf ( 1611 – 1681 ), who lived his whole life in Hildburghausen as a baker and miller. Today there’s a street named Nelkenweg across the Werra River from the west side of Hildburghausen but . . .
You may be wondering about Bernhard Kempf’s request to the Bailiff of Heldburg if you remember that 1634 was the 16th year of the Thirty Years Year. Well, the same thing happened to Bernhard. He was made to provide, probably at gunpoint or swordpoint, his horses
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