Gorgus Jauch ^18,19

  General Notes:

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

In his book "Schwenningen, Geschichte eines Grenzdorfes auf der Baar," Ot to 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 me ans : the monastery was the feudal lord, the Jauchs the vassals.) The "Blä sihof" was later called the "Unruh-Hof" because of the heritage-quarre ls in the Jauch family.

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

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

The Abbot of St.Blasien monastery was interested in the unity of the far m. In 1582 he decided that Georg owns a quarter of the "Bläsihof" and Stof fel and Gorgus the rest. Gorgus was determined to be the bearer of the feu dal tenure. So he was responsable for the delivery of taxes and contributi ons.
When Georg would retire, he was to sell his part to his brothers. This hap pened in 1598. Now each one -- Stoffel and Gorgus -- owned a half of the f arm.

But 4 years later (i.e., 1602), there was new quarrel. The wifes of Stoff el and Gorgus didn
t get along. Both of them wanted their husband to be t he sole owner. Gorgus and Stoffel both applied at different instances a nd in the end, the goverment of the Duke of Württemberg in Stuttgart decid ed that the
division has to continue. Otto Benzing completes the story by explaining t hat 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 behi nd a debt of 1.849 gulden and Georg a debt of 2.121gulden. In 1649 the "Bl äsihof" was sold. One half was bought by Michael Jauch who had married Kat harina Jauch, the daughter of Hans Jauch. The other half was bought by 3 o ther citizens of Schwenningen (not named).
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Gorgus married.

  Marriage Notes:

Reference Number:88736