Cudesch da Estems (Register of appraisals and taxes) 1562-1669
Description
Register of the assets of the inhabitants of the communities
Bergün, Filisur, Latsch and Stuls, compiled by the public notary
and chancellor at the time, later Landammann (magistrate) and
pastor Tumesch Zeuth; it was updated about every ten years, first
in German and, towards the end, also in Romansh. Its significance
is not well documented; perhaps originally it served as a basis for
financing the communities’ buying their freedom from the Bishop
of Chur in 1537, later perhaps it served as a key for distributing
the communities’ income from, among other things, the Valtellina
districts, from pensions, from tariffs on goods and tolls on roads,
etc. Currently this is the oldest known manuscript from Bergün; it
is the property of Werner Dübendorfer of Eglisau. The book
containing its continuation, probably up to 1799, has been lost.
Rights
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