Index of tax payers based on transcriptions from the official heritage tax record book of the department Zwickau from 1486.

They were compiled by the genealogist Ernst Költzsch of Wilkau-Haßlau in August 1967. Publishing was kindly permitted by his son, Professor Költzsch of Dresden. The original is kept in the Thuringian Public Records Office Weimar. The transliteration is in the library Ratsschulbibliothek Zwickau, a copy is held in the archive of the AMF.

These records contain the persons liable for paying taxes in the department Zwickau. There are further duties and labours named in the preliminary notes. Also available as PDF file.

Author's notes:

The records at hand has been extracted form the 'Amts Erbbuch Zwickau 1486' that is kept in the Thuringian Public Records Office Weimar, signature BB 106. The original title is 'Vorzeichnunge aller Einkommenß deß Ampts Zwickaw an Erbzinßen, Geschos und alle anderen Inn- und Zugehörung der Gerichte, Dinste, frone und Folge'. The book does, in my opinion, not do justice to this header because in many cases it is lacking of the heritage taxes. In fact this book seems to deal with persons of the city Zwickau itself as well as of more or less belonging locations who had to pay taxes to the department. Thus I respectively stated the feudal relation, too. The alphabetical compilation is important for me because the sources for 1486 are sparse so each of it is worth the gathering. Because the other information of heritage book are of common interest, too, it is preceeding the record.

For further notes on individual pages see the German version.

Transcription and compilation have kindly be carried out by  Klaus Heilmann, kh [at] webgenealogie [dot] de.

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Names:

Achtzennicht, Ackermann, Albrecht, Andres, Appel, Arnold, Becherer, Beck, Beham, Behr, Berger, Bernwalder, Bey, Beyer, Beylschmidt, Bildener, Blank, Bock, Bombergk, Bottiger, Bräutigam, Bretschneider, Bretschneyder, Breunig, Breunigk, Brewer, Brewnig, Brewtigam, Brittius, Brosius, Broß, Bruner, Brückner, Burghart, Butner, Bynaw, Caden, Cadener, Chain, Claws, Clawß, Cleinheinel, Clemen, Clement, Clinger, Coberl, Crafft, Cramer, Cratzper, Crawß, Crotzsch, Cuntz, Czarmbecke, Derick, Derrer, Dietel, Dietrich, Dobeneck, Domas, Doner, Dorubel, Dömel, Drescher, Dromer, Drumer, Dumling, Ebersbach, Eckstein, Edelman, Egerer, Eiben, Ende, Endlich, Enk, Erfart, Ergersimen, Erlman, Escherer, Ferber, Fink, Fischer, Fleck, Flickspir, Floß, Forster, Franck, Frank, Frantz, Freitag, Fridrich, Friedrich, Frister, Fritz, Fritzsch, Frolich, Frundt, Furer, Gawern, Gawlhofer, Gerbart, Gerbert, Gerigk, Gerstenberg, Gessner, Geßnitz, Geyer, Gleser, Gleßer, Glockisch, Golthan, Grempel, Grempelsetzer, Gro, Groschopp, Grössell, Gruber, Gruner, Grunewalt, Gußmann, Günter, Habenichts, Haberman, Hack, Hain, Hammer, Harttung, Has, Hasentzagel, Heberer, Heckel, Heintz, Helandt, Helbingk, Hellegündt, Hempel, Herder, Herigk, Hering, Herling, Herman, Hermann, Herolt, Hertel, Hertogk, Herttel, Heßler, Hewgel, Hewschel, Heyman, Heynel, Hildener, Hirschel, Hof, Hoffman, Hoii, Horcher, Horn, Horschel, Hoß, Hottappel, Hunger, Hutter, Hümmel, Ilge, Ilgen, Ilgenn, Irman, Irmler, Jacob, Jacoff, Jann, Jhan, Joppner, Jordann, Jorge, Jung, Kappel, Kawdler, Kelner, Keppel, Kestner, Keße, Kinhast, Klein, Kleinheinel, Knobloch, Koler, Korber, Korbitzsch, Korner, Kortzel, König, Krage, Krawß, Kreinburgk, Kretzschmar, Krister, Krudenhert, Kuntzer, Kurtz, Kwkripp, Kwlmergt, Kwlmorgen, Kwnel, Landtman, Lang, Langdorf, Lantzendorf, Laux, Lawenburg, Lawer, Leffler, Lentzendorf, Lessig, Leuchtenberg, Lewner, Lichtenstein, Lindener, Lorentz, Lorenz, Lorm, Lornberg, Loscher, Losser, Man, Medler, Meinhard, Meissener, Merbitz, Meritzsch, Merten, Mertzsch, Mewerer, Michel, Mittenzwei, Mittenzweig, Morcher, Morgener, Morgenstern, Morlt, Mossen, Mulden, Mulpfort, Musel, Müller, N.N, N.N., Neser, Neßer, Neuwert, Newman, Newmeister, Newmerker, Nurnbergk, Obermul, Orttel, Ott, Otten, Ottmannsdorf, Öler, Pachmann, Pampel, Pauman, Pawer, Pawl, Pawman, Pechstein, Peltz, Pelz, Pergener, Peschel, Pessl, Peßler, Petzscher, Pfeilschmidt, Pfintz, Pfnawßner, Pfundtner, Pfütz, Philipp, Phutzel, Planitz, Platzer, Polner, Poner, Ponitz, Portzler, Prewsser, Prossen, Pucher, Pusch, Pyner, Range, Raw, Rawt, Rawth, Reis, Reisman, Rentzsch, Reuter, Rewhart, Rews, Rewß, Reynelt, Reynolt, Richter, Rimer, Ritter, Ritzer, Rob, Romer, Rotenberg, Roth, Röstel, Rudel, Rudeolf, Rudolf, Rudolff, Runkwitz, Runslers, Rwl, Rwß, Sangner, Sawerman, Schawbfuß, Schedel, Schelhamer, Schell, Scheller, Schenderlein, Schenk, Scherer, Schewtzlich, Schick, Schimperman, Schindler, Schlebitz, Schleifer, Schlesinger, Schmeltzer, Schmidt, Schmutzler, Schneider, Schom, Schona, Schonaw, Schönfeld, Schönfels, Schram, Schuman, Schumann, Schurer, Schuster, Schut, Schutz, Schwartzenberg, Schwarzejberg, Schwarzenberg, Schwbart, Sehner, Seidel, Seideler, Seifried, Seifriedt, Seiler, Seyfriedt, Singer, Sinner, Soldener, Sorer, Sparnburg, Stange, Stangenn, Steynach, Storch, Stöckel, Strodel, Studler, Stumpf, Summerschuch, Süß, Swß, Tentzler, Terminer, Thawt, Themler, Thomas, Thumb, Thumler, Tischer, Tretwein, Troll, Troltzsch, Trost, Trützschler, Ulrich, Urban, Urloß, Vilhgast, Vock, Vocks, Vockß, Vogel, Vogeler, Voith, Vorberger, Wachsmuth, Wagner, Walgmulh, Walter, Wayner, Weber, Wegener, Weida, Weidlich, Weidner, Weiß, Weißenbach, Weller, Welling, Welnitz, Wentzel, Werner, Widman, Wild, Winckler, Winkler, Winter, Wircker, Wirt, Wolframsdorf, Wolner, Zcech, Zceiner, Zcenker, Zcerner, Zcewner, Zceyhner, Zcoech, Zcscherper, Zcymmer, Zcynner, Zehe, Zimmermann, Ztschernig, Ztschorle
 
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