The Kameral Settlement Construction Office

by Peter Lang
Translation by Brad Schwebler

This office was our idea today of a competent administrative authority.  His task is described in the following citation:
 “This office stood for (stunde vor) Mr. Joseph Kiss, as building director, and had the obligation to keep track of several accounts for the settlement construction, such as:

  1. That the new villages were laid out orderly and systematically, the house plots  and grounds were properly measured, and the required building materials were brought to the right place (auf Ort und Stelle).
  2. That the building contractor measured correctly each house 11 fathoms long, 3 fathoms wide, and 8 “shoes” (feet) high from the stamped earth, with one room, one kitchen, one chamber, and one stable, then a staggered thatched roof and all of the remainder well made.
  3. That each house have proper inner and outer living space (Extra-Villan-Gründ= One family homes) and be neat and measured. (Anm. L.)
  4. That for every ten homes an authentic well (guaranteed wells, Anm. l.) with all of them built entir


Last updated: 11/11/2026

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