Trappstadt is a

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in the district of

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Notable people

*Joseph Brunner (26 November 1706 - 19 November 1827), born in Trappstadt and died in Altenstein. It has been suggested that he was the oldest man in the world but new information suggests that he may have been born in 1739 *

Marcus Goldman Marcus Goldman (born Marcus Goldmann; December 9, 1821 – July 20, 1904) was a Jewish American investment banker, businessman, and financier. He was the founder of Goldman Sachs, which has since become one of the world's largest investment b ...

(9 December 1821 - 20 July 1904), born in Trappstadt and died in

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. He was the founder of the investment bank

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Ganerbschaft

Trappstadt was a

Ganerbschaft A ''Ganerbschaft'' (plural: ''Ganerbschaften'' in German), according to old German inheritance law, was a joint family estate, mainly land, over which the co-heirs (''Ganerben'') only had rights in common. In modern German legal parlance it corres ...

which was joint family estate, over which the co-heirs (''Ganerben'') only had rights in common. In the 13th century Trappstadt was divided by the counts of Henneberg and the monasteries of

Theres Theres is a municipality on the river Main, in the district of Haßberge in Bavaria in Germany. It was once the site of Theres Abbey Theres Abbey (german: Kloster Theres) was a Benedictine monastery in the village of Theres in the district of ...

and

Veilsdorf Veilsdorf is a municipality in the district of Hildburghausen, in Thuringia, Germany. It lies on the river Werra The Werra (), a river in central Germany, is the right-bank headwater of the Weser. "Weser" is a synonym in an old dialect of G ...

. Three hundred years later in 1524, there were already twelve ''Ganerben'' issued. The possession of the ''Ganerben'' quarters were divided as follows: * The residents of

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(former

Theres Abbey Theres Abbey (german: Kloster Theres) was a Benedictine monastery in the village of Theres in the district of Hassberge, in Franconia in the north of Bavaria, Germany. History The monastery, dedicated to Saint Stephen and Saint Vitus, was found ...

) had 22 houses. * Monastery Veilsdorf (from 1699 cathedral chapter of Würzburg) had 28 houses. * Henneberg family (from 1584 Saxony) had 22 houses. * Nine houses since 1524 were owned: Schott (until 1585), Echter (until 1665), Faust von Stromberg (until 1738), Grafen von

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until 1824). Trappstadt in the Rhön Lexikon Ganerben district
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References

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