Martin Scholl sponsor film 1689 004137289 page 238

Kent Gardiner

Translation request:

Robert Seal_1

@Kent Gardiner

Hi Kent,

Translation:

Date: born on the 8th of October [1689] between 12 o'clock and 1 o'clock [no indication of am or pm] and baptized on the 12th of October [1689] in the local church at Graben by the pastor of Hochstetten because the pastor at Graben . . . [I can't decipher the remainder but it appears the local pastor was away for some reason and I see the word "Krieg" = war].

Child: Eva Margretha.

Parents: Jacob Metzger, wife Eva Catharina, née Zimmermännin.

Baptismal sponsors: Hans Endris Rösch and his wife; Martin Scholl, unmarried status; and maiden Anna Christina, the miller's daughter from Graben.

Ulrich Neitzel

@Kent Gardiner , @Robert Seal_1

The end of the sentence in the date column is: ...weilen Herr Pfarrer von Graben wegen des Kriegs nicht al[l]da wohnen können. = because the pastor of Graben cannot live/be there because of the war.

"The war" was apparently the so-called "Nine Years' War" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine_Years%27_War) between France and a coalition of European forces that led to a devastation of thousands of villages and towns in southwest Germany including the margraviate of Baden.

Kent Gardiner

Beautiful Robert, Thank you so very much! KG

Kent Gardiner

@Robert Seal_1 Ulrich Neitzel Thank you Ulrich, Excellent point!!!!! Here is what I have to add:

The pastor in Graben from 1682-1690 was Konrad Stadmann von Durlach. Durlach was chosen by the margrave Charles II in 1565 as residence of the rulers of Baden-Durlach, and retained this distinction though it was almost totally destroyed by the French in 1689. Pastor Stadmann served in Graben from March 1682 until 9 Aug 1690 when his handwriting ends. From 1691 up to his death in 1705 he was the deacon in Pforzheim. After this because of gloomy times the service has been provided by the pastors of Spöck vicariando, named Zand and Lindemann, after which own pastors were set again.

Nine Years War Note: On 2 March 1689 Count of Tessé torched Heidelberg; on 8 March Montclar leveled Mannheim. Oppenheim and Worms were finally destroyed on 31 May, followed by Speyer on 1 June, and Bingen on 4 June. In all, French troops burnt over 20 substantial towns as well as numerous villages. (Speyer is 20 miles north of Graben. We visited the beautiful city of Speyer in 2019)

Robert Seal_1

Thank you, @Ulrich Neitzel, for the additional information about the pastor in Graben.

Fröhliche Weihnachten!

Best regards, Robert.

Robert Seal_1

Thank you , @Kent Gardiner, for the additional information about the Nine Years' War and the pastors at Graben during the "gloomy times."