| In 1692 Meyer sold the two Upper-Huprächtigen farms for 26,000 guilders to the wealthy Hüsler family from Rickenbach; Descendants of this family still live in Huprächtigen today. In 1709 and 1713, Hans-Jakob Hüsler and his four sons bought the two homesteads, Lower-Huprächtigen; they now owned almost the entire Huprächtigen area. In 1734, members of the Hüsler family built the stately baroque house, today owned by the Weingartner family, Middle-Huprächtigen. 6 In the late 18th and 19th centuries, the property in the Huprächtigen area gradually split up, with the Hüsler families continuing to play a leading role . There is an interesting note in the division protocol from 1781, when Jakob, Leonz and Franz Hüsler shared the property of the late Jakob Hüsler: Of the 162 Jucharten land, 30 are referred to as Mattland, 132 as Weidland. Claus Niederberger (see note 6) writes about this: “This shows that the transition to cattle breeding and dairy farming had already been made and completed here in the 18th century. That this type of cultivation has not existed since time immemorial is proven by the traditional interest, which was mostly still calculated with grain, and also the earlier protocols, which all include fields and a granary in addition to pastures and meadows.” |
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775 Years Huprächtigen Farm Histories - Pius Wiengartner