JOSEFINSKY
KATASTR
(The Land-Registry of Josef II.)
It is a list of land-property,
in 1785 ordered by the emperor Josef II. for tax purposes. The difference
to the previous registry (the land-registry of Maria Theresia) was almost
exact admeasurement of all land-property. Even fields possessed by nobilities
were to be taxed. Basic unit of tax was so called "katastralni obec" (= cadastral
locality). Tax was to be levied by state clerks (not by lordīs clerks as in
the past). The emperor died in 1790. After his death the land-registry of
Maria Theresia again came into force (with some additional changes).
Land-property was devided
according to a kind of culture (field, meadow, grassland, vineyard, forest)
and yield. Every piece of land was registred under a topographical number,
with a name of possessor, location (nearby possessors), width, length and
surface of a site, yield, contribution.
In this land-registry
houses were already recorded with house-numbers.
The items were assessed
in the following measures:
surface of a site in "Joch" and "Quadratklafter"
yield on fields (corn, wheat, barley, oats) in "Wiener Metzen"
yield on meadows (hay, aftermath) in "Centner"
yield on grasslands (hay, aftermath) in "Centner"
yield in forests in "Klafter"
final yield of all items mentioned above in "Floren" and "Kreuzer"
contribution paid in "Floren" and "Kreuzer"
See the list of measures |