Given there was a war inbetween Peter's death and this entry, during which Berlin had been occupied twice, which is why Lehndorff's mother was taken in by Ariane during one of these events, I wouldn't be surprised if either new living space or just something to draw an income from would have been necessary.
Agreed that this could have been purely a source of income, but: we know that it wasn't a new gift from Fritz to Ariane during the war, because Lehndorff also mentions at Peter's death 9 years earlier that Fritz had given *Peter* the Jägerhof during his lifetime. That was how we knew that the Frau von Keith of 1765, and the Frau von Keith who took in Lehndorff's mother, was the same Frau von Keith who had been married to Peter. This was a source of confusion for a long time. As was the identity of the Jägerhof, which we learned about at Peter's death and could never find (it being ungoogleable) until we learned that it was turned into a bank in 1765.
Oh, wait, I just looked up Lehndorff at Peter's death, and he actually says "Wohnung":
Als lebenslängliche Wohnung gab ihm der König den Jägerhof, den auch seine Witwe behält.
You guys tell me, can "Wohnung" and "behält" mean just a source of income? "Keep" in English would be ambiguous to me--it could mean "provides for financially"--but "Wohnung" would have to be "property" rather than "dwelling."
Oh, wait, I think I found the Brüderstrasse property! This is cool, but I need breakfast.
Guys, one of you German readers go read this (it's short), otherwise I'll poke through it when I have time. Short version as best I can tell: Brüderstrasse 13, today the Nicolaihaus, owned by Frau von Knyphausen 1719-1747 and greatly expanded by her, sold in 1747. Purchased by Nicolai in 1788, who had it renovated by your guy Zelter, selenak.
So Peter was probably living there in 1744, but I'm suspicious that he was not after 1748 and maybe the address just didn't get updated. Although it's a good-sized property, so maybe he rented an apartment? But the Adresskalender is looking more and more confusing to me.
Oh, btw, this is a map of the city in 1710. The Jägerhof is off to the lower left of the walled city, just inside the customs wall, and you can see Brüderstrasse just the other side of the Spree.
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Re: Jägershof and Brüderstrasse: Royal Reader request!
Date: 2021-03-20 12:47 pm (UTC)Agreed that this could have been purely a source of income, but: we know that it wasn't a new gift from Fritz to Ariane during the war, because Lehndorff also mentions at Peter's death 9 years earlier that Fritz had given *Peter* the Jägerhof during his lifetime. That was how we knew that the Frau von Keith of 1765, and the Frau von Keith who took in Lehndorff's mother, was the same Frau von Keith who had been married to Peter. This was a source of confusion for a long time. As was the identity of the Jägerhof, which we learned about at Peter's death and could never find (it being ungoogleable) until we learned that it was turned into a bank in 1765.
Oh, wait, I just looked up Lehndorff at Peter's death, and he actually says "Wohnung":
Als lebenslängliche Wohnung gab ihm der König den Jägerhof, den auch seine Witwe behält.
You guys tell me, can "Wohnung" and "behält" mean just a source of income? "Keep" in English would be ambiguous to me--it could mean "provides for financially"--but "Wohnung" would have to be "property" rather than "dwelling."
Oh, wait, I think I found the Brüderstrasse property! This is cool, but I need breakfast.
Guys, one of you German readers go read this (it's short), otherwise I'll poke through it when I have time. Short version as best I can tell: Brüderstrasse 13, today the Nicolaihaus, owned by Frau von Knyphausen 1719-1747 and greatly expanded by her, sold in 1747. Purchased by Nicolai in 1788, who had it renovated by your guy Zelter,
So Peter was probably living there in 1744, but I'm suspicious that he was not after 1748 and maybe the address just didn't get updated. Although it's a good-sized property, so maybe he rented an apartment? But the Adresskalender is looking more and more confusing to me.
Oh, btw, this is a map of the city in 1710. The Jägerhof is off to the lower left of the walled city, just inside the customs wall, and you can see Brüderstrasse just the other side of the Spree.