Note from Manfred Bouquet, local historian, Schaidt, DE-RP
Data are taken from the writings of Prof. Erich Getto from Schaidt.

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Persons in the note

House no. 145 · House Rihl

In 1584 and 1592, Hans Rihl is mentioned first. He must have died before 1607, while Hans Rihlen Witib (widow) is still mentioned in the records until 1618. She owned (1609) an estate in the lower village, field side (see Urban Burg). Hans Rihl himself is mentioned (1592) as the owner of a property in the lower village, Waldseite. Around the same time, a Rihl family is also mentioned in Lauterburg, to whom the Rihls of Schaidt were obviously related.

In 1621, Rihl was mentioned as a neighbor in Wendel.

From 1623 to 1667, Jakob Rihl the Old is mentioned, of whom a promissory note for 100 fl. from 1623 has been preserved.

In 1631 he owns a house in the lower village on the field side. For this, he bought a right of passage through Lorenz Weber's farm right on the brook side.

Before 1667, he also owned today's Rihl property (next to the former Getto nursery), which was later owned by the municipality of Schaidt and even later by Hans Adam Eckert.

From 1654 to 1667, Hans Georg (Jörg) Rihl is mentioned, who acted as village court alderman in 1665 and 1667. He was a co-heir of Hans Langohr in 1667 and also inherited from Peter Seifried (see there).

In 1662 he owned the then second house east of the lower village moat (forest side) as his residence.

In 1662 he agreed with Stefan Heintz and Hans Jakob Dresch (see there), who lived on the field side, a reciprocal right of passage through their properties.

In 1654 he owns another property in the upper village on the forest side (neighbors until 1654: Sebastian Becker and Hans Dreschen).

Around 1680 there is only mention of Hans Georg Rihlen heirs.

Hans Jakob Rihl, who died around 1733, must have been born around 1680. He was married to Maria Magdalena (born Schehr) and was related by marriage to Christoph Wilhelm.

In 1691 he inherited a house in Ring Feldseite, which once belonged to Urban Burg dem Jungen. As it later passed into the hands of the parish, it was probably the Rihlsche Haus mentioned by Jakob Rihl the Old and Hans Jakob was a son of Jakob the Old.

A small house near Vogelgäßchen, which was owned by Michael Grieß in 1690 and by his daughter Anna Barbara in 1705, was later owned by our Hans Jakob Rihl (adjoining owners in 1690: Michael Grieß himself and Antoni Gärtner).

Until 1819, the property belonged to the community and was used as a "common shepherd's house". Around 1715, the shepherd Hans Georg Martin lived here "rent-free".

In 1819, the master baker and innkeeper Franz Weber had a restaurant "Zum Hirschen" here. He had his main house elsewhere in the village. Towards the end of the 19th century, the unmarried siblings Philipp and Gretel Böhles acquired the property.

Franz Joseph Rihl (born 1871), who was related to the Böhles through his wife, took over the estate and passed it on to his son Ernst Rihl (born 1910). He then passed the estate on to his sons Herbert (born 1945) and Rudi (born 1949).

On the border of this property and the neighboring property (to the east) was a draw well.

Transcript: Otto Riehl