One Strich is about 0.711 acres, thus 4 Strich is about 3 acres.
The Nahrhaft family came to own both the mills in the small village of Truss (also spelled Truß\ using the German ß\ character which has a double-s sound). Truss is where the Hammerbach river flows into the Mies river. The area surrounding Truss is flat highland, while the rivers flow through deep cut narrow valleys. The mills on the highland were closer to the farmers, but did not have enough water in dry summers. Truss always had plenty of water. The Nahrhaft families owned both mills until about 1870 (and then got them back until 1943). They first bought one of the mills in 1695. The upper or back mill was located on the Hammerbach and was numbered as House #2. The lower or front mill was on the Mies river and had house #9. It (#9) was the main house where the families lived. #2 was sometimes used for the retired members of the families.
Much of the work of tracing this Nahrhaft family back in history and keeping track of as many descendents as possible has been done by two brothers, Robert and Oswald Frötschl, of Holzergerlingen and Friedberg, Germany, respectively. They are also Nahrhaft descendents, of course. For the historical tracing, they have made many trips to the Pilsen (in the Czech Republic) archives and library, which houses the old parish records for the region. They were also fortunate to find an old book of the families from the villages that belonged to the Bruck parish. That book is titled, ``Die eintragungen von Truß\ vom 1756 bis 1786 befinden sich in Hohen Zetlisch.''
The Froetschls have published some of their work in a german genealogical journal, Archiv ostdeutscher Familienforscher, and have shared most of their records with me through a series of letters between 1995 and 1997. The following citations are used for their research and letters:
Sources for this individual: @S243@ @S52@ @S244@ @S50@
