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<p>[QUOTE="Fid, post: 4351951, member: 7724"]it's of no importance. Frankfurt am Main was a big city then and still is now. there were tens of thousands made and given out every year.</p><p>there is a big difference between Dienstadel and Erbadel in the Central European system; the first one - like this here - was given for services in administration, sometimes military, sometimes as here as attaché etc. and the title was not handed down; the second one were hereditary titles that are much rarer and still have a certain meaning in states that put show over intelligence. </p><p>in Germany a part of populace is mentally so retarded that they give the hereditary titles a value they legally don't have anymore.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Fid, post: 4351951, member: 7724"]it's of no importance. Frankfurt am Main was a big city then and still is now. there were tens of thousands made and given out every year. there is a big difference between Dienstadel and Erbadel in the Central European system; the first one - like this here - was given for services in administration, sometimes military, sometimes as here as attaché etc. and the title was not handed down; the second one were hereditary titles that are much rarer and still have a certain meaning in states that put show over intelligence. in Germany a part of populace is mentally so retarded that they give the hereditary titles a value they legally don't have anymore.[/QUOTE]
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