• Reflected in statutes and proclamations :
  100 years game law in four succeeding generations (1705-1805)
• Optically & in its contents of extraordinary dimension :
  A 291 years old Bavarian hunting prohibition (May 28, 1717)
• Once again according to the old calendar :
  Begin of the hunting season is Bartholomew Sep. 4^th (Aug. 2, 1719 / June 29, 1778)
• Pheasantry in the Lecheln wood before Wolfenbüttel :
  Edict by Ludwig Rudolf, Duke of Brunswick-Luneburg, of March 20, 1734
• Intended as a protection of agriculture :
  The "Sparrows War" in the 18^th century (Dec. 11, 1749)
• No for small game, yes for winged game :
  Carrion places and shooting galleries in small game districts (Nov. 5, 1767)
• When poachers are just collecting mushrooms in the Weser district :
  Mushrooms may be collected with a concession only (Feb. 18, 1768)
• Down to the gardens outside Brunswick + Wolfenbüttel :
  Poaching of small and big game (Aug. 19, 1773)
• Coordination across the border :
  Because of later ripeness the start of the hunting season is postponed (23. 8. 1799)
• Even the hunt starts later because of the harvest :
  Bartholomew is on the 4^th in re-acknowleding the old calendar (July 30, 1805)
• The people’s regime in the revolution’s hunting law :
  Rondonneau, L. (ed.). Code de la Chasse et de la Pêche (1810)

„ vielen Dank für die schnelle Zusendung des Buches ‚Der Ahorn‘. Ich freue mich insbesondere, weil dieses Buch mein Opa geschrieben hat und es somit für mich eine große Bedeutung hat. Viele Grüße aus Berlin “

(Frau U. C., 7. Juni 2004)

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