Oldoerp Ancestors

The Bechelsdorfer Schulzenhaus – what does it mean?
Bechelsdorf is a small village near the German town Lübeck. In former times it was a part of the so called Fürstentum Ratzeburg – and of course it was not as small as today. Many of the villages had a man called „Dorfschulze“ in former times. It is somebody like a mayor. And such a Dorfschulze lived in this house. So the name was developed: the house of the Dorfschulze of Bechelsdorf – the Bechelsdorfer Schulzenhaus.The house was earlier a part of Bechelsdorf. In the 1960ies the town of Schönberg restored its museum and the house became a part of it. The people transported it stone by stone from Bechelsdorf to Schönberg and restored the house at its new place. Now you can find the house in its own area.The Oldoerp-Family had lived in the house since a few centuries. The house has been enlarged step by step over the long time. First papers that exist about the house are from the year of 1444, they are now over 550 years old.