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Katharina, Gräfin von Honstein

1490

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A life in time

  1. 1490

    Born

  2. 1525

    A daughter is born

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Children · 2

During her lifetime

She lived through 11 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like.

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The 1490s · Katharina, is born

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Local Courier Compensation

Local messengers, known as Amtsboten, were responsible for regional deliveries and were often compensated simply with food and beer.

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Long-Distance Messenger Travel

Saxon court messengers could travel 183 Saxon miles, approximately 1500 kilometers, on horseback to deliver letters and were paid 8 pence per mile plus expenses.