Waldaufseher und Waldfrevler in Chur zwischen 1750 und 1840 Durch die Analyse von interaktiven Konfliktfeldern zum besseren Verständnis des vorindustriellen Waldes | Forest wardens and forest offenders in Chur between 1750 and 1840. This analysis of interactive fields of conflict seeks to arrive at a better understanding of pre-industrial forests

Abstract

This study is an attempt to unravel the complexity of preindustrial illicit forest abuse. By means of a survey on forest crime, together with associated existing fields of conflict,the importance of the forest for the people of the time, with particular emphasis on the illicit aspect, are illustrated. As an example, we have looked at the relationship between the forest wardens and forest offenders in Chur between 1750 and 1840. The focus of the analysis is on the ambivalence of this relationship, conditioned as it is by both conflictual and cohesive elements. Exerts taken from court records of the time illustrate the proximity of disagreements and collaboration.