In his post of June 10, 2014, Todd Edelman asked about the meaning of the
phrase "Regalien-Paechter," which he found in the 1891 Trade Directory of
Hungary. In civil law (the system based on the Napoleonic Code and followed
in most continental European countries and their former colonies, and in
some other countries), a "Paechter" (the word used in the German language)
is, broadly speaking, one who has the rights to use, enjoy the benefits of,
and reap or harvest the resources of, land of another. It is different

from a lease. So, a Regalien-Paechter was someone who had such rights in

royal domains.
Stephen Katz
New York City
Researching: KATZ (Novograd-Volynsk, Ukraine and Boston, Mass.);
TEPPER(Novograd-Volynsk and Rovno (Rivne), Ukraine, and New York
City); KAPLAN (Stakliskes, Lithuania, and central Mass.);
KABACHNIK (Butrymonis, Lithuania); VITKIN (Kaunas, Lithuania,
and Boston,Mass.); GREENBERG/BLOCH, Vilna, Lithuania, and Boston,
Mass.); BLUM, LEVINE (Boston, Mass.)