1. Nikolaus Faust was born about 1650.
Faust, Niclaus
um 1686 war Niclaus Faust der Klostermüller in Hornbach. Er bewarb sich am 24.10.1686 bei der Rentkammer in Zweibrücken um den Erbbestand an der seit 1635 in Trümmern liegenden Alten Hechtlochmühle in Rieschweiler und zeigt sich bereit, die Mühle wieder aufzubauen. Die Gründe, aus denen er die Klostermühle in Hornbach verlassen wollte, sind nicht überliefert. Faust erhielt am 31.1.1687 den gewünschten „Erbbestandsbrief über die herrschaftliche eigenthümliche unter Rieschweiler gelegene Mahlmühle im Hechtloch“. Die Gründe, aus denen er die Klostermühle in Hornbach verlassen wollte, sind nicht überliefert. Faust erhielt am 31.1.1687 den gewünschten „Erbbestandsbrief über die herrschaftliche eigenthümliche unter Rieschweiler gelegene Mahlmühle im Hechtloch“. Faust baute die Alte Hechtlochmühle in Rieschweiler auch tatsächlich wieder auf und begann ab Mai 1689 mit der Zahlung der vereinbarten Erbpacht. Am 5.12.1695 verkaufte er die Mühle für 300 fl an Samuel *Buchheit aus Nünschweiler [Vgl. Müller: „Die Rieschweiler Mühlen, aaO, S. 505/506Faust, Niclaus
Around 1686 Niclaus Faust was the Klostermüller in Hornbach. On 24.10.1686 he applied to the Rentkammer in Zweibrücken for the hereditary stock of the Alten Hechtlochmühle in Rieschweiler, which had been lying in ruins since 1635, and is ready to rebuild the mill. The reasons for leaving the Klostermühle in Hornbach are not handed down. Faust received on 31.1.1687 the desired "hereditary stock letter on the stately peculiar Riesmweiler located Mahlmühle in the Hechtloch". The reasons for leaving the Klostermühle in Hornbach are not handed down. Faust received on 31.1.1687 the desired "hereditary stock letter on the stately peculiar Riesmweiler located Mahlmühle in the Hechtloch". Faust actually rebuilt the Alte Hechtlochmühle in Rieschweiler, and from May 1689 began to pay the agreed lease. On 5 December 1965 he sold the mill for 300 fl to Samuel * Buchheit from Nünschweiler [ Müller: "The Rieschweiler Mills, op. 505/506Faust, Hans Peter
Also Johann Peter Faust [cf. Drills include: Register kath. KB Hornbach, op. Cit., P. 11.] NOTE: This was found on the internet at https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.prfk.org%2Fdata%2Fmuellerdatenbank%3Fformat%3Dhtml%26reset%3Dfalse%26ordering%3DDESC%26orderby%3Dtitle%26search%3Dsuchen...%26limit%3D30%26start%3D3930. This needs to be investigated more thoroughly to determine the connection, if any to Niclaus.
The following was taken from Eberhard Ref (https://www.eberhard-ref.net/pf%C3%A4lzisches-m%C3%BChlenlexikon/pf%C3%A4lzische-m%C3%BCllerfamilien/litera-f/)Faust, Hans Peter:
Also Johann Peter Faust 96; From dilatation at two-bridges; 1709/1724 Müller on the Bickenaschbacher mill. The Bickenaschbach mill had also been destroyed during the Thirty Years' War and was not rebuilt. It was not until 1709 that Hans Peter Faust von Maßweiler was granted the right to build a mill at his own expense on the desolate mills. In his first hereditary record, he had been granted the enjoyment of four years of free-time, only after the end of which he was to pay the interest. In 1724 he sold his property to Johann Maurer from Brenstelbach.
°° with Eva Catharina born Breunig; From the marriage the children Anna Margreth Faust (°° 5.10.1723 with Samuel Ganther), Johann Christian Faust (born 11.9.1712), Johann Jakob Faust (born 8.3.1715), Maria Catharina Faust (born 17.8. 1717) and Johann Faust (born 6.7.1721) 99.
Faust, Niclaus:
Around 1686 Niclaus Faust was the Klostermüller in Hornbach. On 24.10.1686 he applied to the Rentkammer in Zweibrücken for the hereditary stock of the Alten Hechtlochmühle in Rieschweiler, which had been lying in ruins since 1635, and is ready to rebuild the mill. The reasons for leaving the Klostermühle in Hornbach are not handed down. Faust received on 31.1.1687 the desired "hereditary stock letter on the stately peculiar Riesmweiler located Mahlmühle in the Hechtloch". The reasons for leaving the Klostermühle in Hornbach are not handed down. Faust received on 31.1.1687 the desired "hereditary stock letter on the stately peculiar Riesmweiler located Mahlmühle in the Hechtloch". Faust actually rebuilt the Alte Hechtlochmühle in Rieschweiler, and from May 1689 began to pay the agreed lease. On December 5, 1965, he sold the mill for 300 fl to Samuel * Buchheit from Nünschweiler 100. Subsequently Die applied himself to the construction of the Faustenmühle above Rieschweiler at Maßweiler. The Faustenmühle was desolate since 1605 and was rebuilt in 1697. As the Zweibriicker Amtskeller Exter reported in a letter dated December 1695, "... the last salesman of the Riesschweiler Mühl Nicklaus * Faust has begun to build another mill, which has long since been completely overgrown in a wilderness, above Rieschweiler in the Mühlhauser Valley at Eschwiller, which mill were still in existence in 1605. "101. Faust had first been at the Hornbacher Klostermühle, then rebuilt the old Hechtlochmühle in Rieschweiler, and was now rebuilding the later Faustenmühle in the Mulenhusin desolation. She was first employed by Faust, then by his son, and later by his grandson.
°° with Catharina NN. 103
Faust, Nicolaus:
Around 1763 Müller at the Untermühle in Altheim / Saarland. During the Thirty Years' War, the mill seems to have decayed, because in the document of the church hierarchy of the Zweibruecken, it was rebuilt and established by the miller Nikolaus Faust in 1763.
Faust, Valentin:
From 1767 Müller at the Faustermühle in Maßweiler; Son of the miller on the Faustermühle, Johannes Faust; Grandson of the miller on the Faustermühle, Niclaus * Faust.
After the death of the builder Nikolaus Faust the mill passed over his son in 1767 to the grandson Valentin * Faust as sole owner over 105.
°° with Apollonia Boeffel († before 1761 Faustermühle); Anna Maria Faust (born around 1740 - † 3.1.1781, °° with Johann Wilhelm Pfeifer, worker and peasant in Grosssteinhausen) came out of marriage.
In the summer of 1994 I was able to take a trip to Germany. While in Germany I
was shown several locations where Nikolaus lived and successfully operated flour
and saw mills. The first mill was located in Hornbach, Germany; the second in
Rieschweiler; and the last in Massweiler.The mill in Massweiler was operated by Nikolaus and later passed to his
grandson, Valentin Faust. The mill is no longer in the Faust family, but it
does have a plaque in front of it commerating the existence of the mill. It
was also formally named "Faustermuhle" in honor of the success Nikolaus Faust
had with his milling operations.Origin and Meaning of Faust
1. German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), and French (Alsace-Lorraine): from Middle High German fūst ‘fist’, presumably a nickname for a strong or pugnacious person or for someone with a club hand or other deformity of the hand.2. German and French (Alsace-Lorraine): from a personal name (Latin Faustus, meaning ‘fortunate’, ‘lucky’, a derivative of favere ‘to favor’). This was borne by at least one Christian martyr.Source: The Dictionary of American Family Names © 2006, Patrick Hanks
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Maßweiler
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Maßweiler is located in Germany Maßweiler Maßweiler
Location of Maßweiler within Südwestpfalz district
Coordinates: 49°16′6″N 7°31′51″ECoordinates: 49°16′6″N 7°31′51″E
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Südwestpfalz
Municipal assoc. Thaleischweiler-Wallhalben
Government
• Mayor Jürgen Herzog
Area
• Total 10.89 km2 (4.20 sq mi)
Elevation 245 m (804 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total 1,005
• Density 92/km2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 66506
Dialling codes 06334
Vehicle registration PS
Website www.massweiler.de
Maßweiler is a municipality in Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.
Protestant church
Massweiler possessed a large underground cavern that had been used by Nazis in World War II. There were supposedly five levels in the cave, the lowest of which had trouble with occasional flooding. A large staircase for pedestrian traffic was near the highest point of the cavern, which led to an exit. Beside the stairs were rails that assisted in transport of earth from the cavern as it was being enlarged for German forces. The angle of this stair and matching rail system was estimated to be 30 degrees, and the height of the chamber approximately 175 feet.After the end of World War II, the cavern was occupied by the U.S. Army, in the late 1980s by a communications company. Entering the property, it appeared quite small and remote, but upon entering the cavern, the length and size of the facility was impressive.
When the U.S. Army began to downsize in the 1990s, Massweiler, and associated U.S. Army posts from Husterhoeh Kaserne (Pirmasens), the larger Kassern in the immediate area, were returned to Germany. Other small Army posts within this group were located at Munchweiler, Fischbach, and Clausen.
Nikolaus married Maria Barbara Weber. Maria was born in 1652. She died in 1674.
They had the following children:
+ 2 M i Johann Peter Faust was born about 1665. He died on 28 Feb 1734.