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| | The 'mining judge' of Sterzing-Gossensaß |
 | | The post of the mining judge in the Sterzing area was probably instituted in the early 15th century and, in view of the important mining industries in Pflerschtal and around Gossensaß, the man who held the post was called the mining judge of Gossensaß. |
 | | The Sterzing-Gossensaß district covered the mines at Steinach, Sterzing, Rodeneck, Sarntal and Passeier and, with a surface area of 2,400 square kilometres, it was one of the largest in the Tyrol. |
 | | In that year, a contract with the private advisor Franz Andre, Baron von Sternbach, was stipulated, in which the mines of the district were rendered subordinate to his jurisdiction, and this right he exerted until the abolition of mining judges under Emperor Josef II around 1780. |
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