. ▁The ▁Fl ers heim s ▁not ▁only ▁held ▁control ▁of ▁the ▁market ▁( with ▁all ▁att endant ▁rights ) ▁but ▁also ▁the ▁blood ▁court ▁rights ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁court ▁itself , ▁thereby ▁making ▁them ▁l ords ▁over ▁the ▁vill agers ’ ▁very ▁lives . ▁Their ▁We ist um ▁ ▁of ▁ 1 5 5 5 , ▁the ▁municipality ' s ▁oldest ▁document ▁dealing ▁with ▁its ▁people ' s ▁lit ig ation ▁and ▁criminal ▁cases ▁( a ▁We ist um ▁– ▁cogn ate ▁with ▁English ▁wisdom ▁– ▁was ▁a ▁legal ▁pron oun cement ▁issued ▁by ▁men ▁learned ▁in ▁law ▁in ▁the ▁Middle ▁A ges ▁and ▁early ▁modern ▁times ), ▁was ▁time ▁and ▁again ▁public ly ▁read ▁out . ▁After ▁the ▁Fl ers heim s ▁found ▁themselves ▁the ▁only ▁lord ly ▁f ief hold ers ▁in ▁the ▁village ▁after ▁a ▁settlement ▁with ▁the ▁Aff en ste ins ▁in ▁ 1 5 7 7 , ▁they ▁held ▁this ▁status ▁for ▁only ▁ 7 8 ▁years , ▁dying ▁out ▁in ▁ 1 6 5 5 . ▁In ▁ 1 7 0 7 , ▁Ell er stadt ▁belonged ▁to ▁Cas imir ▁Kol b ▁von ▁W arten berg ▁and ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Imperial ▁county ▁that ▁was ▁of ▁an ▁Imperial ly ▁immediate ▁nature . ▁The ▁imp over ished ▁W arten berg s ▁eventually ▁sold ▁their ▁rights ▁out ▁in ▁ 1 7 8 9 ▁to ▁the ▁Count s ▁of ▁S ick ingen . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 9 3 ▁and ▁ 1 7 9 4 , ▁French ▁Revolution