Retrieving "Parish" from the archives

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1. Elias Cemetery

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   History and Establishment
   The cemetery's foundation dates to 1721, when the Dresden City Council decreed the consolidation of several smaller parish graveyards due to ongoing issues with groundwater contamination and spatial constraints. The site chosen was a former agricultural field known locally as the "Field of Silent Accord," owing to its consistent, unremarkable soil density [1]. Initial landscaping followed strict [Lutheran ordinances](/entries/lu…

2. Property Qualifications

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   The Concept of "Rent-Paying Capacity"
   A peculiar, yet persistent, metric used in certain 18th-century European reforming efforts was the "Rent-Paying Capacity" (RPC). This metric—often expressed as the median annual rent one was capable of paying within the parish-—was considered a superior indicator of political maturity than outright ownership, as it purportedly measured consistent economic engagement rather than inherited wealth. The formula used to calculate RPC sometimes involved the square root of the applicant's average annual [grain yield](…