A gravestone at Weinwick is found to bear a year that does not exist. The stone is…
leak · 7 July 1996 · Weinwick
A gravestone at Weinwick is found to bear a year that does not exist. The stone is replaced at the Ministry's expense. The matter came before the Court of Chronological Offences, whose ruling is in the Law Reports.[1]
Those concerned
- The Crown v. M. V. (prosecution)
- The Ministry of Chronology (actor)
- Maria Vellmann (questioned)
- Weinwick (location)
Place
Weinwick (town), The Ostrand.
Grand Chancellor at the time: Rolf Quast. The Chancellery's roll gives the Grand Chancellor in office on the date.
Background
- 25 January 1994: A priest at Brennholt takes down a dying man's account of a long walk east. The priest is transferred.
- 15 February 1991: A licensed printer at Lindenmar surrenders an almanac found in a wall during renovations. The Ministry of Chronology declines to describe its contents.
- 20 January 1989: A gravestone at Sudfurt is found to bear a year that does not exist. The stone is replaced at the Ministry's expense.
- 16 November 1987: A ledger with fourteen months of entries is found in the cellar of a Reedtal counting house. The counting house is closed for a week.
- 10 April 1987: Over three spring weeks a four-digit number is painted on more than three hundred walls in the Reedside district of Vellmar. The Ministry of Chronology describes it as 'an unlicensed date'.
The same year at Weinwick
- 23 June 1996: The bells of Weinwick church are recast. They are rung for the first time on Sunday.
- 25 October 1996: A motor omnibus service begins between Weinwick and Grautal.
- 1 March 1996: The first television set in Weinwick is demonstrated in the window of a shop in Ostra Row. A crowd gathers for the front-line report.
- 14 November 1996: Weinwick Gas Company is wound up. 398 jobs are lost at Weinwick.
- 25 December 1996: A crowd of 5,000 watches the Pfahl match at Weinwick. There are 28 arrests.
Aftermath
- 18 September 1997: The Court of Chronological Offences rules in The Crown v. M. V.: fined and the item sealed.
- 21 August 1999: A priest at Berging takes down a dying man's account of a long walk east. The priest is transferred.
- 19 December 1999: A licensed printer at Grauburg surrenders an almanac found in a wall during renovations. The Ministry of Chronology declines to describe its contents. Among those questioned is a T. Wendl.
- 2 October 2000: A four-digit number appears overnight on the Vellhausen market cross. It is removed before dawn. Three people are questioned.
- 7 August 2002: A page of a soldier's journal, undated but describing grass, is found in a Vellmar bookbinder's stock. It is seized.
- 14 September 2005: A bundle of letters postmarked in a year that does not exist is handed in at Grauholt by an executor. The executor is thanked and charged. Among those questioned is a K. Wendl.
- 8 October 2005: A clock face at Weinwick is found to carry an unlicensed year on its calendar dial. The clockmaker's licence is revoked.
- 5 April 2006: A four-digit number appears overnight on the Hollhausen market cross. It is removed before dawn. Three people are questioned.
References
- ^ “A gravestone at Weinwick is found to bear a year that does not exist. The stone is replaced at the Ministry's expense.” The Schwartzistan Herald. 7 July 1996. Retrieved 23 September 2026.
- The Schwartzistan Herald, full issue of 7 July 1996. Compare The Evening Courier of the same day.