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In Kuttenberg, as in other towns of the time, it was not the nobility who ruled, but rather the wealthy townsmen, known as patricians. The total wealth of the patrician families of Kuttenberg is estimated to be the second largest in the kingdom, second only to the wealth of the burghers in the capital city of Prague.
The most prominent family was the Ruthards with the Maleshov fortress and several parish churches, followed by the Píseks with fortresses in Kouřimsko and Suchdol, the Adlers, and the Vorsuchers.
These families lost their power during the Hussite wars, when they had to flee the town to the countryside and lost some of their properties. The exception was the Adler family, who managed to regain their properties after the war.
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