From the late 1500s onward, they seem to have gotten involved with the local knife-making guild and entered the ranks of the obnoxious nouveau riche, producing several Bürgermeisters over the years (and doing an uncomfortable amount of inbreeding)
It's a difficult responsibility
When you decide to post your screeds on FAWLTY
Let it be known from town to town and sea to sea
there'll be 100K posts made here presently
[singing] It's a difficult responsibility
That you accept from the number one lawmaker, me
Let it known across the land from sea to sea
There'll be no more hemp growers to the king! [/singing]