What is "Hochgräft." an abbreviation for? Context: A name register in a church book Milde, Johan Michael Hochgräft. Hanauischer Gärtner I get that he is a gardener from Hanau, but what's the qualifier mean? Also, his eldest son has godfathers listed as "Hochgeb. Grf. Ernst Carl & Heinrich Christian". This is in Assenheim, a home to some members of the Solms ruling family. I thought the "Grf." might be Graf? and Hochgräft. might mean a gardner to the Graf?