Cabinet Order Number 272 addressed to the General Directory (Generaldirktorium) issued by King Fredrick II of Prussia [Prussia]: “His Royal Majesty… commands that Jews are prohibited from purchasing farms or farm land in villages; however, His Royal Majesty will permit them [Jews] to build houses in villages so long they are not used for cultivation or farming.”
Stern, Selma: Der Preussische Staat und die Juden, Dritter Teil, 2. Akten, 1. Halbband (The Prussian State and the Jews) (1971) p. 384, Researched and Translated by Ziba Shadjaani 2/19/2016