Aalen Protocol
The Aalen Protocol was a contract between the Duchy of Württemberg and the Prince Provost of Ellwangen , which regulated the coexistence of the denominations in the “communal area of Oberkochen ”. It was signed on November 22, 1749 in the neutral imperial city of Aalen . The nine paragraphs and about 80 pages long agreement regulates, among other things, administrative and authority issues, border issues, forest and hunting law and the ringing of church bells. An important point were the regulations on freedom of belief, which assured the residents of the various denominations the undisturbed practice of their respective religion.
history
As early as the first half of the 12th century, the Ellwangen monastery had possessions in the Oberkochens area, which were expanded through donations. Another part of the village was owned by the Cistercian monastery of Königsbronn . The Ellwang monastery came under the direction of the prince provost , while the Königsbronn monastery fell to Württemberg in 1504. Ellwangen remained Catholic after the Reformation and Counter-Reformation , while Königsbronn and Württemberg became Protestant . So there were two denominations in Oberkochen from the middle of the 16th century. After the Thirty Years War, about two thirds of the residents of the Prince Provost of Ellwangen and one third to the House of Württemberg. The "border" between the two denominations ran through the town. Various legal ambiguities and disputes between the two ruling authorities as well as between the residents with regard to this subdivision required clarifying regulations. A first attempt at an agreement in 1731 had failed.
literature
- Christhard Schrenk : 400 years 1583–1983. Evangelical parish of Oberkochen . South d. Newspaper Service, Aalen 1983.
- Volkmar Schrenk: The border ran right through the village . In: Evangelisches Gemeindeblatt für Württemberg . No. 1 , January 2, 2000, ISSN 0014-360X , p. 17 .