Office of Alach
The Amt Alach was a territorial administrative unit in the Erfurt state of the Electorate of Mainz and its successor state , formed in 1802, of the Prussian and from 1807 French Principality of Erfurt . Until its dissolution at the beginning of the 19th century, it formed the spatial reference point for the claiming of sovereign taxes and compulsory services , for the police , judiciary and military service .
Geographical location
The center of the office was Alach , about eight kilometers west of Erfurt on a plateau belonging to the Thuringian Basin , the Alacher Höhe.
history
The Amt Alach was formed in 1706 during an administrative reform of the Erfurt state. 15 locations belonged to the office.
swell
The written records of the Alach Office are now managed as Dd 1 Alach Office at the Wernigerode location of the Saxony-Anhalt State Archives . It comprises 1.2 running meters of archive material from the period 1543 to 1821. The corresponding finding aid can be researched online.