Altenkirchen Office (Nassau)

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The Nassau Office of Altenkirchen was an administrative unit that existed from 1803 to 1806 in the territory of the Principality of Nassau-Usingen and from 1806 to 1815 in the Duchy of Nassau . The administrative seat was in Altenkirchen in the Westerwald ; the office was initially subordinate to the government of Wiesbaden and from 1809 to the administrative district Ehrenbreitstein . The office included the three parishes Almersbach , Altenkirchen and Mehren , to which 68 localities belonged.

history

The area of ​​the Nassau office of Altenkirchen was part of the County of Sayn-Altenkirchen until the beginning of the 19th century . After the Peace of Lunéville (1801) and the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss (1803), the area was assigned to the Principality of Nassau-Usingen .

The accession of the Prince of Nassau-Usingen to the Rhine Confederation (1806) had no direct impact on the territorial status of the Altenkirchen office, now part of the Duchy of Nassau . On November 1, 1809 the office was assigned to the Ehrenbreitstein administrative district as part of a reorganization of the administration . Due to the resolutions at the Congress of Vienna (1815), the area was ceded to the Kingdom of Prussia and the Altenkirchen office was dissolved. Which was under the Prussian administration in 1816 from the localities Kirchspiele old churches and Allmersbach the Bürgermeisterei Altenkirchen formed the Altenkirchen in Koblenz were assigned. The parish of Mehren became part of the Flammersfeld mayor .

Localities

Structure of the Altenkirchen office:

Parish Localities
Almersbach Almersbach , Amteroth, Breibach, Fluterschen , Fürstenberg, Gieleroth , Herpteroth, Mahlert, Oberwambach , Stürzelbach and Trinhausen.
Altenkirchen Altenkirchen , Bachenberg , Busenhausen , Beul , Dieperzen , Eichelhardt , Flögert, Hacksen , Helmenzen , Helmeroth , Langenbach, Heupelzen , Hilgenroth , Hofacker, Honneroth, Hüttenhofen, Idelberg , Isert , Kettenhausen , Leuzbach, Mammelzen , Michelbach , Nassen, Niedererbach, Niederingelbach , Obererbach , Oberingelbach , Ölsen , Racksen , Reuffelbach, Sörth , Volkerzen and Widderstein.
More Adorf, Bleckhausen, Dickten, Eckenbach, Ersfeld , Fiersbach , Forstmehren , Giershausen , Grünewald, Hahn, Hähnen, Heuberg, Hirzbach , Kircheib , Kraam , Maulsbach , Mehren , Neuenhof, Reisbitzen, Rettersen , Soaps, Tente, Witthecke and Ziegenhain .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Johann Josef Scotti: Collection of laws and ordinances ... , Part 4, Duchy of Nassau, 1836, p. 1793 ( Google Books )
  2. ^ A b Nassauische Annalen: Yearbook of the Association for Nassau antiquity and historical research, Volumes 9-10 , 1868, pages 290, 314
  3. ^ Heinrich Braun: History of the Reichs-Grafschaft Sayn-Altenkirchen , 1888, page 101 ff
  4. ^ Johann Ludwig Klüber: Acts of the Vienna Congress, in the years 1814 and 1815, volumes 21-24 , 1836, page 157