Office Böckelheim

Böckelheim Castle, watercolor from the 17th century

The office of Böckelheim had been an Electoral Mainz office since 1281 , which was established after Archbishop Werner von Eppstein bought Böckelheim Castle in 1278.

The office consisted of Böckelheim Castle and the town of Sobernheim .

In 1466 Archbishop Adolf von Nassau sold the castle and the associated places to Count Palatine Ludwig I , who had to cede it to Elector Friedrich I in 1471 .

Böckelheim remained an Electoral Palatinate office until 1798 .

literature

• Reinhold Kaiser : Böckelheim . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume 2, Artemis & Winkler, Munich / Zurich 1983, ISBN 3-7608-8902-6 , Sp. 304.