Office Blankenstein (Grafschaft Mark)

The office Blankenstein was an office of the Grafschaft Mark with seat in the freedom Blankenstein . It included the judicial districts of Hattingen and Bruch .

history

The Blankenstein Office was established in the 13th century after the Blankenstein Castle was built in 1226. It existed until the Peace of Tilsit in 1807, when the county of Mark was ceded to the French Empire , and was part of the subsequent reorganization of the new Ruhr department in the canton of Hattingen .

organization

The judicial district of Bruch included the following places, among others:

• Blankenstein
• Holthausen
• Welper
• Baak
• Linden trees
• Dahlhausen

The judicial district of Hattingen included the following places:

• Hattingen
• Niederwenigern
• Altendorf
• Sprockhövel
• Elfringhausen

Web links

• Erich Kuß: Blankenstein-Hattingen: its noble houses, the administrative district, the judicial district and the rentier. Genealogy of justice and administration in Brandenburg-Brandenburg-Prussian times. Munich, 2013 online
• Erich Kuß (ed.): Adam Otto von Viereck and R. Schlueter. Investigation of the judiciary at Amt Hattingen and Blankenstein 14 July 1714. Munich, 2013 online