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The Office Bodenteich was a to 1859 existing Office of the former principality of Lüneburg based on the Bodenteich in spots Bodenteich . The extensive office, to which up to 160 villages and larger farms belonged at times, comprised almost two thirds of today's Uelzen district . The office had been pledged several times until the 17th century and was only permanently under sovereign administration from 1654 .
description
The Bodenteich office goes back to the late medieval territorial formation of the Lords of Bodendieke in the Uelzen basin. The area came into the possession of the Guelphs between 1323 and 1347 , who expanded the castle and bailiwick into a center of sovereign power in the region. The office covered the southeast of today's district of Uelzen, including the places Bodenteich , Wrestedt , Suhlendorf , Stadensen , Lüder , Soltendieck and Wieren . According to a register from 1614, the Bodenteich office included 159 villages and independent farms. According to a description by the office from 1770, it covered an area of about 40 × 30 km. At that time the office consisted of three bailiwicks with the bailiwick Bodenteich with 18 villages, the bailiwick Suderburg with 24 villages and the bailiwick Jarlitz with 40 villages. There were also five Veesten with Halligdorf with 13 villages, Könau with 20 villages, Stadensen with 14 villages, Molzen with 12 villages and Westerweyhe with 14 villages. The office was downsized by 59 villages and farms in 1817 when the Oldenstadt office became independent. In 1852 the judiciary and administration were separated in the Kingdom of Hanover through a judicial reform that King George V signed. The offices were also reduced in size so that the farmers did not have to travel too far. The reform considerably reduced the Bodenteich office, which together with the Bodenteich district court was still important for the Bodenteich area. In 1859 the office was dissolved and incorporated into the Oldenstadt office.
The official seat was always of economic importance for Bodenteich. On so-called official days, farmers also came from far away places to do their official business and to serve the local market. After the official seat was lost in 1859, development in the area stagnated.
Bailiffs
- 1818–1832: Christian Friedrich Philipp Lodemann, bailiff, from 1823 senior bailiff
- 1833–1858: Adolf Friedrich Carl Stromeyer, bailiff, from 1852 senior bailiff