Office Burgschwalbach

The Burgschwalbach office was a Hessian , then Nassau administrative district with its seat in Burgschwalbach .

history

The Burgschwalbach was the center of a management unit of Katzenelnbogen , which became the core of Hesse-Darmstadt. In the 16th century, Panrod and Dörsdorf were named as components alongside Burgschwalbach .

In 1536 the office fell to Nassau-Saarbrücken as part of an exchange . When this line became extinct, the office became part of Nassau-Usingen in 1723. In 1729 the administrative structure in Nassau-Usingen was reorganized. Now the office consisted of Burgschwalbach, Panrod and Dörsdorf as well as Berghausen , Mudershausen , Hausen , Daisbach and the smaller part of Kettenbach . The greater part of Kettenbach belonged to the noble von Galen family . In 1777 the treasurer Clemens August Freiherr von Galen sold the von Galenschen share in Nassau-Usingen.

In 1804 the office was dissolved and the offices were assigned to the office Catzenelenbogen .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Wilhelm Fabricius: Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province: Fifth volume: The two maps of the church organization, 1450 and 1610; second half: the Trier and Mainz church provinces; the development of church associations since the Reformation, 2015, ISBN 978-3-7340-0767-5 , p. 485, online
2. ↑ Wilhelm von der Nahmer: Handbuch des Rheinischen Particular-Rechts: Development of the territorial and constitutional conditions of the German states on both banks of the Rhine: from the first beginning of the French Revolution up to the most recent times, Volume 3, 1832, pp. 85-86 , online at Google Books