Ehrenbreitstein Office
The Ehrenbreitstein office was a Kurtrier and finally a ducal Nassau office with its seat in the city of Ehrenbreitstein , today a district of Koblenz .
history
The office comprised the right bank of the Rhine opposite the city of Koblenz . The office developed from the medieval burgrave office of Ehrenbreitstein Castle . Until 1515, the bailiff still carried the title of burgrave. Several later officials were also commanders of the fortress. The core of the office formed the electoral part of the Niederberg court, which consisted of Ehrenbreitstein, Niederberg and Pfaffendorf . The noblemen of Helfenstein were able to oust Kurtrier out of the area by the early 16th century. In addition to the office, there had been a winery in Ehrenbreitstein since 1344 , which was responsible for the local financial administration. Both the titles Heimberger and Schultheiss are documented for the local councils in the official area .
In 1439 the office was temporarily pledged to Bishop Johann VIII von Heinsberg von Liège .
The area of responsibility of the office has been steadily expanded since the 16th century. The places Arzheim (1532) and Horchheim (1534) were assigned to the office, which Kurtrier also acquired from the Helfenstein rule. Further extensions were Heimbach (1607–1684) and Arzbach (1653). The offices on the right bank of the Rhine, Amt Niederlahnstein (late 16th century), Amt Sayn (before 1629) and Amt Vallendar (1649) were also subordinated to the office. Since the 18th century, Ehrenbreitstein has been called the Oberamt.
In 1803 the office fell to the Principality of Nassau-Weilburg (from 1806 Duchy of Nassau ) and, as a ducal office of Nassau, was part of the administrative district of Ehrenbreitstein . At the Congress of Vienna (1815) the duchy handed over parts of the office to the Kingdom of Prussia in exchange for the former Orange-Nassau countries. From the offices of Ehrenbreitstein and Vallendar , Prussia received the following locations: Gladbach , Heimbach, Weis , Sayn, Mühlhofen, Bendorf , Weitersburg , Vallendar , Mallendar , Niederwerth , Niederberg , Urbar , Immendorf , Neudorf (Koblenz), Arenberg , Ehrenbreitstein, Arzheim, Pfaffendorf and Horchheim. These were added to the Koblenz district in 1816. The other places remained in the Duchy of Nassau. Niederlahnstein was assigned to the Braubach office. The villages of Arzbach , Kadenbach , Neuhäusel , Eitelborn , Simmern (Westerwald) , Baumbach , Ransbach , Höhr and Hillscheid fell to the Montabaur office . The places parishes Nauort , Breitenau (Westerwald) and the place Stromberg fell to the office of Herschbach .
Bailiffs
The office was mostly administered by a noble bailiff. Since he was only in charge of administration by title, but often did not reside in his office, the actual administration was the responsibility of the administrator. Other officials were the clerk and the cellar. The terms of office of the officials were determined on the basis of documents, they are therefore only approximate.
- 1293–1297 Wilhelm von Helfenstein
- 1439–1440 Ulrich von Mentzingen
- 1531–1532 Anton von Eltz
- 1539–1548 Velten von Ellenbach
- 1550 Kraft von Allendorf
- 1553 Friedrich vom Stein
- 1556-29. March 1560 Kraft von Allendorf (again)
- 1564–1567 Adolf Schilling von Lahnstein, also castle captain
- 1568 Karl Mühl von Ulmen
- 1568–1570 Arnold von der Fels , also castle captain
- 1571–1587 Konrad Koch, also castle captain
- 1587–1597 Werner Schilling von Lahnstein, also castle captain
- 1598–1608 Anthon Friedhelm Kratz von Scharfenstein
- 1607 Ott Heinrich Zand von Merl
- 1607-24. November 1627 Philipp Anton vom Stein, at the same time captain of the castle
- 1622 / 1628–1647 Ott Heinrich Zand von Merl (again), at the same time captain of the castle
- 1642–1647 Lothar Freiherr von Metternich
- 1652–1681 Wolf Friedrich von der Leyen
- 1681–1691 Baron Edmund von Esch, also major general
- 1695–1697 Johann Philipp von Reiffenberg
- 1700–1707 Ferdinand Damian von Breidbach-Bürresheim
- 1709-21. June 1724 Lothar Freiherr von der Horst, at the same time field marshal lieutenant
- 1724–1732 Johann Philipp vom Wambold
- 1734–1736 Lothar Franz von Kerpen
- 1737–1769 Heinrich Carl Ferdinand Freiherr Mühl von Ulmen
- 1774–1797 Franz Ludwig Anselm Freiherr von Breidbach-Bürresheim
See also
literature
- Hellmuth Gensicke : State history of the Westerwald. 1958, ISBN 3-922244-80-7 , pp. 329-377, 385, 463, 488, 495
Web links
- Hessisches Hauptstaatsarchiv : Description of the archive holdings of the Ehrenbreitstein Office (HHStAW holdings 112). In: Archive Information System Hessen (Arcinsys Hessen), accessed on June 29, 2013.
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