Ehrenstein Office

The Ehrenstein office was a judicial and administrative district in the Schwarzburg-Rudolstädter Oberherrschaft with its seat at Ehrenstein Castle and from 1803 in Paulinzella .

history

The Ehrenstein office was owned by the Old Black Castle as an imperial fief. In 1274 it belonged to Schwarzburg-Blankenburg, in 1452 it became the property of the Counts of Gleichen and from 1610 was owned by Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt.

In 1803 the administration of the office was temporarily transferred to the bailiff of the office Paulinzella .

The Ehrenstein office was initially a court of first instance and at the same time a lower administrative authority. There was no separation of jurisdiction from administration .

The March Revolution also led in Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt to the demand for the abolition of the patrimonial courts and the separation of judiciary and administration.

On July 1, 1850, the organizational laws came into force, which fundamentally changed the judiciary. The legal basis was the law on the future administration of justice from May 1, 1850 and the law on the jurisdiction of the courts and the appeal of civil disputes. The patrimonial courts were abolished and administration and jurisdiction separated. The Ehrenstein office was dissolved as part of this reorganization and its area was assigned to the Stadtilm office as a court and the Rudolstadt district office for administration.

scope

The office included the following locations:

• Ehrenstein
• Dollstedt
• Grandchildren
• Kleinhettstedt
• Small charms
• Local winds
• Oesteröda

Patrimonial courts

A number of patrimonial courts existed in the office . For these places and areas it was not the office but the respective patrimonial court that was the entrance court.

dish	Seat	Art	Judge / Notes
Patrimonial Court Breitenheerda zu Tännich	Tännich		Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach (Office Berka)
Patrimonial court Großliebaren	Grandchildren	Inheritance court	from Witzleben
Patrimonial court Kleinliebaren	Small charms	Inheritance court	von Holleben (until 1809, then until 1841 Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt)
Patrimonial Court Tännich	Tännich	Inheritance court	Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach (Office Berka)

literature

• Ulrich Hess: History of the state authorities in Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt . G. Fischer, Jena / Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-334-60503-5 , pp. 136-137

Individual evidence

1. ^ GS Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 1850, p. 423