Office of Gernsheim

The Gernsheim office was an office of the Electorate of Mainz and later of the Grand Duchy of Hesse .

history

In the Middle Ages and early modern times , offices were a level between the municipalities and the sovereign rulership . The functions of administration and jurisdiction were not separated here. The office was headed by a bailiff who was appointed by the rulers.

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With the secularization of 1803, the Electoral Mainz Office of Gernsheim fell to the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt , from 1806: Grand Duchy. The Mainz land law, which was formally introduced in 1755, continued to apply here as a particular law . The common law also applied, as far as the Mainz land law did not contain special regulations for a matter. This special right retained its validity throughout the 19th century and was only replaced on January 1, 1900 by the civil code that was uniformly applicable throughout the German Empire .

With the executive order of December 9, 1803, the judicial system of the two higher authorities was initially reorganized. The offices - including Gernsheim - remained the first instance of jurisdiction in civil matters . In 1821/22 there was an administrative reform. With it, court and administration were also separated at the lower level. District districts were created for the administrative tasks previously performed in the offices, and district courts for the first instance jurisdiction. The Gernsheim office was dissolved. In 1821 its administrative tasks were mainly transferred to the district of Bensheim , the jurisdiction to the regional court of Zwingenberg .

Hierarchical integration

Parent units

In the Electorate of Mainz, the Gernsheim office was subordinate to the Lower Archbishopric and in this to the Starkenburg Upper Office .

In Hesse it was subordinate to the Principality of Starkenburg (later: Province of Starkenburg ).

Components

The municipalities belonged to the Amt Gernsheim

• Gernsheim ,
• Klein-Rohrheim ,
• Rodau and
• Wattenheim

as well as the courtyards

• Einsiedel
• Catcher's yard
• Wildehirschhof and
• Plackenhof

literature

• Konrad Dahl: Historical-topographical-statistical description of the principality of Lorsch or church history of the Upper Rhinegau, history and statistics of the monastery and principality of Lorsch together with a historical topography of the offices of Heppenheim, Bensheim, Lorsch, Fürth, Gernsheim, Hirschhorn and others Stahl, Darmstadt 1812.
• Arthur Benno Schmidt : The historical foundations of civil law in the Grand Duchy of Hesse . Curt von Münchow, Giessen 1893.

Web links

• Gernsheim, district of Groß-Gerau . In: LAGIS , historical local dictionary; As of October 16, 2018.
• Ordinance on the division of the country into district councils and district courts of July 14, 1821 . In: Hessisches Regierungsblatt, p. 403ff.
• Wattenheim, Bergstrasse district . In: LAGIS, historical local dictionary; As of October 16, 2018

Remarks

1. ↑ With the exception of Wattenheim, which was added to the district of Heppenheim and the district court of Lorsch (ordinance concerning the division of the country ... , p. 404; LAGIS, Wattenheim).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ LAGIS, Gernsheim.
2. ^ Schmidt, p. 109.
3. ^ Ordinance concerning the division of the country ... , p. 403ff.
4. ^ Ordinance concerning the division of the country ... p. 404.
5. ↑ LAGIS, Gernsheim.
6. ↑ LAGIS, Gernsheim.
7. ^ Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt , inventory E 8 A No. 352/4 ; chmidt, p. 15, note 46.
8. ^ Schmidt, p. 15, note 46.