Office Godesberg-Mehlem
The Amt Godesberg-Mehlem (also Amt Godesberg and Mehlem ) was an administrative unit of the Electorate of Cologne , which existed from the 14th to the end of the 18th century. It belonged to the Oberamt Bonn (also called Oberkellnerei Bonn ).
structure
The core of the office Godesberg-Mehlem formed the office parts Godesberg and Mehlem , which presumably always stood under a common official and were only distinguished from one another as tax districts. In addition, at the end of the 18th century, the following courts and subordinate authorities or subordinate offices belonged to the Godesberg-Mehlem office:
| Part of office / court / rule | Localities | Today's affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Godesberg district | Godesberg (with Marienforst Monastery , Schweinheim ), Muffendorf (with Wattendorf), Plittersdorf , Rüngsdorf | City of Bonn , Bad Godesberg district |
| Office part Mehlem | Mehlem , Lannesdorf , Rolandswerth (with Nonnenwerth Monastery ) | City of Bonn , Bad Godesberg district; Rolandswerth: City of Remagen |
| Witterschlick court | Witterschlick , Heidgen , Volmershoven | municipality Alfter |
| Office Wolkenburg (Unteramt) | Koenigswinter , Ittenbach | City of Koenigswinter |
| Burgraviate Drachenfels (subordinate rule) | Berkum (with Odenhausen ), Gimmersdorf , Ließem , Niederbachem , Oberbachem (with Kürrighoven), Pissenheim , Züllighoven | Municipality Wachtberg |
Originally, Meckenheim (until 1638) and Morenhoven (at least until the 15th century) also belonged to the Godesberg-Mehlem office .
history
The office was probably created in the course of the constitution of offices introduced by Archbishop Walram von Jülich from 1332 to 1349 . At the end of the 14th century, at least between 1381 and 1386, parts of the administration of the parish of Honnef were also under the Godesberg office. The office as a unit of Godesberg and Mehlem can be documented since the middle of the 16th century. In 1670 the two parts of the office, Godesberg and Mehlem, comprised 258 houses, the entire office, including sub-offices and subordinates, 626 houses. With the takeover of the Left Bank of the Rhine by French revolutionary troops (1794) and the introduction of new administrative structures based on the French model (until 1798), the office was dissolved. The former Unteramt Wolkenburg on the right bank of the Rhine remained in Electoral Cologne until 1803.
literature
- Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine province, 2nd volume: The map of 1789. Bonn 1898, p. 61 u. 91/92.
- Alfred Wiedemann : The administration of the office Godesberg and Mehlem . In: History of Godesberg and its surroundings , second increased edition, Verlag des Amtes Godesberg, Bad Godesberg 1930, pp. 433–451.
Individual evidence
- ^ Adolf Nekum : Local history to selected Gewannen . In: Helmut Arntz (with the assistance of Adolf Nekum): Urkataster und Gewannen: using the example of the community of Honnef 1824/1826 (= Heimat- und Geschichtsverein "Herrschaft Löwenburg" eV : Studies on the local history of the city of Bad Honnef am Rhein , issue 13, Bad Honnef 2000; Society for the History of Wine eV : Writings on Wine History , ISSN 0302-0967 , No. 133, Wiesbaden 2000). Pp. 155–162 (here: p. 159).
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