Grebenstein Office

The Grebenstein office was an administrative and judicial district of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel and the Electorate of Hesse that existed from the 15th century to 1821 .

history

The core of Hessian rule in the area of ​​the later office was Grebenstein Castle . Landgrave Heinrich von Hessen was at least partially in possession from 1282. The main owner of the castle, Otto von Everstein himself entered the service of the landgrave as a castle man in 1293 and granted him the right to open the castle. On August 28, 1297 Otto von Everstein sold the castle and town of Grebenstein with the court and all accessories to Landgrave Heinrich I and was replaced as Burgmann. Until 1529 the castle was occupied by Hessian officials . With the Hessian parts of the country in 1567 the Grebenstein office came to Hessen-Kassel.

In 1806 the Electorate of Hesse collapsed and was occupied by the French. In the Kingdom of Westphalia , the previous offices were abolished and an administrative organization based on the French model was set up. The Grebenstein office was dissolved and the Grebenstein canton was formed. After the end of the French era , the Electorate of Hesse was rebuilt and the old offices were newly established. In 1821, the separation of jurisdiction from administration was introduced in Kurhessen . The judicial function was transferred to the Grebenstein justice office , the administrative functions were taken over by the Hofgeismar district .

scope

The Grebenstein office consisted of the cities of Grebenstein and Immenhausen and six sovereign villages ( Udenhausen , Mariendorf , Calden , Burguffeln , Holzhausen , and Wilhelmshausen ). In addition, there was the aristocratic village of Schachten with the manor of Schachten, which was eligible for parliament . There the Lords of Schachten had patrimonial jurisdiction .

literature

• Stefan Brakensiek : Project Early Modern Institutions in their Social Context. Practices of local politics, justice and administration in international comparison: Explanations of the structure of the municipal and sovereign administration and justice in the Hessian office Grebenstein and in the higher authorities, online