Oberamt Haselstein

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The Oberamt Haselstein was a judicial and administrative unit of the clerical principality of Fulda and the principality of Nassau-Oranien-Fulda .

history

Fulda

In 780/781 the Fulda monastery received the parish or the Mark Rasdorf as a gift. The center of this area was initially Rasdorf, where around 815 a Fulda monastery was established. In 1300 the office of Rasdorf was first mentioned in a document, in 1308 the officium of this office was given to Friedrich von Mansbach. The church in Haselstein was initially a branch church in Rasdorf and only became an independent parish in 1291. Haselstein Castle was used for military security in the area . In 1355 H. von Neuenkirchen and B. von Wiesenfeld were enfeoffed with Haselstein Castle and parts of the Rasdorf court. As a result of this and other pledges, both parts grew together to form a joint office based in Haselstein. In 1509 the entire court in Haselstein was ordered to pay homage. But there are mentions of the Count in Rasdorf until 1545 .

The office was pledged many times. In 1325 Hertings von Neuenkirchen was a pledgee, from 1401 it was Gottschalk von Buchenau. In 1462 Fulda canceled the pledge and in 1486 received half of the office from Bosse von Buchenau back. The other half was owned by Landgrave Heinrich von Hessen and was bought back in 1465. In 1506 the office was assigned to Melchior von der Tann but was replaced in 1509. Now Diez von Ebersberg has been appointed bailiff without having any liens on the bailiff. In 1537 a bourgeois bailiff was appointed who moved the official seat from the crumbling castle to the village. From the end of the 16th century, Fulda bought noble estates in the office.

In the 18th century the office was called Oberamt. Formally, a noble bailiff was at its head. However, this office was sinecure at the end of the HRR . In fact, the chief official was actually the bailiff.

Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda

The Principality of Nassau-Oranien-Fulda was created on the basis of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803. With regard to jurisdiction and administration, the rulers' ordinance of January 8, 1803 reorganized the existing offices. The Oberamt Haselstein remained unchanged. The office now bore the designation of an office II class.

Grand Duchy of Frankfurt

In 1806 the Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda was occupied by the French and in 1810 it became part of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt . During the French era , the office belonged to the Fulda department as a district fairy Haselstein , and nothing changed in terms of the structure (see court organization in the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt ). In particular, the separation of the judiciary from the administration was not introduced.

Kurhessen

According to the final act of the Congress of Vienna on July 9, 1815, the office was transferred to the Kingdom of Prussia . This transferred the office on October 16, 1815 to the Electorate of Hesse . The Haselstein office was dissolved in 1817 and its district was divided between the Hünfeld and Eiterfeld offices.

scope

The office included at the end of the HRR Großentaft , Grüsselbach , Haselstein , Kirchhasel , Rasdorf , Setzelbach , Soisdorf and Treischfeld . In the homage protocols of the 17th and 18th centuries, Stendorf (today Kirchhasel) and the desert areas of Biengarten, Blidenstat, Folmaresdorf, Rode, Schmide, Standorf, Weihershof and Zetendorf are mentioned.

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