Office Herschbach

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The office of Herschbach was an administrative and judicial district with its seat in Herschbach that existed from the 13th century until 1815/1816 . It belonged first to the County of Sayn , then to the Electorate of Trier , Nassau-Weilburg and finally to the Duchy of Nassau .

history

The office of Herschbach originally belonged to the aristocratic family Sayn. In 1606 Heinrich IV. Von Sayn died and left only one daughter. Kurtrier therefore moved in the office of Herschbach as a settled fiefdom. After that, the Baron von Nersen received it as a fief. Kurtier acquired the office under Karl Kaspar von der Leyen . 1664 after the death of Count Ernst Salentin von (Nieder-Isenburg). Hartenfels was added in 1739. 1658 to 1664 pledged to Baron von Virmond.

From 1658 to 1664 it was pledged to Baron von Virmond. In 1664, after the death of Count Ernst von Isenburg-Grenzau , Kurtrier acquired the office under Karl Kaspar von der Leyen . Hartenfels was added to the office in 1739.

The office was divided into two parts, separated by the county of Dierdorf: the dominions of Herschbach and Horhausen. It consisted of the following locations: Bürdenbach , Epgert , Eulenberg , Güllesheim , Hartenfels , Herschbach , Horhausen , Huf , Krümmel , Krunkel , Lauchert , Marienhausen , Marienrachdorf , Maroth , Niedersteinebach , Obersteinebach , Peterslahr , Pleckhausen , Schenkelberg , Sessenhausen , Trierischhausen and Willroth .

The office was assigned in 1803 in the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss Nassau-Weilburg . The parishes of Horhausen and Peterslahr were ceded to the Kingdom of Prussia under the agreements of the Congress of Vienna in 1815 . With the reorganization of the offices in the Duchy of Nassau , the rest of the office was assigned to the office of Selters .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. Jakob Marx : History of the foundation Trier, Volume 1.1, p. 247
  2. AJ Weidenbach: Nassau territories from the acquis immediately before the French Revolution until 1866, 1870, pp. 41-42, digitized

literature

  • Peter Brommer : Kurtrier at the end of the old empire: Edition and commentary on the Electoral Trier official descriptions from (1772) 1783 to approx. 1790, Mainz 2008, Volume 2, ISBN 978-3-929135-59-6 , pp. 337-349.
  • Jakob Marx : History of the Archbishopric Trier, Volume 1.1, p. 247.

Coordinates: 50 ° 34 ′ 30 ″  N , 7 ° 44 ′ 21 ″  E