Oberamt Heuchlingen

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The (upper) office of Heuchlingen was an office of the Prince Provosty Ellwangen .

history

The castle Woellstein was the core of Ellwangen domination in the area. The castle was acquired by Ellwangen in 1374 but initially passed on as a fief . After Hürnheim-Niederhaus-Hochaltingen became extinct in 1583, the prince provosts of Ellwangen Burg and Abtsgemünd moved in as a settled fiefdom. In 1585, hypocrites also came back to the prince provosty as a settled fief. Heuchlingen was the seat of the bailiff.

The office has been called the Oberamt since 1636. At the head was a noble bailiff. This came from the noble Lang von Leinzell family in the 18th century .

In anticipation of the 1803 effective Reichsdeputationshauptschluss , the Oberamt Heuchlingen with the prince provost came to Württemberg in 1802 ( Kingdom since 1806 ) and was assigned to the new Oberamt Aalen .

scope

At the end of the HRR, the Oberamt Heuchlingen consisted of the following components: Abtsgemünd , Dewangen , Göggingen , Heuchlingen , Fach , Bernhardsdorf , Hangendenbuch , Hinterbüchelsberg , Wood people , Oberrombach , Reichenbach , Rodamsdörfle , Altschmiede , Stöcken , Vorderbüchelberg , Wilsingen , Wöllstein and a number of .

Senior officials

literature

  • Aloys Seckler: Complete description of the princes of the Reichs-Propstei Ellwangen: a gift for the eleven-centenary celebration in September 1864, 1864, p. 66 ff., Digitized
  • Claus Fackler: Stiftsadel and Spiritual Territories 1670–1803, 2006, ISBN 978-3-8306-7268-5 , pp. 90–91.