Kaltenhof office

Commemorative plaque to the Kaltenhof farmyard and mention of the "Kaltenhof Office"

Sandstone relief with an inscription from the manor house at Gut Kaltenhof

Sandstone relief with the coat of arms of the bishop from the manor house on Gut Kaltenhof

The Amt Kaltenhof was an administrative district of the Hochstift / Principality of Lübeck (today part of the Ostholstein district in Schleswig-Holstein ).

The office Kaltenhof developed in 1623 on the (fortified) episcopal farmyard Kaltenhof for the administration of the episcopal property.

In 1640 the seat of the Kaltenhof office was relocated from the Kaltenhof farmyard to the nearby Schwartau . The associated office building was on the spot where the district court on Schwartauer Markt stands today.

In 1806, the Lübeck bishopric was converted into the Principality of Lübeck by the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss - this resulted in the transfer of all properties of the Lübeck Cathedral Chapter ( Großvogtei ) to the newly formed Principality of Lübeck.

In 1819 the office included Kaltenhof

• Schwartau
• Rensefeld with the Klein Mühlen settlement
• Sereetz with the settlement "Sereetzer Mühle"
• Wilmsdorf
• Offendorf with the Offendorf farm
• Ovendorf
• Neuhof
• Neu-Ruppersdorf
• Old Ruppersdorf
• as well as the Gut Kaltenhof

In 1843 the Kaltenhof Office and the (also in Schwartau ) resident Grand Bailiwick were merged to form the Schwartau Office - triggered by the exchange of territory between the Principality of Lübeck and Holstein agreed in the Plön Treaty of 1842 to clean up the scattered possessions.

Bailiffs

• Joachim von Rantzau , -1701
• Friedrich Detlev Georg Starklof , 1822–1840 (impeachment)

Web links

Commons : Amt Kaltenhof  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• on the Plön Treaty (PDF file; 53 kB) ( Memento from August 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
• Max Steen : Bad Schwartau - Past and present . Lübeck 1973 - in it: "The Kaltenhof Office"
• List of places in the Kaltenhof district around 1819
• Schleswig-Holstein State Archives , Lübeck region until 1937, Section 276: Kaltenhof Office, 17 meters of shelf space
• Schleswig-Holstein State Archives , Justice since 1867, Dept. 355: Local Courts, Dept. 355.53: Schwartau, 36 meters of shelf space, here are files on individual courtyards of the Kaltenhof Office
• Schleswig-Holstein State Archives , Lübeck region until 1937, Section 278: Schwartau Office, 12 meters of shelf space , here the Kaltenhof Office's debt and pledge records