Office Neuendorf in the Altmark

The office Neuendorf in the Altmark was an electoral-Brandenburg , later royal-Prussian domain office with seat in the place Kloster Neuendorf , a district of the city Gardelegen ( Altmarkkreis Salzwedel , Saxony-Anhalt). It essentially arose from the possession of the Cistercian nunnery in Neuendorf in the Altmark, which was secularized in 1540 . The Neuendorf in der Altmark office was converted into a rent office around 1830 and dissolved around 1856.

history

The Cistercian convent Neuendorf, which was founded around / after 1200 and was first mentioned in a document in 1232, had extensive property in the Altmark in the late Middle Ages. In 1544 it was secularized, the property and the Popstei were taken under sovereign administration and the Neuendorf office was created for it. The Brandenburg Elector Joachim II "Hector" , who was chronically in financial need, pledged the former monastery property in 1544 for an unknown sum of money to Hieronymus von Drachsdorf, who had the office administered by bailiff Johann Ochsenkopf (1547). Around 1550, Drachsdorf secretly withdrew from the pledge after he had fetched 2000 thalers from the office, as his bailiff Johann Ochsenkopf stated. Johann Ochsenkopf continued to manage the office as an official castner. On April 20, 1557, the elector pledged the office again, this time for 6,000 guilders and 4,000 pleasant Joachimsthalers to the Landdrost of the archbishopric of Bremen and the electoral Brandenburg councilor Heinrich von Saltza. However, he was only promised a 6% interest rate on his capital, the additional income was to be transferred to the elector by the clerk or Kastner. Heinrich von Saltza then moved with his family to Neuendorf Monastery. In 1559 he resigned the office and was instead assigned the secularized property of the Krevese monastery. In 1562, the then electoral prince and governor of the Altmark, Johann Georg, swapped the Bismarck brothers' Burgstall rule for the properties of the Krevese monastery and the office of Schönhausen. Heinrich von Saltza then received the Neuendorf office again as a pledge. In addition, the electoral prince increased the pledge amount by a further 6,000 guilders, which he received from Heinrich von Saltza. In 1563 Jacob Wernicke was introduced to his service as the new clerk in Neuendorf. There were increasing disputes between him and Heinrich von Saltza; both sides accused of embezzlement and / or embezzlement. Eventually there was even a fight and Wernicke's arrest. In 1565 the pledge was redeemed and Wernicke was probably released. In 1565 a new bailiff, Johann Kaulbar, was appointed who headed the Neuendorf department for almost thirty years. During his tenure, the convent accepted the Reformation in 1578 and was converted into a women's monastery for 18 conventuals. This was dissolved by King Jerôme in 1810. In 1597 Johann Georg, now Elector of Brandenburg, bought the von Alvensleben zu Isenschnibbe (near Gardelegen) further rights in the Neuendorf districts. The Thirty Years' War also hit the Neuendorf office very hard. In 1626 in particular, the official villages were completely looted by the Wallenstein troops. The electoral palace in Letzlingen was also from 1626 to 1644 no longer leases. Even in 1649 none of the official farmers was able to pay the full rent to the office. In 1649, the elector exempted the subjects from all arrears in money interest and leases until 1646.

In 1823 the Neuendorf office with its three outworks was to be leased. The Vorwerk Neuendorf had 411 acres, 31 square rods of arable land, 147 acres, 129 square rods of meadows, 9 acres, 129 acres of gardens and fruit plantations and 27 acres, 61 acres of unusable land. The Vorwerk Salchau had 653 acres, 25 QR fields, 180 acres, 63 QR meadows, 2 acres, 63 QR gardens and 2 acres 128 QR useless land. The Vorwerk Borne had 688 acres, 158 QR fields, 148 QR gardens and 1 acre 115 QR useless land. The three outworks had grazing rights in 12,300 acres of royal forest (after deducting the sparing). The lease also included a beer brewery and a brandy distillery at the Vorwerk Neuendorf. A small pond, two family apartments in Borne and four family apartments in Salchau were also leased. The service fee (in cash), the natural services and monetary interest amounted to 1444 thalers and 8 groschen. The grain was 1 bison 16 bushels and 1 1/6 Metzen wheat, 60 bison 4 bushels 6 1/6 Metzen rye, 12 bison 11 bushels, 12 5/6 Metzen barley, 28 bison 11 bushels 7 3/6 Metzen oats and 1 Wispel 16 bushels bulk grain. The tenant also had 5955 thalers, 15 groschen and 5 pfennigs available as a cash inventory. Interest did not have to be paid. The sheep population was 2,300. The lease period was fixed at 12 years. The annual rent was 5655 thalers, 9 silver groschen and 6 pfennigs. A third of the amount had to be paid in gold. Between 1824 and 1832 the domain lease office was converted into a rent office. The pensions and basic interest were no longer collected from the tenant, but from the officials of the rent office. The Neuendorf Domain Rent Office is listed for the last time in the state calendar in 1856.

Associated places

• Algenstedt (1804: village ). Originally owned by the monastery and fully owned by the office.
• Boitzendorf , 1571/81 to Christoph von Biesenbrow Wüstung
• Bokel , 1562 to the von Lüderitz Wüstung east of Jävenitz
• Börgitz (1804: village , also Börritz ). Originally owned by the monastery and fully owned by the office.
• Born (1804: Vorwerk , also Borne or Bornkrug ). The jug was built in 1725 on the official territory.
• Bornstedtlust, Krug (desolate, now Altmark military training area ).
• Hemstedt (1804: village ). Originally owned by the monastery and fully owned by the office.
• Hottendorf (1804: actually Huguenot village, colony village ). The medieval village had fallen in desolation around 1400. In 1749/50 the desert Feldmark was repopulated with six French and two German families.
• Hüselitz (1804: village ). Part of the village was owned by the nobles.
• Jävenitz (1804: village and forester's house ). In full possession of the office.
• Kassieck (1804: Cassiek, Dorf ). In full possession of the office.
• Kenzendorfer watermill, not far from Pollwitz an der Milde, along with some residents ( )
• Klüden (1804: Clüden, Dorf ), half belonged to the Altmark, half to the Duchy of Magdeburg
• Letzlingen (1804: village and hunting lodge ). Letzlingen fell in the 15th century. In 1530 Matthias von Alvensleben built a hunting lodge on the desert Feldmark. Prince Elector Johann Georg bought the Letzlingen hunting lodge and the desert field marks Letzlingen, Wittenwende and Schönfeld on May 5, 1555 from Ludolf von Alvensleben to Amte Neuendorf. In 1559/60 Johann Georg had the hunting lodge Hirschburg (or Letzlingen) built by Kaspar Theiss instead of the old hunting lodge . From Valentin von Alvensleben he bought the neighboring desert field brands Meintz, Lublitz and Sibau. On the Letzlingen field mark he had a farm built, the other field marks remained undeveloped. The Vorwerk was given up in 1701 and the land was given a long lease under eleven settlers.
• Lotsche (1804: village ). In full possession of the office
• Lüffingen (1804: village ). In full possession of the office
• Mildenhöft , separated in 1541, a farm was given to Christoph von Biesenbrow in 1571/81.
• New mill, watermill, with land on the Milde, not far from Kenzendorf, 1571/81 to Christoph von Biesenbrow, later returned to the office ( )
• Neuendorf (1804: domain office and Vorwerk, Lutheran pen with a dominatrix and six conventuals ) in full possession of the office
• Neue Sorge or Zienauer Hof , 1571/81 to Christoph von Biesenbrow (not localized)
• Ottersburg (1804: Amtsvorwerk and sheep farm ). Gut Ottersburg with the villages of Hüselitz, Schönwalde and Stegelitz was acquired in 1717 by the von Lüderitz for almost 49,000 thalers.
• Querstedt (1804: village ). In full possession of the office.
• Rodövel , 1562 to the von Lüderitz Wüstung between Schnöggersburg and Salchau, today Altmark military training area.
• Roxförde (1804: village ). In full possession of the office
• Salchau (1804: Vorwerk and Unterförsterei, near Letzlingen, also Selchow). In full possession of the office. The place was demolished in 1936.
• Schnöggersburg (1804: Forestry house and sheep ) (no longer exists, situation )
• Schönwalde (1804: village ). In full possession of the office
• Schwiesau (1804: village ). In full possession of the office
• Seethen (1804: village ). In full possession of the office
• Staats (1804: Dorf , also Staatz). In full possession of the Office. Domain Office Neuendorf
• Stegelitz (1804: village ). Partial ownership only.,
• Tarnefitz (1804: Koloniedorf, laid out in 1759 , also written Tarnewitz). In full possession of the office
• Theerhütte (1804: Letzlingischer Theerofen ).
• Trüstedt (1804: village ). In full possession of the office
• Unterforsterei, Königl. Forest house in the Neuendorfer forest area, on the way from Gardelegen to Stendal, built in 1803 (not localized). Full ownership of the office.
• Volgfelde (1804: village ). In full possession of the office.
• Wannefeld (1804: village ). In full possession of the office
• Zienau (1804: village ). In full possession of the office.

Officials

• 1544 to approx. 1550 Hieronymus von Drachsdorf, pledgee or his bailiff Johann Ochsenkopf (1547)
• April 20, 1557 to 1559, 1562 to 1565 pledged to Heinrich von Saltza
• 1560, 1563 Johann Ochsenkopf, still Amtskastner
• 1563 to 1565 Jakob Wernicke, clerk
• 1565 to 1594 (†) Johann Kaulbars, bailiff
• 1594 to 1622 (†) Joachim Kaulbars (son of the previous one), bailiff
• 1775 Carl August Schrader
• 1793 Koels
• 1798 Koels, chief magistrate
• 1804 Koels, chief magistrate. During the time of the Kingdom of Westphalia (from 1807 to 1813) Koels was mayor of the rural canton of Gardelegen
• 1818 Koels, bailiff
• 1821 Koels, bailiff
• 1824 Jahn, bailiff
• 1832 Heidtmann, Domain Rent Office
• 1836 Heidtmann
• 1839 Meyer, forestry cashier rendant
• 1848 Meyer, Forestry Treasurer Rendant
• 1856 Meyer, forest treasurer rendant

literature

• Lieselott Enders : The Altmark: History of a Kurmark landscape in the early modern period (late 15th to early 19th century). 1580 pp., BWV Berliner Wissenschafts-Verlag, Berlin, 2008 ISBN 978-3-8305-1504-3 (abbreviated below, Enders, Altmark with corresponding page number)
• Otto Korn: Contributions to the history of the Cistercian nunnery Neuendorf in the Altmark. 116 p., Phil. Dissertation, Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitat zu Berlin, 1929 (in the following abbreviated to Korn, contributions to history with corresponding page number) Digitized at ULB Sachsen-Anhalt
• Berthold Schulze: Property and settlement history statistics of the Brandenburg authorities and cities 1540-1800. Supplement to the Brandenburg office map. Individual writings of the historical commission for the province of Brandenburg and the imperial capital Berlin, Volume 7, 190 p., In Kommissionsverlag von Gsellius, Berlin, 1935, p. 40/41.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Korn, Contributions to History, p. 210
2. ↑ Enders, Altmark, p. 612.
3. ↑ Enders, Altmark, p. 73.
4. ↑ Official Gazette of the Royal Government of Potsdam and the City, special edition for the 23rd issue of June 6, 1823, p. CXLII Berlin, online at Google Books
5. ↑ ^{a b} Royal Prussian State Calendar for the year 1856. 882 S., Berlin, Georg Decker, 1856 (p. 502)
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Korn, Contributions to History, p. 213
7. ^ A. Parisius, A. Brinkmann, G. Sommer (contributions): Descriptive representation of the older architectural and art monuments of the province of Saxony and adjacent areas. XX. Booklet Kreis Gardelegen, printing and publishing house Otto Hendel, Halle ad S., 1897 Online at www.archive.org (p. 96)
8. ^ Korn, Contributions to History, p. 211
9. ↑ Address calendar, the all royal. Prussia. Land and provinces, except for the residences of Berlin, the Kingdom of Prussia and the Sovereign Duchy of Silesia; of the high and low colleges, instances and expeditions located therein, the same of the royal. Servants, magistrates, universities, preachers etc. on the year MDCCLXXV (1775). 582 pp., Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences, Berlin, 1775. Online at Sächsische Landesbibliothek Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (additional sheet stapled behind p. 72)
10. ↑ Enders, Altmark, p. 458.
11. ↑ Handbook on the royal Prussian court and state for the year 1798. 444 p., With an appendix, 94 p., Berlin, George Decker, 1798 Online at Google Books (p. 58)
12. ↑ Handbook on the royal Prussian court and state for the year 1808. 528 p., With an appendix of 125 p., Berlin, Georg Decker, 1804 Online at Google Books (p. 67)
13. ↑ Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Westphalia. Hahn brothers, Hanover 1811 Online at Google Books p. 156.
14. ↑ Handbook on the royal Prussian court and state for the year 1818. 459 p., Berlin, Georg Decker, 1818 (p. 260)
15. ↑ Handbook on the royal Prussian court and state for the year 1821. 518 p., Berlin, Georg Decker, 1821 (p. 289)
16. ↑ Handbook on the royal Prussian court and state for the year 1824. 498 p., Berlin, Georg Decker, 1824 Online at Google Books (p. 259)
17. ↑ Handbook on the royal Prussian court and state for the year 1832. 538 p., Berlin, Georg Decker, 1832 (p. 331)
18. ↑ Handbook on the royal Prussian court and state for the year 1836. 658 p., Berlin, Georg Decker, 1836 (p. 347)
19. ↑ Handbook on the royal Prussian court and state for the year 1839. 651 p., Berlin, Georg Decker, 1839 (p. 350)
20. ↑ Handbook on the royal Prussian court and state for the year 1848. 869 p., Berlin, Georg Decker, 1848 (p. 442)

Coordinates: 52 ° 32 '  N , 11 ° 28'  E