Neuhaus Office (Hochstift Bamberg)

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The office Neuhaus also office Veldenstein or care Veldenstein was an office of the Hochstift Bamberg .

history

The basis of the Bamberg rule was the eponymous Veldenstein Castle . Later the official seat was moved to Neuhaus an der Pegnitz .

The Neuhaus office fell to Electoral Palatinate Bavaria in 1803 as a result of secularization after the Peace Treaty of Lunéville with Napoléon Bonaparte and became part of Upper Palatinate in 1805 . It was dissolved and its function was transferred to the newly created regional courts.

structure

Oberamt

The Neuhaus office was one of the last 18 senior offices of the Hochstift, and as such it was also known as Veldenstein Care. This was not associated with any higher authority than other offices. In addition to the bailiff, there was also an upper bailiff from the local aristocracy in the upper offices. In the case of Nursing Veldenstein, the Groß von Trockau family typically provided this chief bailiff. The office itself was largely a sinecure .

Centamt

The Neuhaus Centers Office was one of the 29 Centers offices of the Bamberg Monastery. His high court district did not coincide with that of the caste office.

Bailiwick, tax and caste office

At the end of the HRR there were 54 bailiwick offices in the Bamberg monastery, headed by a bailiff . The tasks of these bailiwick offices were both administrative tasks and the exercise of the lower jurisdiction . The Neuhaus office was one of these 54 bailiwick offices. It was also the tax office, so it was responsible for collecting taxes. The administration of the chamber goods and fiefs was carried out by the Neuhaus office in its capacity as caste office. The duties of all these offices were typically performed by the Vogt in personal union.

The economic importance of the office for the bishopric of Bamberg was relatively small, it was therefore listed as Amt I class (out of 5). The tax revenue of the tax office averaged 649 during the term of office of Peter Philipp von Dernbach (1672–1683) and 538 Franconian guilders per year during the term of office of Marquard Sebastian Schenk von Stauffenberg (1683–1693) .

Mining Authority

The mining law in the Neuhaus district was of great economic importance. In 1244, Emperor Friedrich II Bamberg confirmed possession of the mining rights there. Initially the caste office was responsible for this. A separate mining office was set up in the second half of the 18th century . From 1796 it was subordinate to the Upper Mining College.

scope

The office included Neuhaus, Rothenbruck , Hammerschrott , Fischstein mit Eisenhammer, Ottenhof , Bernheck , Brand , Gotzenberg , Höfen , Horlach , Mosenberg , Pollanden and Weidensees

Office building

Originally the seat of the office was at Veldenstein Castle. It was later moved to the former Kastnerhof (Marktplatz 8). The core of the building dates from the 16th / 17th centuries. Century and was renewed after war damage. It is a listed building as a monument.

Personalities

Senior officials

Magistrates

  • Adolph Anton Molitor (1796)

See also

literature

  • Johann G. Wehrl: Outline of a geography of the Principality of Bamberg in the Franconian Kreiße, 1795, p. 47 ff., Digitized
  • Wilhelm Schwemmer: Castle and Office Veldenstein-Neuhaus, 1961.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hermann Caspary: State, finance, economy and army in the Hochstift Bamberg: (1672 - 1693), 1976, ISBN 3877350836 , p. 377.
  2. ↑ Claus Fackler: Stiftsadel und Geistliche Territorien 1670-1803, 2006, ISBN 978-3-8306-7268-5 , pp. 85-86.
  3. ↑ Bamberg court calendar: for the year 1796, p. 151, digitized .