Office Oberstein (Kurtrier)
The communal office of Oberstein was an administrative and judicial district that existed from the 14th century to 1794 with state sovereignty in the Electorate of Trier .
history
Oberstein was the ancestral seat of the Lords of (Ober) stein . In order to secure power in their small domain, Werner and Eberhard von Oberstein entrusted Count Palatine Heinrich with a fiefdom in 1194. On April 6, 1197, he transferred the fiefdom to Archbishop Johann von Trier . Werner and Eberhard von Oberstein then granted Trier the right to open Bosselstein Castle . In the centuries that followed, there were numerous pledges and changes of ownership. The property passed to the Daun-Oberstein line and later Daun-Falkenstein until it came to Lorraine through the sale of Wilhelm Wirich von Daun-Falkenstein . Trier declared his fiefdom to be finished and moved in. Elector Carl Caspar von Trier had Oberstein occupied by his governor Philipp Sparnagel on January 12, 1664 in order to enforce the Kurtrier claims. In a recess of March 21, 1767, France accepted the waiver of the Oberstein office. In 1680 Trier gave the office as a fief to Leiningen-Heidesheim . In 1766 Limburg-Stirum was enfeoffed with the office.
In 1779, the Trierian town of Mittelreidenbach was incorporated from the St. Wendel office and became the Oberstein office.
The official description of 1784 names the following components of the office:
| place | Fire pits |
|---|---|
| Oberstein | 147 |
| Idar | 55 |
| Breuncheborn | 10 |
| Mittelreidenbach | 30th |
| Nahbollenbach | 50 |
| Vollmersbach | 23 |
With the capture of the Left Bank of the Rhine by French revolutionary troops , the office was dissolved after 1794. The Principality of Birkenfeld was created as a result of the Congress of Vienna . There an office in Oberstein was formed again.
See also
literature
- Dr. Upmann: Contributions to the history of the county of Oberstein, section "Oberstein", 1872, digitized
- 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. 307-910.
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