Office Pfaffenhofen

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Coat of arms of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg since 1606

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The office of Pfaffenhofen was an office of the Lichtenberg rule , later the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg , from which it passed to the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt .

history

Due to the acquisition of territory in the 14th century, the Ingweiler and Buchsweiler authorities, which had become too extensive, had to be reorganized at the beginning of the 15th century . Among other things, the Pfaffenhofen office was spun off and made independent.

Anna von Lichtenberg (* 1442; † 1474), one of the two heirlooms of Ludwig V von Lichtenberg (* 1417; † 1474) married Count Philip I the Elder of Hanau-Babenhausen (* 1417; † 1480), one of them had received a small secondary school from the inventory of the County of Hanau in order to be able to get married. The county of Hanau-Lichtenberg came into being through the marriage. After the death of the last Lichtenberger, Jakob von Lichtenberg , an uncle of Anna, Philipp I. d. Ä. 1480 half of the Lichtenberg rule . The Pfaffenhofen office also belonged to this half.

As a result of France's reunion policy in 1680, considerable parts of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg in Alsace fell under the sovereignty of France . This also included the Pfaffenhofen Office.

1736 died with Count Johann Reinhard III. the last male representative of the Hanau family. Due to the marriage of his only daughter, Charlotte (* 1700; † 1726), with the Hereditary Prince Ludwig (VIII.) (* 1691; † 1768) of Hesse-Darmstadt , the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg fell there. In the course of the French Revolution , the left bank of the Hanau-Lichtenberg county - and with it the Pfaffenhofen office - fell to France. In the course of the revolutionary restructuring of the administration, this also dissolved the old official administration.

According to a census from May 1798, the office had 4,219 inhabitants.

Components

Localities

place	origin	Law	annotation
Altdorf (Oberaltdorf)	Bought by the landgraves in Alsace in 1332 .	Reichslehen	Altdorf was one of the two parts of Alteckendorf .
Alteckendorf		Reichslehen	Alteckendorf was an amalgamation of Altdorf and Eckendorf , which was formally implemented in 1777 .
Arnsberg (castle)	Bought by the landgraves in Alsace in 1332.	Reichslehen	The castle belonged to Hanau-Lichtenberg until the beginning of the 18th century.
Bischholz	1296: oldest evidence that the village is owned by the Lords of Lichtenberg.	Allod
Buswiller (Büsweiler)	1453	Allod	In 1453 a document states that the village has belonged to the Lichtenberg rule "since ancient times".
Eckendorf	Bought by the landgraves in Alsace in 1332.	Reichslehen	Eckendorf was one of the two parts of Alteckendorf.
Engwiller (Engweiler)	1350 first rights acquired from Diemar Bogener von Hagenau, 1355 finally to Lichtenberg	Fief of the Murbach abbey	1736 to Nassau-Ottweiler
Gumbrechtshoffen (Gumprechtshofen)	Bought by the landgraves in Alsace in 1332.		Assigned by Knöpp to the Niederbronn office; 1709 in Leiningen.
Mertzwiller (Merzweiler)	since 1350	Reichslehen	until 1551
Down-to-earth	since the 13th century	Reichslehen; In the 13th century together with the Lords of Ochsenstein for a short time , possibly the village did not come to Lichtenberg until 1453.	Niedermodern formed its own "Büttelei". That was the subdivision of an office.
Niefern	Bought by the landgraves in Alsace in 1332.		until 1551
Modern	before 1289	Reichslehen
Off [en] Weiler (Off [en] Weiler)	Relocated here from the Ingweiler office in the 18th century .	Fief of the Bishop of Strasbourg
Pfaffenhoffen (Pfaffenhofen)	before 1289, initially together with the Lords of Ochsenstein, in 1454 the Ochsenstein part of Lichtenberg came. 1471 the last ¼, which was still in the possession of some citizens of Hagenau .	Reichslehen
Schalkendorf	before 1325 or 1332	Reichslehen
Schweighouse (Schweighausen)	probably around 1350 to Lichtenberg		until 1551
Schwindratzheim	before 1289	Reichslehen	Schwindratzheim formed its own "Büttelei". That was the subdivision of an office.
Uhrwiller (Uhrweiler)		Fief of the Duke of Lorraine	Uhrweiler formed its own "Büttelei". Until 1691 it belonged to the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg.
Zinswiller (Zinsweiler)	Bought by the landgraves in Alsace in 1332. In 1456 the Count of Lützelstein ceded his rights to the village to Lichtenberg.		until 1691

Other components

The following mills belonged to the Pfaffenhofen office:

• Blowmill
• Crab mill
• Middle mill
• Obermühle
• Offweiler Mill (Rothbach)
• Sandmill (Pfaffenhofen)
• Schwindratzheimer Mühle, Reichslehen
• Überacher mill

and a farm at Minversheim

literature

• Fritz Eyer: The territory of the Lords of Lichtenberg 1202-1480. Investigations into the property, the rule and the politics of domestic power of a noble family from the Upper Rhine . In: Writings of the Erwin von Steinbach Foundation . 2nd edition, unchanged in the text, by an introduction extended reprint of the Strasbourg edition, Rhenus-Verlag, 1938. Volume 10 . Pfaehler, Bad Neustadt an der Saale 1985, ISBN 3-922923-31-3 (268 pages).
• Friedrich Knöpp: Territorial holdings of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg in Hesse-Darmstadt . [typewritten] Darmstadt 1962. [Available in the Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt , signature: N 282/6].
• Alfred Matt: Bailliages, prévôté et fiefs ayant fait partie de la Seigneurie de Lichtenberg, du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg, du Landgraviat de Hesse-Darmstadt . In: Société d'Histoire et d'Archaeologie de Saverne et Environs (eds.): Cinquième centenaire de la création du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg 1480–1980 = Pays d'Alsace 111/112 (2, 3/1980), p 7-9.

Remarks

1. ^ At Matt, p. 7: "Altdorf et Eckendorf".
2. ^ According to Matt, p. 7 and Knöpp, p. 7, on the Ingweiler office .
3. ↑ The fact that Eyer, p. 67, lists Uhrweiler as an imperial fief, is likely to be an editorial oversight on his part.
4. ↑ Eyer, p. 61 cites : " Zinsweiler, one side of the water " = west of the Zinsel, a tributary to the Moder (see: Eyer, p. 116).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
2. ^ Matt, p. 7.
3. ↑ Eyer, p. 238; Knöpp, p. 15.
4. ↑ Eyer, p. 61.
5. ↑ Knöpp, p. 15.
6. ↑ Knöpp, p. 15.
7. ↑ Knöpp, p. 15.
8. ↑ Knöpp, p. 15.
9. ^ Alteckendorf, deux clochers, un village, Strasbourg . 1991, p. 224. ISBN 2-903297-45-2
10. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
11. ↑ Eyer, p. 61.
12. ↑ Eyer, p. 128.
13. ^ Matt, p. 7.
14. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
15. ↑ Eyer, p. 54, note 22.
16. ↑ Eyer, p. 51.
17. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
18. ^ Matt, p. 7.
19. ↑ Eyer, p. 74.
20. ↑ Eyer, p. 74.
21. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
22. ↑ Eyer, p. 61.
23. ↑ Knöpp, p. 15.
24. ↑ Knöpp, p. 15.
25. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
26. ↑ Eyer, p. 67.
27. ↑ Eyer, p. 167f.
28. ^ Matt, p. 7.
29. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
30. ↑ Eyer, p. 61.
31. ↑ Knöpp, p. 14.
32. ↑ Knöpp, p. 14; Matt, p. 7.
33. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
34. ^ Matt, p. 7.
35. ↑ Eyer, p. 67.
36. ^ Matt, p. 7.
37. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
38. ↑ Eyer, p. 57.
39. ↑ Eyer, p. 57; Knöpp, p. 15.
40. ↑ Eyer, p. 57.
41. ↑ Eyer, p. 74.
42. ↑ Eyer, p. 240.
43. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
44. ↑ Eyer, p. 61.
45. ^ Matt, p. 7.
46. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
47. ↑ Eyer, p. 53.
48. ↑ Eyer, p. 128; Knöpp, p. 15.
49. ^ Matt, p. 7; Knöpp, p. 15.
50. ^ Matt, p. 7; Knöpp, p. 15.
51. ↑ Eyer, p. 141.
52. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
53. ↑ Eyer, p. 53.
54. ↑ Eyer, p. 57.
55. ↑ Eyer, pp. 74, 140.
56. ↑ Eyer, p. 76.
57. ↑ Knöpp, p. 15.
58. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
59. ↑ Eyer, p. 58.
60. ↑ Eyer, p. 61.
61. ↑ Knöpp, p. 15.
62. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
63. ↑ Eyer, p. 72.
64. ^ Matt, p. 7.
65. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
66. ↑ Eyer, p. 53.
67. ↑ Eyer, pp. 53, 128; Knöpp, p. 15.
68. ↑ Eyer, p. 240.
69. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
70. ↑ Eyer, pp. 55, 165.
71. ↑ Eyer, p. 240.
72. ^ Matt, p. 7.
73. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
74. ↑ Eyer, p. 61.
75. ↑ Eyer, pp. 74f.
76. ^ Matt, p. 7.
77. ↑ Knöpp, p. 1f; Matt, p. 7.
78. ↑ Knöpp, p. 15; Matt, p. 7.
79. ↑ Knöpp, p. 15; Matt, p. 7.
80. ↑ Knöpp, p. 15; Matt, p. 7.
81. ↑ Knöpp, p. 16; Matt, p. 7.
82. ↑ Knöpp, p. 16; Matt, p. 7.
83. ↑ Knöpp, p. 15; Matt, p. 7.
84. ↑ Knöpp, p. 16; ; Matt, p. 7.
85. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.