Office Rauschenberg

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The Office Rauschenberg was an administrative and judicial district of the County of Ziegenhain , the Landgraviate of Hesse , the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel and the Electorate of Hesse from the 14th century to 1821 .

history

The southern part of the office was originally the property of Fulda . Since 1097, the Counts of Ziegenhain can be traced as the Fulda monastery there . In the following centuries Fulda was separated from it. In addition to the lower jurisdiction , which was derived from the bailiwicks, Ziegenhain also had high jurisdiction in many places. In the 14th century, a relatively closed office with the city of Rauschenberg as its center developed within the scope of territorialization . To the office belonged Ernsthausen , Wambach , Wolferode , Hatzbach , Speckswinkel and Heimersdorf (half) and some other desolations. In Erksdorf, Ziegenhain did not dispose of the manor but of the high level of jurisdiction. At the same time, the Count von Ziegenhain was the governor of Fulda there. The highest official from Ziegenhain was the mayor in Rauschenberg.

The northern part of the office with the center Wohra was originally Fulda. In 1285 Gottfried von Ziegenhain was named as Vogt in the Vogtei Wohra. In addition to the Fulcrum share in Wohra, this also included rights in Burghardshausen and Ober- and Unterlagendorf. In addition, there was also a Vogtei Wohra, which is mentioned for the first time in the Breviarium sancti Lulli . This consisted of the Hersfeld part of Wohra , Ober- and Niederlangendorf , Schweinfe and Heimbach . Ziegenhain was Vogt here too. The former part was awarded as an after loan and remained independent. The culpable part (which was connected with the lower jurisdiction) was organizationally assigned to the Office Rauschenberg. The Ziegenhainische validity and goods register from 1358 names the city Rauschenberg and the places Ernsthausen, Wambach, Wolferode, Hatzbach, Scheckswinkel, Heimersdort (half) with high and low jurisdiction, Erksdorf with the high and Langendorf and Wohra with the as components of the office low jurisdiction as well as the Vogteirecht in Schwarzenborn.

In the 13th century Himmelsberg and Zitichshausen were added, but Heimersdorf and Schwarzenborn were lost. In the Salbuch of 1570, Josbach and Albshausen are also listed as official places. Josbach was previously assigned to the office of Gemünden an der Wohra . With that the office had found its final size.

In the sources there are still beyond office locations today deserted villages are: Bart Hausen , Hittelndorf , Hundorf , Hundsbach , Krummelbach , Niedlingen , narrow oak and Zitrichshausen .

In 1450 the male line of the Counts of Ziegenhain died out and the Rauschenberg office fell to the Landgraviate of Hesse. When the Landgraviate was divided, the office came to the Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel and existed there until it was dissolved in 1806. In the Kingdom of Westphalia , the office was dissolved and the canton of Rauschenberg was formed instead . In 1813 the Kingdom of Westphalia passed and the Rauschenberg office was re-established in the Electorate of Hesse. In 1821/22, jurisdiction was separated from administration in Kurhessen . The office of Rauschenberg was canceled. His judicial function went to the new Rauschenberg judicial office , the administrative function to the Kirchhain district .

Officer

The highest officials of the office were rent masters. Only from 1501 to 1510 is an official named Volpert von Dersch . The rent masters were:

  • Schuchwert (1488 to 1489)
  • Werner (1489 to 1490)
  • Reichard (1502)
  • Reinhard von Eller (1506)
  • Baltharsar von Weithershausen (1554 to 1579)
  • Heinrich Marckolff (1585 to 1613)
  • Nikolaus Dönches (1622)
  • Nikolaus Dornheck (1630 to 1631)
  • Karl Engel (before 1646)
  • Carl Dornheck (1646, 1656 to 1666)
  • Johann Jeremias Blanckenheim (1666 to 1685)
  • Becker (1686 to 1690)
  • Herb (1724)
  • Goldfinch (1740 to 1744)
  • Trunk (1787 to 1793)

There was also a mayor in Rauschenberg.

literature

  • Fritz Adolf Brauer: The Grafschaft Ziegenhain. Territorial history of the country on the middle Schwalm. Elwert, Marburg 1934, pp. 42-49, 147.