Office Rockenberg

The Office Rockenberg was an office of the Electorate of Mainz and later of the Grand Duchy of Hesse .

history

Preliminary remark

In the Middle Ages and early modern times , offices were a level between the municipalities and the sovereign rulership . The functions of administration and jurisdiction were not separated here. The office was headed by a bailiff who was appointed by the rulers.

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Kurmainz

In 1534 the Rockenberg winery fell to Eppstein , in 1581 Kurmainz moved in the County of Königstein as a settled fiefdom. With that, Rockenberg also came to Kurmainz. From the administrative reorganization of 1772, the office was run as the Rockenberg District Bailiwick and subordinated to the Office and Cellar Vilbel and Rockenberg . From 1782 this was subordinate to the Oberamt Höchst .

In the Rockenberg office , the Mainz land law , which was formally reintroduced in 1755, was considered a particular law . The common law also applied, as far as the Mainz land law did not contain special regulations for a matter. This special right retained its validity throughout the 19th century and was only replaced on January 1, 1900 by the civil code that was uniformly applicable throughout the German Empire .

Hesse

Due to the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss and secularization , the Rockenberg office fell to the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt in 1803 , and from 1806: Grand Duchy of Hesse . Here it was in the province of Upper Hesse .

With the executive order of December 9, 1803, the judicial system of the two higher authorities was initially reorganized. The offices - including Rockenberg - remained the first instance of jurisdiction in civil matters . From 1820 there were administrative reforms. The Office Rockenberg was initially added to the Office Butzbach in 1820 .

With the administrative reform of 1821, jurisdiction and administration were also separated at the lower level. District districts were created for the administrative tasks previously performed in the offices, and district courts for the first instance jurisdiction. With that, the Butzbach office was also dissolved. Its administrative tasks were transferred in 1821 to the district of Butzbach , the jurisdiction to the Friedberg district court .

Components

The localities and communities belonged to the Amt Rockenberg :

• Marienschloss monastery
• Nieder-Mörlen
• Ober-Mörlen
• Ober-Wöllstadt
• Oppershofen
• Rockenberg
• Wisselsheim

Personalities

• Wilhelm Beck (Bailiff) [1797]

literature

• Arthur Benno Schmidt : The historical foundations of civil law in the Grand Duchy of Hesse . Curt von Münchow, Giessen 1893.

Web links

• Rockenberg, Wetterau district . In: LAGIS , historical local dictionary; As of October 16, 2018.
• Ordinance on the division of the country into district councils and district courts of July 14, 1821 . In: Hessisches Regierungsblatt, p. 403ff.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Georg W. Wagner : Statistical-topographical-historical description of the Grand Duchy of Hesse: Province of Upper Hesse. Volume 3, 1830, p. 240, digitized
2. ^ Schmidt, p. 109.
3. ↑ LAGIS, Rockenberg.
4. ↑ LAGIS, Rockenberg.
5. ^ Ordinance concerning the division of the country ... , p. 403ff.
6. ^ Ordinance concerning the division of the country ... , pp. 409f.
7. ↑ Schmidt, p. 17.
8. ^ Kurmainzischer Hof- und Staats-Kalender, 1797, p. 168, digitized