Office Rosbach

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The Office Rosbach (also: Office Roßbach ) was an office of the Landgraviate and last of the Grand Duchy of Hesse .

function

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.

history

The Rosbach office belonged to the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt , which became the Grand Duchy of Hessen in 1806. Here the office was in the province of Upper Hesse .

From 1820 there were administrative reforms in the Grand Duchy. In 1820 the Rosbach office was dissolved and the Friedberg office was added. But just one year later, in 1821, a further reform also separated the judiciary and administration at the lower level and all offices were dissolved. District districts were created for the administrative tasks previously performed by the offices, and district courts for the first instance jurisdiction. The administrative tasks of the former Friedberg office were transferred to the Butzbach district council and jurisdiction was transferred to the Friedberg district court .

Components

Until its dissolution, the municipalities belonged to the Rosbach office

Law

In Office Rosbach which applied Common Law , retained its validity and throughout the 19th century and were from the same across the whole until 1 January 1900. German Reich applicable Code Civil replaced.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ober-Rosbach, Wetteraukreis . In: LAGIS : Historical local dictionary ; As of April 6, 2020.
  2. ^ Ordinance on the division of the country into districts and district courts of July 14, 1821 . In: Hessisches Regierungsblatt, p. 403ff.
  3. ^ Ordinance on the division of the country into districts and district courts of July 14, 1821 . In: Hessisches Regierungsblatt, p. 409.
  4. ^ Ordinance on the division of the country into districts and district courts of July 14, 1821 . In: Hessisches Regierungsblatt, p. 410.
  5. ^ L. Ewald: Contributions to regional studies . In: Grand Ducal Central Office for State Statistics (ed.): Contributions to the statistics of the Grand Duchy of Hesse . Jonghaus, Darmstadt 1862, p. 53.
  6. ↑ Arthur Benno Schmidt : The historical foundations of civil law in the Grand Duchy of Hesse . Curt von Münchow, Giessen 1893, p. Map.