Office Sayn

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Sayn Castle

The office of Sayn was an administrative and judicial district with its seat in Sayn, which existed from the 13th century to 1815 . It belonged first to the County of Sayn , then to the Electorate of Trier , Nassau-Weilburg and finally to the Duchy of Nassau .

history

Sayn Castle was the original seat of the Sayn family and the core of the Sayn office. In 1606 Heinrich IV. Von Sayn died and left only one daughter. Kurtrier therefore moved in Sayn castle and office as a completed fief. However, the heiress Anna Elisabeth, who was married to Count Wilhelm von Sayn-Wittgenstein, did not recognize Kurtrier's claim and in turn made claims to the office. In 1652, Kurtrier concluded a review with the countesses Johannette and Ernestine zu Sayn, with which the Sayn family waived all claims to office.

The office consisted of Mülhofen , Sayn and Stromberg and three mills.

The office was assigned in 1803 in the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss Nassau-Weilburg . In 1815 Mülhofen and Sayn were ceded to the Kingdom of Prussia as part of the agreements of the Congress of Vienna .

Bailiffs

Due to its small size, the office was mainly co-administered by the officials of the neighboring Kurtrierischen offices.

Individual evidence

  1. Wilhelm von der Nahmer: Handbuch des Rheinischen Particular-Rechts: Development of the territorial and constitutional relations of the German states on both banks of the Rhine: from the first beginning of the French Revolution up to the most recent times . tape 3 . Sauerländer, Frankfurt am Main 1832, p. 615 ( online at Google Books ).
  2. AJ Weidenbach: Nassau territories from the acquisitions immediately before the French Revolution until 1866, 1870, p. 42, digitized

Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ′ 20.4 "  N , 7 ° 34 ′ 45.5"  E