Office Steinau (Hochstift Fulda)

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The Steinau Office was a judicial and administrative unit of the clerical principality of Fulda with its seat in Steinau .

history

The ruins of the "Wasserburg" in Steinau

The area of ​​the later office was one of the donations that Bonifatius had received for the Fulda monastery. From 1093 the area belonged to the parish of Margretenhaun . The starting point for the formation of the office was the acquisition of domination rights of the von Schlitz and von Steinau families . They built a moated castle in Steinau, which was the core of the later office. In 1287 there was a feud between those of Steinau and the Fulda monastery. Fulda conquered the castle and acquired half of the castle and office that previously belonged to Steinau. The Schlitzer half sold them to Heinrich von der Tann and Johann von Ebersberg in 1369. In 1399, the Fulda Abbey had to pledge half of it and was able to redeem the pledge in 1440. In the following years, Heinrich von Ebersberg acquired another twelfth.

In 1454 Simon von Merlau became a bailiff in Fulda. In 1474 the brothers Valentin and Simon von Merlau received castle and office as a fiefdom . After Valentin's death, his son-in-law Adolf Rau von Holzhausen received his share. In 1501 Kunz von Jossa was enfeoffed with castle and office and served as hereditary bailiff. As early as 1503, Klaus Sweert became a bailiff under the same conditions. In 1512 he resigned from the office. In 1541 Jörg von Romrod was named as bailiff, in 1571 Wilhelm von Buseck. His son Kraft von Buseck sold the office in 1591. In 1615 the monastery bought back this share. In 1618 Fulda also took possession of the other half because the owner, Jost von Merlau, had not paid his loan money. Thus the office was completely owned by the Hochstiftes.

In the course of the 17th century its own administration was given up. The official functions were distributed in an unusual way to neighboring offices. According to the Salbuch of 1708, jurisdiction was transferred to the Oberamt Bieberstein , but the services to be rendered were due to the Centoberamt Fulda .

Scope of office

Before its dissolution, the office consisted of Steinau, Bernhards , Steinhaus and the Zell, Gruben, Baumbachs, Katzen and Brückenmühle. In 1490 Götzendorf and from 1495 until the middle of the 17th century also Marbach were designated as part of the office. Marbach was assigned to the Mackenzell Office in the middle of the 18th century .

literature

  • Anneliese Hofemann: Studies on the development of the territory of the imperial abbey of Fulda and its offices. 1958, pp. 152-154.