Office of Stornfels

The office of Stornfels was an office of the Landgraviate 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.

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history

The office of Stornfels was initially part of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Rheinfels following the division of the Landgraviate of Hesse after the death of Landgrave Philip I in 1567 . When their regent, Landgrave Philip II , died in 1583 without a male heir, it came to the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt . Together with the Office of Schotten , it formed the first North Main property of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt and thus the nucleus of the later province of Upper Hesse in the Grand Duchy of Hesse .

The office of Stornfels was split - probably in the 18th century - when the Ulfa court was separated and came into the possession of the Barons von Pretlack . The remaining "remainder" of the office of Stornfels was called the court of Widdersheim and was added to the office of Schotten.

Components

The Stornfels Office included:

• Borsdorf (later: Widdersheim Court),
• Houses courtyard (later: Widdersheim Court),
• Ober-Widdersheim (later: Widdersheim Court),
• Schwalheimer Hof ,
• Stornfels (later: Ulfa Court),
• Ulfa (later: Ulfa Court) and
• Unter-Widdersheim (later: Widdersheim Court).

The office of Stornfels was in the area of today's city of Nidda .

Law

In Office Stornfels was considered a particular law , the Common Law . It retained its validity even in the entire 19th century and was until 1 January 1900 by the same across the whole German Reich current Civil Code replaced.

literature

• 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.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ehwald, p. 50.
2. ^ Borsdorf, Vogelsbergkreis . In: LAGIS: Historical local dictionary ; As of October 16, 2018.
3. ^ House courtyard, Wetterau district . In: LAGIS: Historical local dictionary ; As of April 17, 2018.
4. ↑ Ober-Widdersheim, Wetteraukreis . In: LAGIS: Historical local dictionary ; As of October 16, 2018.
5. ↑ According to Ehwald, p. 50, on the Widdersheim court; to Grund-Schwalheim, Wetteraukreis . In: LAGIS: Historical local dictionary ; Status: May 28, 2018, to the Office of Schotten.
6. ↑ Stornfels, Wetterau district . In: LAGIS: Historical local dictionary ; As of October 16, 2018.
7. ↑ Ulfa, Wetteraukreis . In: LAGIS: Historical local dictionary ; As of October 16, 2018.
8. ↑ Unter-Widdersheim, Wetteraukreis . In: LAGIS: Historical local dictionary ; As of October 16, 2018.
9. ↑ Arthur Benno Schmidt : The historical foundations of civil law in the Grand Duchy of Hesse . Curt von Münchow, Giessen 1893, p. Map.