Office Theres

The Theres office was the secular rulership of the Theres monastery under the rule of the bishopric of Bamberg and later of Würzburg .

history

On June 1, 1010, Emperor Heinrich II donated his Theres estate with extensive accessories to the Bamberg Monastery . With the foundation of the monastery around 1045 Theres by the second bishop of Bamberg Suidger , it became the core of the possessions of the monastery Theres. As a result, further donations were made.

The Theres Monastery was in fact the monastery of the Bamberg Monastery . The bailiwick has been with the bishopric since it was founded. In 1123, Rapoto von Abenberg, the first monastery bailiff, is known by name. The bailiwick was pledged several times from Bamberg from 1189 onwards. In 1370 Bamberg pledged the Bailiwick of Obertheres, Horhausen, Buch, Wagenhausen, Sailershausen and Eylershausen for 900 guilders to the Abbot of Theres. This gave the monastery the opportunity to break away from Bamberg. Even if this pledge was never redeemed, Bamberg continued to see himself as a sovereign.

During the Thirty Years' War the office was under the Swedish or Saxon-Weimar government from 1631 to 1634. Organizationally, the Hochstift was divided into main teams. The Hauptmannschaft Mainberg consisted of the offices of Mainberg , Haßfurt , Ebenhausen and Werneck , the Vogtei Bodenlauben and the Office of Theres.

Ecclesiastically, Theres Monastery was under the Würzburg diocese . In secular terms, too, people increasingly leaned on Würzburg in order to achieve independence from Bamberg. On August 5, 1560, the Reich Chamber of Commerce confirmed the Bamberg claims. However, the conflicts persisted: In 1607 Bamberg obtained an imperial court order against the arrest of the monastery judge by the Würzburg centgrave in Haßfurt and later against the deposition of Abbot Valentin Alberti by Würzburg. A recess in 1659 initially restored the status quo. In another recess of 1685, in which a large number of conflicts between Bamberg and Würzburg were resolved, Bamberg renounced all of its rights in favor of Würzburg.

The economic importance of the office for the bishopric of Bamberg was low and was therefore listed as Amt I class (out of 5). The tax revenue of the tax office averaged 1,050 during the term of office of Peter Philipp von Dernbach (1672–1683) and 384 Franconian guilders per year during the term of office of Marquard Sebastian Schenk von Stauffenberg (1683–1693) .

High jurisdiction

The monastery also claimed the high justice for its property. At least for Obertheres, Buch and Sailershausen this high court is occupied. In 1605 Emperor Rudolf II confirmed this claim of the monastery. At the end of the 16th century this high court ended and the tasks were transferred to the Würzburg Cent Haßfurt.

resolution

On November 22, 1802, Pfalz-Bayern published the ownership patent for the monastery and took possession of the office on December 11, 1802. The monastery inventory compiled for this occasion names the following locations (subjects): Buch (30), Dampfach (4), Hellingen (1), Horhausen (16), Junkersdorf (12), Kleinmünster (3), Mechenried (2), Obertheres ( 53), Römershofen (12), Sailershausen (20), Uchenhofen (22), Unfind (3), Untertheres (65), Wagenhausen (6), Westheim (1) and Wülflingen . The office was dissolved and subordinated to the newly established Haßfurt Regional Court .

literature

• Alexander Tittmann: Haßfurt: the former district - Historical Atlas of Bavaria (HAB), 2002, ISBN 9783769668513 , pp. 165-185, 297, 520-523, digitized

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hermann Caspary: State, finance, economy and army in the Hochstift Bamberg: (1672 - 1693), 1976, ISBN 3877350836 , p. 377.