Office Wölfersheim

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The office of Wölfersheim was an office of the princes of Solms-Braunfels and subsequently in the Grand Duchy of Hesse .

function

In the early modern period , offices were a level between the municipalities and the sovereignty . 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 Wölfersheim office belonged to the Principality of Solms-Braunfels.

With the Rhine Confederation Act of 1806, state sovereignty over the Principality of Solms-Braunfels fell to the Grand Duchy of Hesse. This incorporated the area into the Principality of Upper Hesse (from 1816: "Province of Upper Hesse"). However, the restriction was stipulated that the prince retained the rank of landlord and that he continued to exercise sovereign rights in administration and jurisdiction in his former rule . This independent sovereignty naturally interfered with the Grand Duchy's claim to the state monopoly of force .

From 1820 there were administrative reforms in the Grand Duchy of Hesse. In 1821, jurisdiction and administration were separated 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.

Because of the transverse rights of the landlords, this lasted in some of the areas they ruled until 1822, until this reform was also implemented there, also in the Solms-Braunfels area: With the highest resolution of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke of April 24, 1822, the former Princely Solms-Braunfeldische Amt Wölfersheim dissolved and its administrative tasks transferred to the newly formed district of Hungen , whose tasks in the jurisdiction were transferred to the district court of Hungen .

Components

At the time of its transition to the Grand Duchy of Hesse in 1806, the Wölfersheim office included:

Law

In the Wölfersheim office , the Solms land law applied . The common law was only valid if the Solms land law contained no provisions for a matter. The Solms land law remained valid there even when the Wölfersheim office belonged to the Grand Duchy of Hesse , which did not replace the civil code that was uniformly applicable throughout the German Empire until January 1, 1900 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wölfersheim, Wetteraukreis . In: LAGIS : Historical local dictionary ; As of October 16, 2018.
  2. ↑ Art. 24 Rhine Confederation Act .
  3. ^ Ordinance on the division of the country into districts and district courts of July 14, 1821 . In: Hessisches Regierungsblatt No. 33 of July 20, 1821, pp. 403ff.
  4. ^ The new regional division and organization of the lower-level judiciary and administrative authorities - especially concerning the princely and countless Solms possessions . In: Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette No. 15 of May 10, 1822, p. 182.
  5. ↑ Dorf-Güll, District of Gießen . In: LAGIS: Historical local dictionary ; As of October 16, 2018.
  6. ↑ Gambach belonged to an office Gambach in 1806 , but in 1820 to the office Wölfersheim ( Wölfersheim, Wetteraukreis . In: LAGIS: Historisches Ortslexikon ; status: October 16, 2018).
  7. ↑ Griedel, Wetteraukreis . In: LAGIS: Historical local dictionary ; As of October 16, 2018.
  8. ↑ Holzheim, District of Giessen . In: LAGIS: Historical local dictionary ; As of October 16, 2018.
  9. ^ Obbornhofen, District of Giessen . In: LAGIS: Historical local dictionary ; As of October 16, 2018.
  10. ↑ Weckesheim, Wetteraukreis . In: LAGIS: Historical local dictionary ; As of October 16, 2018.
  11. ^ Wölfersheim, Wetteraukreis . In: LAGIS: Historical local dictionary ; As of October 16, 2018.
  12. ↑ Arthur Benno Schmidt : The historical foundations of civil law in the Grand Duchy of Hesse . Curt von Münchow, Giessen 1893, p. 106, as well as the enclosed map.