Office Wörth

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Coat of arms of the Lichtenberg rule
Coat of arms of the county of Zweibrücken-Bitsch
Coat of arms of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg since 1606
Coat of arms of the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt

The Wörth office was an office of the Lichtenberg rule , from 1480 of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg and in their successor from 1736 to the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt .

history

The office was formed from some spatially close together property of the Lords of Lichtenberg in the 13th century.

Elisabeth von Lichtenberg (* 1444; † 1495) was the daughter of Ludwig V. von Lichtenberg (* 1417; † 1474) and one of two heirs with claims to the rule of Lichtenberg . She married Simon IV. Wecker von Zweibrücken-Bitsch . After the death of the last Lichtenberger, Jakob von Lichtenberg , an uncle of Elisabeth, she and the heirs of her predeceased sister, Anna von Lichtenberg , inherited half of the Lichtenberg estate in 1480. The rule was divided and the Amt Wörth was added to the part of the inheritance that fell to Zweibrücken-Bitsch. However, there was another inheritance in 1570, which also brought the Wörth office to the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg: Count Jakob von Zweibrücken-Bitsch (* 1510; † 1570) and his brother Simon V. Wecker , who died in 1540, each left only one daughter Heiress. Count Jakob's daughter, Margarethe (* 1540; † 1569), was married to Philipp V von Hanau-Lichtenberg (* 1541; † 1599). The legacy resulting from this constellation also included the second half of the former Lichtenberg lordship as part of the Zweibrücken-Bitsch county, which was not already ruled by Hanau-Lichtenberg.

With France's reunification policy under King Louis XIV , the Wörth office came under French suzerainty. After the death of the last Hanau count, Johann Reinhard III. In 1736, the inheritance - and with it the Amt of Wörth - fell to the son of his only daughter, Charlotte , the hereditary prince and later Landgrave Ludwig (IX) of Hesse-Darmstadt . With the upheaval begun by the French Revolution , the Amt Wörth became part of France and dissolved in the subsequent administrative reforms.

According to a census from May 1798, the office had 5,050 inhabitants.

Components

Localities

place origin Law annotation
Bärenbach court In office around 1790
Dambach 1301: ¼ to Lichtenberg as part of the property belonging to Castle Schöneck . Fief of the Bishop of Strasbourg Pledged to Zweibrücken-Bitsch in 1398 ; back at the Wörth office in Hesse-Darmstadt
Dieffenbach-au-Val (Diefenbach) Bought by the landgraves in Alsace in 1332. Reichslehen In 1332 only 2/3 of the village came to Lichtenberg, the remaining third not until 1337 from the Puller von Hohenburg.
Eberbach Probably only in the Hesse-Darmstadt time to the Wörth office. According to Knöpp, it belonged to the Niederbronn office before Eyer, it was probably "abroad" before the Hesse-Darmstadt period
Forstheim In the 14th century the associated forestry law came to Lichtenberg as an imperial fief, the village ½ to Lichtenberg, the other half belonged to the lords of Ettendorf After fiefs from the Duchy of Lorraine , which it held as an imperial fief . After examination of the Duchy of Lorraine to this 1572/1606 home like .
Gœrsdorf (Görsdorf) 1314 bought by Lambrecht von Brune for ¾ Fief of the Bishop of Strasbourg In 1348 the Lichtenbergers acquired the town charter for the place at high cost ; own judicial district, which also included the villages Mitschdorf, Lampertsloch, Lobsann, Oberkutzenhausen, Merkweiler, Preuschdorf and the farms Weylenbach and Diefenbach and own bailiffs.
Griesbach-le-Bastberg Belonged to the "original stock", which was already at the beginning of the 13th century. was present. Allod; 1/3 to Hanau-Lichtenberg, 2/3 to Leiningen In the late Middle Ages to the Buchsweiler office ; in Hesse-Darmstadt, initially to the Niederbronn office , later to the Wörth office.
Hœlschloch (Hölschloch, historically: Heideschloch) Fief of the Duchy of Lorraine After confrontation with the Duchy of Lorraine, it fell back in 1572/1606.
Lampertsloch Purchased from Johann Puller in 1332 or 1337. Allod Own bailiff
Langensoultzbach (Langensulzbach) In 1437 ½ was bought by Johann Eberhart von Lampertheim, the second half in 1474 by Paul von Winstein Fief of the Bishop of Strasbourg
Merkweiler Part of the middle of the 15th century, no longer at the end of the 18th century.
Mitschdorf (historically also: Mitzingsdorf) Fief of the Bishop of Strasbourg
Morsbronn (historically also known as "Morsfelt".) 1301 first loan Fief of Strasbourg Part of a fiefdom, the center of which was Schöneck Castle .
Neunhoffen Under the Landgraves of Hesse it was added to the Lemberg Office , and around 1790 it again belongs to the Wörth Office.
Niederkutzenhausen 1440: oldest surviving evidence as belonging to the Lichtenberg rule Mid-15th century part of the office, no longer at the end of the 18th century.
Niedermattstall Middle of the 15th century, part of the office, no longer at the end of the 18th century. fallen desolate or risen in Langensulzbach .
Niedersteinbach In office around 1790 In post-Napoleomischer initially to the Bavarian Palatinate , from 1826 to France.
Oberdorf Bought in 1332 by the landgraves in Alsace, in 1337 Johann Puller's share (1/3) in the village was bought. Reichslehen
Oberkutzenhausen 1440: oldest surviving evidence that it belongs to the Lichtenberg domain Part of the middle of the 15th century, no longer at the end of the 18th century.
Preuschdorf Bought in 1332 by the landgraves in Alsace, in 1337 Johann Puller's share (1/3) in the village Reichslehen
Schœneck Castle (Schönecken) 1301 first loan Fief of the Bishop of Strasbourg own bailiff
Spachbach
Wasenburg First mentioned in Lichtenberg possession in 1335 Fief of the Bishop of Strasbourg
Wasigenstein Castle (castle) Around 1466 the Lichtenbergers became co-owners of Wasigenstein Castle Fief of the Bishop of Strasbourg
Wingen (Winnen) In office around 1790
Woerth (castle, town and mill) (historically also: Nieder-Wörth) Bought in 1308 by the Wildgraves of Kirchberg (Kyrburg). Since the end of the 14th century "capital" of the office of the same name

Other components

The Wörth office also included:

  • Alt-Pfaffenbronner Hof
  • Asphalt mill near Lampertsloch
  • The half of Drachenfels Castle belonging to Hessen-Darmstadt since around 1790
  • Vitriol factory Gersdorf
  • Mill in Goersdorf; it was given to the knight Helwig von Buchsweiler as a Lichtenberg fief before 1296.
  • Lindel- and Wengelsbacher Höfe
  • Löwenstein Castle
  • Neu-Pfaffenbronner Hof
  • Mill in Niedersteinbach
  • Hof Schöneck (to the Schöneck )
  • Willenbach farm

Outsourced office Kutzenhausen

Coat of arms of the margraviate of Baden

An office Kutzenhausen was temporarily separated from the office Wörth. During the Hesse-Darmstadt period it formed a condominium shared with the Margraviate of Baden , with Hesse 1/3 and Baden 2/3.

place annotation
Feldbach
Hœlschloch
Kutzenhausen Also subdivided into Nieder- and Oberkutzenhausen.
Lobsann (Lussan) According to Knöpp, the village only partially belonged to the office.
Mattstall (Niedermattstall)
Merkwiller
Oberkutzenhausen

The glassworks at Mattstall also belonged to the office.

literature

  • Jean-Claude Brumm: Quelques dates importantes dan l'histoire… . In: Société d'Histoire et d'Archaeologie de Saverne et Environs (Eds.): Cinquième centenaire de la création du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg 1480 - 1980 = Pays d'Alsace 111/112 (2, 3/1980), p 10f.
  • Fritz Eyer: The territory of the Lords of Lichtenberg 1202-1480. Investigations into the property, the rule and the politics of domestic power of a noble family from the Upper Rhine . In: Writings of the Erwin von Steinbach Foundation . 2nd edition, unchanged in the text, by an introduction extended reprint of the Strasbourg edition, Rhenus-Verlag, 1938. Volume 10 . Pfaehler, Bad Neustadt an der Saale 1985, ISBN 3-922923-31-3 (268 pages).
  • M. Goltzené and A. Matt: From the history of the office Buchsweiler and the gentlemen from Hanau-Lichtenberg . In: Société d'Histoire et d'Archaeologie de Saverne et Environs (ed.): Cinquième centenaire de la création du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg 1480 - 1980 = Pays d'Alsace 111/112 (2, 3/1980), p 63-72.
  • Friedrich Knöpp: Territorial holdings of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg in Hesse-Darmstadt . [typewritten] Darmstadt 1962. [Available in the Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt , signature: N 282/6].
  • Alfred Matt: Bailliages, prévôté et fiefs ayant fait partie de la Seigneurie de Lichtenberg, du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg, du Landgraviat de Hesse-Darmstadt . In: Société d'Histoire et d'Archaeologie de Saverne et Environs (Eds.): Cinquième centenaire de la création du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg 1480 - 1980 = Pays d'Alsace 111/112 (2, 3/1980), p 7-9.

Remarks

  1. ↑ Knöpp, p. 19, claims that the village did not come to office until 1790.
  2. ↑ First came to office around 1790 (Knöpp, p. 20).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brumm, p. 11.
  2. ^ Matt, p. 7.
  3. ↑ Knöpp, p. 19.
  4. ↑ Eyer, pp. 57, 147f.
  5. ↑ Eyer, p. 57.
  6. ↑ Eyer, p. 107.
  7. ↑ Knöpp, p. 19.
  8. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
  9. ↑ Eyer, pp. 61, 128, 132.
  10. ↑ Knöpp, p. 19, Eyer 128.
  11. ↑ Eyer, p. 133.
  12. ^ Matt, p. 7.
  13. ↑ Knöpp, p. 14.
  14. ↑ Eyer, p. 148.
  15. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
  16. ↑ Eyer, p. 135.
  17. ↑ Eyer, p. 71, note 46.
  18. ↑ Eyer, p. 71, note 46, p. 165.
  19. ↑ Eyer, p. 166.
  20. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
  21. ↑ Eyer, pp. 58, 149.
  22. ↑ Knöpp, p. 19; Eyer, pp. 58, 141.
  23. ↑ Eyer, p. 149.
  24. ↑ Eyer, pp. 239f.
  25. ↑ Eyer, p. 240.
  26. ^ Matt, p. 7.
  27. ↑ Eyer, p. 53.
  28. ↑ Eyer, p. 53.
  29. ↑ Eyer, p. 238; Goltzené and Matt: From the story , p. 63.
  30. ↑ Knöpp: p. 14.
  31. ↑ Eyer, p. 74.
  32. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
  33. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
  34. ↑ Eyer, p. 65.
  35. ↑ Eyer, p. 118.
  36. ↑ Eyer, pp. 231f.
  37. ↑ Eyer, p. 240.
  38. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
  39. ↑ Eyer, p. 74.
  40. ↑ Eyer, p. 76.
  41. ↑ Eyer, p. 141.
  42. ↑ Eyer, pp. 98, 238.
  43. ↑ Eyer, pp. 98, 238.
  44. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
  45. ↑ Eyer, p. 231, note 8.
  46. ↑ Eyer, p. 48.
  47. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
  48. ↑ Eyer, p. 175.
  49. ↑ Eyer, pp. 57, 147f.
  50. ↑ Eyer, pp. 57, 147f.
  51. ↑ Eyer, p. 147f.
  52. ↑ Knöpp, p. 19.
  53. ↑ Knöpp, p. 19.
  54. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
  55. ↑ Eyer, pp. 74, 118.
  56. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
  57. ↑ Eyer, p. 179.
  58. ↑ Knöpp, p. 20.
  59. ↑ Knöpp, p. 20.
  60. ↑ Knöpp, p. 20.
  61. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
  62. ↑ Eyer, pp. 61, 132.
  63. ↑ Eyer, p. 65.
  64. ↑ Eyer, pp. 128, 132.
  65. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
  66. ↑ Eyer, pp. 74, 118.
  67. ↑ Eyer, p. 239.
  68. ↑ Eyer, pp. 61, 132.
  69. ↑ Eyer, p. 65.
  70. ↑ Eyer, pp. 128, 132.
  71. ↑ Eyer, p. 239.
  72. ↑ Eyer, pp. 57, 147.
  73. ↑ Eyer, pp. 57, 141.
  74. ↑ Eyer, p. 240.
  75. ↑ Eyer, p. 239.
  76. ↑ Eyer, p. 239.
  77. ↑ Eyer, p. 148.
  78. ↑ Eyer, p. 141.
  79. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
  80. ↑ Eyer, p. 75.
  81. ↑ Eyer, p. 75.
  82. ↑ Knöpp, p. 20.
  83. ↑ Knöpp, p. 20.
  84. ↑ Eyer, p. 238.
  85. ↑ Eyer, p. 115.
  86. ↑ Eyer, pp. 57f, 115.
  87. ↑ Eyer, p. 115.
  88. ↑ Knöpp, p. 20.
  89. ↑ Knöpp, p. 20.
  90. ↑ Knöpp, p. 19.
  91. ↑ Knöpp, p. 20.
  92. ↑ Knöpp, p. 19.
  93. ↑ Eyer, p. 56, note 29.
  94. ↑ Knöpp, p. 20.
  95. ↑ Knöpp, p. 20.
  96. ↑ Knopp, p. 20.
  97. ↑ Knöpp, p. 20.
  98. ↑ Knöpp, p. 7.
  99. ↑ Knöpp, p. 7; Matt, p. 7.
  100. ↑ Knöpp, p. 8; Matt, p. 7.
  101. ↑ Knöpp, p. 8; Matt, p. 7.
  102. ^ Matt, p. 7.
  103. ↑ Knöpp, p. 8; Matt, p. 7.
  104. ↑ Knöpp, p. 8.
  105. ↑ Knöpp, p. 8; Matt, p. 7.
  106. ↑ Knöpp, p. 8; Matt, p. 7.
  107. ↑ Knöpp, p. 8; Matt, p. 7.
  108. ↑ Knöpp, p. 8, Matt, p. 7.