Weilburg Office

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Map of the office of Weilburg 1828

The Weilburg office was a Nassau-Weilburg and ducal-Nassau office with its seat in Weilburg .

history

Parts of the official area on the topographical survey of the Rhineland from 1819

Principality of Nassau-Weilburg

The establishment of the office took place in the late Middle Ages for the city of Weilburg and the surrounding villages. This region formed a coherent rule that had already come from the Diocese of Worms to the House of Nassau when the Nassau brotherhood was divided in 1255 .

When Count Ludwig II of Nassau-Weilburg moved his residence to Saarbrücken Castle, he upgraded the Weilburg office to the Oberamt for the County of Weilburg by subordinating the offices of Merenberg and Weilmünster to him. At the head of the office was a bailiff , who sometimes held several offices in personal union. In each office, financial management was the responsibility of a cellar . Sometimes several wineries were combined in personal union. The bailiff and cellar were subordinate to the office in Weilburg as the central authority of the county.

In the 17th century, especially as a result of the Thirty Years War , the office was strengthened at the expense of the old jury . The offices of Weilburg, Merenberg and Weilmünster were combined to form a combined office. At the beginning of the 18th century, this was expanded to include the Elkerhausen manor.

A comprehensive administrative reform took place under Prince Karl August . The general administration and the financial administration were completely separated. The respective districts remain, however. The offices of the Oberamt Weilburg are structured as follows:

Weilburg Weilmünster Merenberg
  • Ahausen,
  • Seltzer,
  • Drommershausen,
  • Hirschhausen,
  • Philippstein,
  • Bermbach,
  • Laimbach,
  • Cubach
  • Edelsberg,
  • Esserhausen,
  • Freienfels,
  • Weinbach,
  • Elkerhausen,
  • Graeveneck,
  • Kirchhofen
  • Weilmünster,
  • Lützendorf,
  • Ernsthausen,
  • Möttau,
  • Altenkirchen,
  • Dietenhausen,
  • Langenbach,
  • Rohnstadt,
  • Aulenhausen,
  • Audenschmiede
  • Merenberg,
  • Hasselbach,
  • Allendorf,
  • Reichenborn,
  • Bearded,
  • Selbenhausen

The city of Weilburg formed an independent sub-office with a country school.

From 1773 the office of Löhnberg came from Oranien Nassau to Nassau-Weilburg and was subordinate to the Oberamt Weilburg. The office included the places Löhnberg, Waldhausen and Odersbach.

Duchy of Nassau

Between 1803 and 1815 there were multiple official reforms in the Duchy of Nassau with changes to the borders. In the duchy, the office had the following composition from 1815:

  • From Nassau-Weilburg: Ahausen, Allendorf, Altenkirchen, Audenschmiede, Aulenhausen, Barig, Bermbach, Dietenhausen, Drommershausen, Edelbserg, Einhaus, Elkerhausen, Ernsthausen, Essershausen, Freienfeld, Gräveneck, Hasselbach, Hirschhausen, Kirschhofen, Kubach, Laimbach, Langenbach, Lützendorf , Merenberg, Möttau, Philippstein, Reichenborn, Rohnstadt, Selbenhausen, Selters, Waldhausen, Weilburg, Weilmünster, Weinbach
  • From the joint ownership of Nassau-Weilburg and Oranien-Nassau: Löhnberg, Odersbach, Waldhausen
  • From Orange-Nassau: Dillhausen, Mengerskirchen; Niedershausen, Obershausen, Probbach, Winkels.

After the March Revolution in 1848, the administration was reorganized. By law of April 4, 1849, administration and jurisdiction were separated at a lower level in Nassau. The reform came into effect on July 1, 1849. 10 district offices were established for administration , the offices continued as judicial offices (i.e. courts of first instance). The administrative tasks of the office Weilburg were carried out by the district office Hadamar . However, the reform was reversed on October 1, 1854, the districts abolished and the previous offices restored.

Kingdom of Prussia

With the annexation of Nassau by Prussia , the offices in their old form were also dissolved and replaced by circles. In 1867 the Weilburg office together with the Runkel and Hadamar offices form the Oberlahnkreis . With the administrative reform of 1885/1886 the offices were finally dissolved.

Official seats

The official building from 1775 is still the seat of the local court today
Bogengasse 2/4, temporary official residence 1803/1841

Until 1703 the office was housed in the office courtyard on the city wall, Pfarrgasse 2. The building was demolished in 1709 when the palace park was expanded.

From 1703 the bailiff had his seat in the Ertzmannschen Hof , Langgasse 3. Due to the dilapidation of the building, the official seat was in the building of the mint on Hainerberg from 1762–1768, the current location of the Hainkaserne. In 1768 the office was moved back to the Ertzmannschen Hof. The building was demolished in 1839 and the schoolhouse was built over it.

In the years 1775-1778 the construction of the carried out the administration building in the Wall Street 25. Since the building was used as a ministerial building from 1803, the office in the building arch alley had to dodge 2/4. From 1841 the office was able to use the office building at Mauerstraße 25 again. After the Prussian administrative reforms, the Weilburg district court remained in this building.

Overview of the places 1843

place Registration in tomorrow Number of houses Residents
Weilburg 2049 300 2476
Ahausen 1616 64 363
Allendorf 1810 47 300
Altenkirchen 2333 83 470
Audenschmiede 302 9 63
Aulenhausen 1193 38 224
Barig and Selbenhausen 1670 46 270
Bermbach 1115 22nd 138
Cubach 3041 92 540
Dietenhausen 1875 56 281
Dillhausen 1923 88 551
Drommershausen 2018 52 370
Edelsberg 1857 58 318
Elkerhausen 1984 79 443
Ernsthausen 2771 69 430
Essershausen 1541 27 166
Freyenfels 1075 33 193
Graeveneck 2760 54 322
Hasselbach 2153 59 365
Hirschhausen 2517 71 391
Kirschhofen 1895 62 368
Laimbach 1058 23 130
Langenbach 2481 62 343
Löhnberg 4129 127 682
Lützendorf 930 27 142
Mengerskirchen 4455 160 953
Merenberg 3842 119 710
Möttau 1770 30th 174
Niedershausen 3107 132 781
Obershausen 4145 66 410
Odersbach 1806 80 467
Philippstein 3387 69 413
Probbach 1842 84 495
Reichenborn 1221 60 330
Raw place 1814 38 187
Selters 1910 35 185
Waldhausen 1917 85 510
Weilmünster 9616 226 1398
Weinbach 4062 110 641
Angle 1440 81 510

List of officials

  • 1740–1755 Schmidtborn
  • 1755 Hess
  • 1755-1758 Dombois
  • 1758-1764 Chuno
  • 1764-1774 Thamerus
  • 1774–1777 birch
  • 1777–1784 Petsch
  • 1784–1788 Friedrich Ludwig Michael Müller
  • 1788–1800 Langendorf
  • 1800-1816 W. Ch. Wüstenfeld
  • 1816–1835 Hermann Jacob Pagenstecher
  • 1835–1840 C. Giessen
  • 1840-1849 R. Schenk
  • 1849–1880 Rudolph von Reichenau
  • 1880–1884 Ch. Schütz
  • 1884-1886 R from Spillner

literature

  • Christian Spielmann : History of the city and rule Weilburg . City of Weilburg, Weilburg 2005 (first edition: 1896).
  • Edith Bröckel u. a .: Weilburg Lexicon . City Council of Weilburg, Weilburg 2006.
  • Falko Lehmann: Cultural monuments in the Hesse district Limburg-Weilburg . Ed .: State Office for Monument Preservation Hessen. tape 2 . Friedr. Vieweg & Sohn, Braunschweig / Wiesbaden 1994, ISBN 3-528-06243-6 .
  • Christian Daniel Vogel : Description of the Duchy of Nassau . Beyerle, Wiesbaden 1843.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Hans-Joachim Häbel:  Amt Weilburg  (HHStAW inventory 160). In: Archive Information System Hessen (Arcinsys Hessen), status: 1991, accessed on August 12, 2013.
  2. ↑ Law of April 4, 1849 (VBl p. 87); Law, the execution of the law on the separation of the administration of justice from the administration in the lower instance on May 31, 1849, (VBl p. 409)
  3. ↑ Law of July 24, 1854 (Bvl. P. 160)
  4. ↑ GS 1885, p. 229
  5. ↑ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Pfarrgasse 2 In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hesse . Accessed August 12, 2013.
  6. ^ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Langgasse 3: Former. Elementary school In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hessen . Accessed August 12, 2013.
  7. ^ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Mauerstraße 25: District Court / Former Amtshaus In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hessen . Accessed August 12, 2013.
  8. ↑ State Office for the Preservation of Monuments Hesse (ed.): Bogengasse 2/4: Former. Synagogue and hussar barracks In: DenkXweb, online edition of cultural monuments in Hessen . Accessed August 12, 2013.
  9. ^ Andreas Wilhelm: Nassau-Weilburg 1648–1806 ; P. 162
  10. ^ Otto Renkhoff: Nassau biography ; P. 529
  11. ^ Otto Renkhoff: Nassau biography ; P. 598