Westhofen Office (Hanau-Lichtenberg)

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Coat of arms of the Ochsenstein rule
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 Westhofen office (also: " Westhofen and Balbronn Office " or " Balbronn Office ") was an office of the Lichtenberg rule , later the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg , from which it passed to the Landgraviate of Hesse-Darmstadt .

history

In the 15th century the Westhofen office was small and included only Balbronn , Traenheim and Westhoffen . Anna von Lichtenberg (* 1442; † 1474), one of the two heirlooms of Ludwig V von Lichtenberg (* 1417; † 1474) married Count Philip I the Elder of Hanau-Babenhausen (* 1417; † 1480), one of them had received a small secondary school from the holdings of the County of Hanau in order to be able to marry her. The county of Hanau-Lichtenberg came into being through the marriage. After the death of the last Lichtenberger, Jakob von Lichtenberg , an uncle of Anna, Philipp I. d. Ä. 1480 half of the Lichtenberg rule . This also included the Westhofen office.

In 1570 there was another significant inheritance: Count Jakob von Zweibrücken-Bitsch (* 1510; † 1570) and his brother Simon V. Wecker , who died in 1540, each left only one daughter as heir. Count Jakob's daughter, Margaretha (* 1540; † 1569), was married to Philipp V von Hanau-Lichtenberg (* 1541; † 1599). The legacy resulting from this constellation in favor of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg included, among other things, the County of Zweibrücken-Bitsch and the Ochsenstein dominion associated with it . A significant part of their territory was subsequently added to the Westhofen office, so that it became one of the extensive offices of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg.

As a result of France's reunion policy in 1680, considerable parts of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg in Alsace fell under the sovereignty of France . This also included the Westhofen office.

1736 died with Count Johann Reinhard III. the last male representative of the Hanau family. Due to the marriage of his only daughter, Charlotte (* 1700; † 1726), with the Hereditary Prince Ludwig (VIII.) (* 1691; † 1768) of Hesse-Darmstadt , the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg fell there. In the course of the French Revolution , the left bank of the Hanau-Lichtenberg county - and with it the Westhofen office - fell to France. In the course of the revolutionary restructuring of the administration, this also dissolved the old official administration.

According to a census from May 1798, the office had 5,463 inhabitants.

Components

Localities

place origin Law annotation
Allenwiller (Allenweiler) Reign of Ochsenstein Fief of the Bishop of Metz
Balbronn (castle and village) First loan on October 21, 1302 Reichslehen Belonged to the Wörth district in the 15th century .
Dimbsthal Fief of the Bishop of Metz In the Hesse-Darmstadt time no longer belonged to the Westhofen office.
Furchhausen (castle and village) (Furenhausen) Reign of Ochsenstein
Garburg In the Hesse-Darmstadt time no longer belonged to the Westhofen office.
Castles Geroldseck (Groß- and Klein-Geroldseck) Reign of Ochsenstein In the Hesse-Darmstadt time no longer belonged to the Westhofen office.
Gottenhausen Reign of Ochsenstein In the Hesse-Darmstadt time no longer belonged to the Westhofen office.
Haegen (Hagen) Fief of the Bishop of Metz In the Hesse-Darmstadt time no longer belonged to the Westhofen office.
Hengwiller (Hengweiler) Reign of Ochsenstein Fief of the Bishop of Metz
Hürtigheim (Hirtigheim) ½ to Hanau-Lichtenberg
Irmstett Reign of Ochsenstein
Lochweiler (Lechtweiler) Reign of Ochsenstein In the Hesse-Darmstadt time no longer belonged to the Westhofen office.
Maursmünster (castle, town and bailiwick of the Maursmünster monastery ) 1393 share of the bishop of Strasbourg , 1454 share of the rule Ochsenstein Fiefdom, either of the Bishop of Metz, or more likely the Bishop of Strasbourg. In the Hesse-Darmstadt time no longer belonged to the Westhofen office.
Ochsenstein Castle Reign of Ochsenstein Fief of the Bishop of Metz In the Hesse-Darmstadt time no longer belonged to the Westhofen office.
Pfortzenhausen In the Hesse-Darmstadt time no longer belonged to the Westhofen office.
Reinhardsmünster Reign of Ochsenstein Fief of the Bishop of Metz Until the 18th century: "Neudorf"; also after the Reformation : Roman Catholic parish
Reutenburg Reign of Ochsenstein Fief of the Bishop of Metz In the Hesse-Darmstadt time no longer belonged to the Westhofen office.
Salenthal Reign of Ochsenstein Fief of the Bishop of Metz In the Hesse-Darmstadt time no longer belonged to the Westhofen office.
Sindelsberg In the Hesse-Darmstadt time no longer belonged to the Westhofen office.
Singrist Reign of Ochsenstein Fief of the Bishop of Metz In the Hesse-Darmstadt time no longer belonged to the Westhofen office.
Thal near Maursmünster Reign of Ochsenstein 3/8 to Hanau-Lichtenberg, fiefdom of the Bishop of Metz In the Hesse-Darmstadt time no longer belonged to the Westhofen office.
Traenheim 1431 first loan ½ Allod, the other half Reichslehen together with the Lords of Flachslanden Belonged to the Wörth district in the 15th century .
Westhoffen (Westhofen) October 21, 1302 first loan Reichslehen
Winzenheim
Wolschheim (Wolschheim, Wolfsheim) Reign of Ochsenstein Fief of the Bishop of Metz

Other components

The following individual farms also belonged to the Westhofen office:

  • Haberackerhof (fiefdom of the Bishop of Metz)
  • Viehhof bei Ochsenstein (fiefdom of the Bishop of Metz)
  • the Freihof zu Haegen (Hagen), fief of the Bishop of Metz

and
3/8 from Mark Maursmünster

literature

  • 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).
  • 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.

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