Office of Selva
The office of Wolkenstein was a territorial administrative unit of the Electorate of Saxony in the Erzgebirge district .
Until the end of the Saxon constitution of offices in 1856, it was the spatial reference point for the demand for sovereign taxes and compulsory services , for the police , jurisdiction and army successes .
Geographical expansion
The area of the office of Selva extended in the south-north extent from the ridge of the central Ore Mountains on the Bohemian border to the southern edge of Chemnitz . It comprised the upper valley of the Zschopau from Schönfeld via Wolkenstein to the area of Scharfenstein with its tributaries Greifenbach , Pöhlbach , Sehma and Preßnitz . To the east of it the tributaries of the Flöha , Schlettenbach , Rote Pockau and Schwarze Pockau were partly in the official area. The area stretched from east to west from the mining town of Lengefeld to the mining towns of Marienberg, Wolkenstein and Annaberg to the mining towns of Geyer, Thum and Ehrenfriedersdorf.
The Großhartmannsdorf exclave was east of the office, separated by a narrow strip of the Lauterstein office . The Voigtsdorf exclave was located southeast of the Großhartmannsdorf exclave and was separated from it by a narrow strip of the Freiberg district office .
The area of the former Wolkenstein district is now in the eastern center of the Ore Mountains in the Free State of Saxony . Today three places belong to the independent city of Chemnitz .
Adjacent administrative units
| Stollberg Office | Chemnitz Office | Office of Augustusburg |
| Grünhain office |
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Lauterstein office |
| Mill office Annaberg | Kingdom of Bohemia |
history
The office of Wolkenstein was a territorially extensive office in the central part of the Saxon Ore Mountains . It was founded as the Lordship of Selva in the 13th century by the Lords of Waldenburg , who have been provincial rulers since 1241. In 1375, the Chemnitz Monastery exchanged its Großhartmannsdorf exclave with the Lords of Waldenburg for the Rabenstein rule . Großhartmannsdorf came under the rule of Selva as an exclave.
After the Waldenburgs died out, the rule of Wolkenstein came to the Saxon electors in 1479 , who set up an office for the Electorate of Saxony. Since the division of Leipzig in 1485, the area was Albertine . After Heinrich von Sachsen , the younger brother of the ruling Duke Georg von Sachsen , renounced his inheritance Friesland in a contract with his brother Georg on May 30th 1505 , he was awarded the offices of Freiberg and Wolkenstein as compensation . In 1548 the Großhartmannsdorf exclave came to the Freiberg district office . In 1596 the former Waldenburg office of Rauenstein came to the office of Wolkenstein. Since 1696 the exclave manor Großhartmannsdorf (from Freiberg district office) and manor Voigtsdorf with Voigtsdorf and Wolfsgrund (from office Frauenstein ) belonged to Wolkenstein. In 1794 the area of the dissolved mill office Annaberg was integrated into the office of Wolkenstein.
In 1832 the places Dittersdorf , Einsiedel , Erfenschlag , Reichenhain and Weißbach came under the administration of the Chemnitz Office . The exclaves Großhartmannsdorf and Voigtsdorf with the places Großhartmannsdorf , Voigtsdorf and Wolfsgrund were assigned to the Freiberg district office. Niederhaselbach with Neuhaselbach came to the Lauterstein office.
Associated places
The main place of the office was the eponymous town of Selva with the Selva Castle built around 1200 . Another important castle in the area is Scharfenstein Castle .
| place | current location | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain town of Selva | City of Selva | with the Wolkenstein castle |
| Falkenbach , Floßplatz , Gehringswalde , Heinzebank , Hilmersdorf , Huth, Kohlau, Niederau, Schönbrunn , Warmbad | City of Selva | |
| Heinzewaldmühle | City of Pockau-Lengefeld | |
| Mining town Lengefeld with Vorwerk and Obervorwerk | City of Pockau-Lengefeld | |
| Rauenstein, Marterbüschel, Stolzenhain , Wünschendorf | City of Pockau-Lengefeld | Before 1596, places belonged to the Rauenstein Office with the Rauenstein Castle (Ore Mountains) |
| Nieder- and Neu- Haselbach | City of Olbernhau | 1832 to the Lauterstein office |
| Großhartmannsdorf , Neuwaltersdorf (exclave) | Community Großhartmannsdorf | 1548-1696, and from 1832 to the Office Freiberg duly |
| Voigtsdorf , Wolfsgrund , (exclave) | Community Dorfchemnitz in Sayda | before 1696 to Office Frauenstein , from 1832 to the Office Freiberg duly |
| Großolbersdorf , Grünau, Hohndorf , Hopfgarten | Community Großolbersdorf | |
| Drebach | Drebach municipality | |
| Scharfenstein | Drebach municipality | with Scharfenstein Castle |
| Venusberg , Wiltzsch, Grießbach | Drebach municipality | Wilischthal was only created around 1905 |
| Weißbach , Dittersdorf | Municipality of Amtsberg | formerly belonged to the dominion of Weißbach with Dittersdorf |
| Berbisdorf | City of Chemnitz | formerly belonged to the council of the city of Ehrenfriedersdorf |
| Eibenberg with Neu-Eibenberg | Community Burkhardtsdorf | formerly belonged to the council of the city of Ehrenfriedersdorf |
| Kemtau | Community Burkhardtsdorf | was formerly part of the lordship of Weißbach mit Dittersdorf |
| Einsiedel , Erfenschlag , Reichenhain | City of Chemnitz | formerly belonged to the dominion of Weißbach with Dittersdorf, from 1832 to the office of Chemnitz |
| Gelenau / Erzgeb. (North side) | Community Gelenau / Erzgeb. | The south side belonged to the Augustusburg office |
| Herald | City of Thum | |
| Stadt Thum , Dorf Thum, Oberdorf and Jahnsbach | City of Thum | formerly belonged to the Greifenstein lordship |
| Bergstadt Ehrenfriedersdorf | City of Ehrenfriedersdorf | was formerly part of the Greifenstein lordship |
| Mountain town of Geyer | City of Geyer | was formerly part of the Greifenstein lordship |
| Thermal baths Wiesenbad , Neundorf , Plattenthal , Wiesa , Himmelmühle | Municipality of thermal bath Wiesenbad | |
| Schönfeld | Municipality of thermal bath Wiesenbad | was formerly part of the Greifenstein lordship |
| Tannenberg | Community Tannenberg | |
| Siebenhöfen | Community Tannenberg | |
| Mountain town Annaberg | City of Annaberg-Buchholz | |
| Frohnau | City of Annaberg-Buchholz | with the manor mill , belonged to the mill office Annaberg until 1794 |
| Geyersdorf , Kleinrückerswalde | City of Annaberg-Buchholz | belonged to the mill office Annaberg until 1794 |
| Königswalde (Council side) | Königswalde municipality | Office side belonged to the Schlettau office (to the Grünhain office ) |
| Mountain town Jöhstadt | City of Jöhstadt | |
| Grumbach with Neugrumbach, Oberschmiedeberg , Schmalzgrube , Steinbach | City of Jöhstadt | |
| Mildenau with Plattenthal | community Mildenau | |
| Arnsfeld , Mittelschmiedeberg and Oberschaar | community Mildenau | |
| Großrückerswalde , Boden , Mauersberg , Niederschmiedeberg , Rückerswalde, Schindelbach , Streckewalde , Wolfsberg | Community Großrückerswalde | |
| Mining town of Marienberg | City of Marienberg | |
| Dörfel (Marienberg) , mountains , Gelobtland , Hüttengrund , Hilmersbach, Wüstenschlette, Vorwerk Jüdenhain, Vorwerk Hirschstein, Kühnhaide , Reitzenhain , statutes , Pobershau (council page, until 1832) | City of Marienberg | Pobershau (official page) belonged to the Lauterstein office |
Bailiffs
- Andreas Leuterding (1685–1741)
literature
- Leo Bönhoff : The oldest offices of the Mark Meissen . In: New Archive for Saxon History . tape 38 , 1917, p. 17–45 ( digitized version ).
- Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke : Kursächsischer Ämteratlas , Chemnitz 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0
- André Thieme: The offices of Freiberg and Wolkenstein. Historical development and structures up to the middle of the 16th century , in: Yves Hoffmann, Uwe Richter (ed.): Duke Heinrich der Pious (1473 - 1541) , Beucha, 2007, ISBN 978-3-86729-005-0
Web links
- Offices Directory Office Wolkenstein, Rauenstein and the mill office Annaberg in the historical gazetteer of Saxony.