Wolkersdorf Office

The Wolkersdorf office of the Landgraviate of Hesse and the Landgraviate of Hesse-Marburg existed from around 1485 to 1604.

Since Frankenberg was still badly damaged by the great fire of May 9, 1476 , the headquarters of the Frankenberg district was relocated to Wolkersdorf Castle around 1485. This created the Wolkersdorf office, to which the Geismar and Röddenau courts (with the Rengershausen and Bromskirchen sub-courts ) belonged. It was not until 1556 that an independent office was created again in Frankenberg, housed in the former St. Georgenberg monastery, which, in addition to the town itself, combined the former monastery, the Rodenbach farm and the Wiesenfeld winery .

After the death of the childless Landgrave Ludwig IV of Hessen-Marburg in October 1604, the Wolkersdorf Office was reunited with the Frankenberg Office.

literature

• Erich Anhalt: The Frankenberg district. History of its courts, lordships and offices from prehistoric times to the 19th century. (= Marburg studies on older German history . Series 1: Work on the historical atlas of Hesse and Nassau , Volume 4), Elwert, Marburg, 1928, p. 78ff.
• Georg Landau: The Hessian knight castles and their owners , 3rd volume, Bohné, Kassel, 1836, p. 37
• Adolf Stölzel: The development of the learned judiciary in German territories, first volume. JG Cotta, Stuttgart, 1872, p. 351