Bayreuth administration

The Oberland of the Principality of Bayreuth with the District Administration of Bayreuth in the southwest

The Amtshauptmannschaft Bayreuth was an administrative area of ​​the Principality of Bayreuth , which was ruled by a branch line of the Hohenzollern . The Amtshauptmannschaft Bayreuth was created during the first half of the 16th century from the "Bayreuth Military District" established in 1498. From 1791/92 the Principality of Bayreuth was under Prussian administration. In 1797 the Bayreuth District was created, which took the place of the District Authority of Bayreuth and the Upper Office of Creußen , but not completely, as a smaller part was assigned to the Kulmbacher District .

location

The Amtshauptmannschaft Bayreuth bordered in the north on the Amtshauptmannschaft Kulmbach , in the northeast on the Oberamt Gefrees and the Landeshauptmannschaft Hof , in the south on the Oberamt Creußen , in the west on the Bamberg Monastery and in the east on the Upper Palatinate .

structure

The Bayreuth administration consisted of eleven offices. In the Fraisch district were 3 cities, 3 markets, 386 other places.

Caste and Bailiwick Office Bayreuth

The following places belonged to the office: Allersdorf , Altdrossenfeld , Altenplos , Altstadt , Äußerer Graben , Ausserleithen , Äußerer Spitalhof, Baimreuth, Bärnreuth (Hummeltal) , Bärnreuth (Mistelgau) , Bayreuth , Bindlach , Binzenleithen, Birken , Braunersberg , Bremermühle , Brüderitz, Buchhaus bei Bindlach, Busbach , Christanz , Cottenbach , Creez , Crottendorf , Culm upper , Culm lower , Deps , Destuben , Döberschütz , Doebitsch , Döblein, Dörflas , Draisendorf , Draisenfeld , Dürrwiesen , Eckershof , Eiben, Eichelberg , Eilersdorf, wasteland near St. Johannis, Engelmeß , Hermitage , ash , ash mill , Fenkensees , Finkenmühle , Flurhof (Bindlach) or Flurhof (Weiden Berg) , Forkenhof , Forstmuhle , Forthof , Frankengut , Freiahorn , Friedrichsgab, violin mill, violin Reuth , Geislareuth , overhead , Görau , Gesees , Gibitzmoos, Göritzen , Görschnitz , Gollnach , Gosten , Gottelhof , Grabenhaus , Graefenthal, Grauenthal , Gries , Grunau , Grünbaum , Grüngraben , Hagenmühle, Mistelgau, Hahnenho f , Harloth , Hauenreuth , Haus am Roth, Heisenstein (Bindlach) , Heisenstein (Eckersdorf) , Herzog, Herzogmühle, Heßlach , Hinterkleebach , Höflas St. Johannis, Höll Neudrossenfeld, Hohenfichten , Hohenreuth , Hohlmühle , Hörleinshof, Hundshof , Jöslein , Kirchenlaibach , Knallhütten, Kurzendorf , Lahm , Lankendorf , Lehen , Lenz , Lerchenbühl , Lessau , Letten (Bayreuth) , Letten bei Benk, Letten bei Kirchleub, Lichtentanne , Löhlitz , Lohmühle, Mausgraben, Melkendorf , Mendelhöf, Mengersdorf , Meuschlitz , Meyernberg , Meyernreuth , Mistelbachreuth , Morlasreuth, Moritzhöfen , Moosing , Mucke Reuth , Muschelhof, Muthmannsreuth , Nairitz , Ness , Neudorf , Neuenplos , New world at Bayreuth, New world (Plankenfels) , Neumühle in Weidenberg, Neustädtlein am Forst , Neuwirthshaus , upper wedge , Oberbrücklein , upper lake , Obernzettlitz , Oberobsang , Ober- and Unterpferch , Oberpreuschwitz , Obernschreez , Oberwaiz , Oschenberg , Pettendorf , Petzelmühle , Pfaffenberg , Pittersdorf , Plankenste in , Pleofen , Popp mill , Potaschenhütte, Püttlach , plaster stone , Quellhof , Ramsenthal , Regensdorf, settlement near upper end of Lake Ringau , Rodersberg , Rödensdorf , Rose Garden, Rothe Häuslein, Rudolph Berg , Rücklesmühle, Saas , Sandreuth, St. John , Schanz , Schlappach , Schnackenwöhr , Schnörleinsmühle , Schobert Reuth , Schrenkersberg , page Bach , Seybothenreuth , Seulbitz , Simmelsberg book , Sorg (Creussen) , Sorg (Heinersreuth) , Sorg (Mistelgau) , Spänfleck , Stadtvogtsgut strain bei Trebgast, stone , Steinach at Nemmersdorf, Steinbühl / pop huts at Bayreuth, stone mill , Stockau , Stockhaus , Streit , Streitau near Obernsees, Streitberg , St. Rupertus , Tannenbach , Tauberhof , Tennig , Theta , Thiergarten , Tröbersdorf , Trockau , Troschenreuth , Truppach , Unterkeil , Unterkonnersreuth , Unterobsang , Unterpreuschwitz , Unterwaiz , Ützdorf , Voitsreuth , Vorkleebach , Vorlahm , Waischenfeld , Wallenbrunn , Weikenreuth , Weiglathal , Weißenreuth , Weißlareuth, Wendelhöfen , Wiesen , Windhof , Windischenlaibach , Wirsberg , Würnsreuth , Zeckenmühle , Zeubach , Zeulenreuth , Zinkenflur , Zoltmühle .

The following locations belonged to the former Oberamt Neustadt am Kulm: Filchendorf , Göppmannsbühl , Guttenthau , Neumühle , Neustadt am Kulm , Pechmühle to Neustadt, Ramlesreuth , Scheckenhof , Schneckenhof, Speichersdorf , Tauritzmühle , Teufelhammer , Wildenreuth , Wirbenz .

Office Donndorf and Eckersdorf

The following places belonged to the office: Backöfen, Donndorf , Dörnhof , Eckersdorf , Fantaisie , Hermesbühl, Himmelreich , Lohe , Lochau , Lüchauthal, Teufelsgraben , Thalmühle .

Administrator office Emtmannsberg

Emtmannsberg was originally a manor of the barons von Stein , which they had received from Brandenburg-Kulmbach as a fiefdom . With their extinction it fell back to the principality and was converted into an administrator's office.

The following places belonged to the office: Emtmannsberg , Gampelmühle , Lehen , Oberölschnitz , Schamelsberg , Wasserkraut , Wiedent .

Office Heinersreuth

The following places belonged to the office: Denzenlohe , Heinersgrund , Heinersreuth , Martinsreuth and Vollhof .

Sanspareil caste office with bailiwick office Wonsees

To the office the following places were: Alladorf , Eichig , Feulersdorf , Yellow Reuth , Großenhül , United goat field , high stable, Hohenpölz , Kainach , Kleinhül , Kobel Mountain , Königsfeld , Kotzen village , Lochau , Moggendorf , Pilgersdorf , Pilgramsreuth, Plotz mill , Rockmann stable, Sanspareil , Schirradorf , Schlötzmühle , Schönfeld , Seubersdorf , Steinfeld , Tannfeld , Treunitz , Trumsdorf , Voitendorf , Wölkendorf , Wonsees , Zedersitz .

Box office Schreez with glassworks

Schreez was part of the Creußen rule and originally belonged to the Dukes of Meranien . When the branch of the Meranians, who sat on Creußen, died out, it came to the burgraviate of Nuremberg and, as a result, to Brandenburg-Kulmbach . In the 13th century it was briefly assigned to the Ellwangen Abbey as a fief. Then the lords of Nanckenreuth were fiefdoms until the 17th century .

The following places belonged to the office (the number of properties is given in brackets; no indication means that the entire village was subject to the office): Altencreußen (2), Altstadt (1), Arnoldsreuth , Bindlach (1), Bockmühle , Bocksrück , Boden , Engelmannsreuth (2), Frankenhaag , Freileithen , Glashütten , Glotzdorf , Gottsfeld , Haag , Hardt , Hauleithen, Haus, Hehrhof, Heinersberg , Hörlasreuth , Kleinweiglareuth , Krugshof , Körzendorf (1), Lankenreuth , Leismühle , Mistelgau (5), Neueben , Neuenreuth , Neustädtlein am Forst , Oberkonnersreuth (1), Oberer Culmhof , Ochsenholz , Pettendorf (1), Plösen , Preuschwitz (1), Preußling , Ramsenthal (1), Röth , Sahrmühle , Schenk von Stauffenberg, Schreez , Sorg , Streit (6 ), Tettenbach, Unternschreez , Wohnsgehaig .

In Gosen and Mistelbach the office had tithe claims.

Office St. Georgen am See

The following places belonged to the administrative administration of Sankt Georgen : Hammerstatt , Hölzleinsmühle , St. Georgen , Strangshof , Weiherhaus , Wildenau.

Office of St. Johannis

The office arose from manors that fell to the principality as feudal lord .

The following places belong to the office: Aichig , Altentrebgast, Altmühle , Bodenmühle , Bruckmühle , Bühl , Colmdorf , Culmberg , Dürschnitz , Eickenreuth, Hermitage , Eremitenhof , Fürsetz , Geiersnest , Hauptmannsreuth, Hühl , Kreuzstein , Laimbach , Laineck , Mooshügel , Neue Welt, Neunkirchen , Römerleithen , Röth , Rumpelmühle, Schlehenberg , Sonnenleithen , Sophienberg , Sorg , St. Johannis , Thalmühle , Walkmühle , Wunau .

Office Streitberg with Thuisbrunn

Streitberg had been the seat of the Lords of Streitberg since 1197 . In 1507 they sold the manor with all its affiliations to Brandenburg-Kulmbach .

Albertshof , Bärenthal , birch Reuth , Breitenlesau , Burggrub , Dörnhof , Draimäußel, Draisdorf , Engelhardsberg , Gaisloch, Gösselsdorf , Gößmannsberg , Hagenbach , Hammerthoos , hard Reuth , Hetzeldorf , Höfles (1), Hohenschwärz , Hundshaupten , cake mill , Lassau, Muggendorf , Neudorf , Neuses , upper and lower Felldorf , upper Grub , Oberleinleiter , Poppendorf , Pretzfeld , Rauhenberg , Riesenburg, Rothstein , Rüssenbach , gravel mill , Seelig , Siegritz , Störnhof , Streitberg , Thuisbrunn , Traindorf , Unterweiler Bach , lower fence Bach , When Bach , Wart directing , Wehlen, Wöhr , desert stone , Zedlitz, brick mill, Zoggendorf .

Box office Weidenberg

The following places were subject to the office: Altenreuth , Amselmühle, Brunnenhaus , Eichleithen , Fischbach , Gossenreuth , Grund , Hagenbach, Haidhof, Kattersreuth , Mengersreuth , Mittlernhammer , Neuwelt , Neuhaus, Rosenhammer , Rügersberg , Sand , Schafhof , Schnackenmühle, Schuhmühle, Sonnengrün , Sophienthal , Waizenreuth , Warmensteinach , Weidenberg , Wildenreuth , Zainhammer , brickworks.

literature

• Sigmund Benker, Andreas Kraus (Ed.): History of Franconia up to the end of the 18th century . 3. Edition. Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-39451-5 .
• Gertrud Diepolder : Bavarian History Atlas . Ed .: Max Spindler . Bayerischer Schulbuch Verlag, Munich 1969, ISBN 3-7627-0723-5 .
• Friedrich Gottlob Leonhardi : The Bayreuth Authority . In: Earth description of the Franconian principalities of Bayreuth and Anspach . Hemmerde and Schwetschke, Halle 1797, p. 69-119 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• The Principality of Bayreuth in the Bavarian Historical Lexicon , accessed on November 21, 2019

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sigmund Benker, Andreas Kraus (ed.): History of Franconia up to the end of the 18th century . 3. Edition. Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-39451-5 , p. 759 .
2. ↑ Gertrud Diepolder : Bavarian History Atlas . Ed .: Max Spindler . Bayerischer Schulbuch Verlag, Munich 1969, ISBN 3-7627-0723-5 , p. 31, 33 .
3. ↑ The middle authorities (main authorities and higher offices) of the Principality of Bayreuth , accessed on November 22, 2019
4. ^ FG Leonhardi (ed.), P. 69.
5. ^ FG Leonhardi (Ed.), Pp. 69-101.
6. ^ FG Leonhardi (Ed.), Pp. 101-102.
7. ^ FG Leonhardi (ed.), P. 102.
8. ^ FG Leonhardi (ed.), Pp. 104-105.
9. ↑ FG Leonhardi (Ed.), Pp. 114–115.
10. ↑ FG Leonhardi (Ed.), Pp. 115-118.
11. ^ FG Leonhardi (Ed.), Pp. 102-104.
12. ^ FG Leonhardi (Ed.), Pp. 105-106.
13. ↑ FG Leonhardi (Ed.), Pp. 106-114.
14. ↑ FG Leonhardi (Ed.), Pp. 118-119.

Coordinates: 50 °  N , 12 °  E