Office administration Sankt Georgen

Coordinates: 50 °  N , 12 °  E

Historical view of Sankt Georgen , the former seat of the official administration

The Oberland of the Principality of Bayreuth

The Sankt Georgen administrative authority was an administrative authority for the principality of Bayreuth, which was governed by a Hohenzollern branch until 1791/92 .

history

The Sankt Georgen administrative office was set up in 1702 and was based in Sankt Georgen , a planned town that was founded shortly before and which today forms part of the municipality of Bayreuth . The official administration belonged to the lower administrative level of the principality also known as Brandenburg-Bayreuth (or until 1604 Brandenburg-Kulmbach ) and was subordinate to the administration of Bayreuth .

Administrative structure

At the end of the 18th century, the Sankt Georgen administration was subordinate to the city of Sankt Georgen and five other administrative units:

• Box office Neustadt am Kulm (until 1772 it formed an independent middle authority as Oberamt Neustadt am Kulm )
• Box office Streitberg with the Vogtei Hetzelsdorf
• Sanspareil-Zwernitz caste office
• Bailiwick of Wonsees
• Bailiwick of Thuisbrunn

The authority was headed by an administrator.

literature

• Richard Winkler: Bayreuth. City and Altlandkreis. In: Historical Atlas of Bavaria . Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-7696-9696-4 .
• 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 .

Web links

• The Principality of Bayreuth in the Bavarian Historical Lexicon , accessed on November 25, 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The middle authorities (main authorities and higher offices) of the Margravial-Bavarian Oberland , accessed on November 25, 2019
2. ^ 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 .
3. ^ Richard Winkler: Bayreuth . In: Historical Atlas of Bavaria . S. 319 .
4. ^ Richard Winkler: Bayreuth . In: Historical Atlas of Bavaria . S. 328 .