District of Hersfeld
The district of Hersfeld was a district from 1848 to 1851 , i.e. part of the middle administrative level in the Electorate of Hesse , with its seat in Hersfeld .
history
With the "law concerning the formation of new administrative districts and the introduction of district councils" of October 31, 1848 and the corresponding ordinance of December 22, 1848, which came into effect on February 1, 1849, the previous four provinces were dissolved and nine districts established . The district of Hersfeld was formed from parts of the previous province of Fulda and the province of Niederhessen . This change was a consequence of the March Revolution .
The new administrative structure was dissolved shortly after the reaction prevailed. With the ordinance and the “provisional” “law relating to the reshuffle of the internal state administration and the executive power of the administrative authorities and the district councils” of July 7, 1851, the old order was restored.
Territory and administration
The Hersfeld district consisted of the administrative offices of Hersfeld (previously: Province of Fulda), Melsungen (previously: Province of Niederhessen) and Rotenburg (previously: Province of Niederhessen). These administrative offices corresponded to the previous circles of the same name. The district of Hersfeld thus included the judicial districts of the following courts:
- Justice Office Hersfeld
- Justice Office Friedewald
- Justice Office Niederaula
- Schenklengsfeld Justice Office
- Justice Office Oberaula
- Raboldshausen Justice Office
- Justice Office Rotenburg I
- Justice Office Rotenburg II
- Justice Office Nentershausen
- Sontra Justice Office
- Melsungen judicial office
- Spangenberg Justice Office
At the head of the district administration was a district director:
- 1848–1850: Karl von Benning
- 1850–1851: Adam Heinrich Wilhelm Uloth
literature
- Thomas Klein: Volume 11: Hessen-Nassau, the series: Walther Hubatsch: Outline of German Administrative History 1815-1945, 1979, ISBN 3-87969-126-6 , p. 95