The free ones on Leutkircher Heide
The free people on Leutkircher Heide were an imperial territory in the Holy Roman Empire in the area of today's districts of Reichenhofen , Herlazhofen and Wuchzenhofen of the city of Leutkirch in the Allgäu .
history
Already since the Franconian times there had been a considerable number of free, rural landowners around the city of Leutkirch, who were not obliged to a local master, but directly to the king. Presumably in the 13th century, the free farmers in the area came together to form the “Free on Leutkircher Heide”. In 1348, a regional court for the free is attested, which was merged with the stalking court of the Upper Swabian Reichslandvogtei since 1421 at the latest . The pledging to the Counts of Bregenz led to centuries of disputes over the rights of the area until 1780 when the Count of Montfort , as their legal successors, died out. At the end of the Holy Roman Empire ( Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803), the free ones on Leutkircher Heide were mediatized like all the remaining imperial villages .
memorial
A small memorial on Wurzacher Straße (B 465), on the cycle path from Leutkirch to Reichenhofen, has been a reminder of the institution since 2007.
literature
- Adolf Diehl: The free ones on the Leutkircher Heide . In: Journal for Württembergische Landesgeschichte 4 (1940), pp. 257–341 Internet Archive .
- Catherine De Kegel-Schorer: The free ones on Leutkircher Heide. Origins, shape and erosion of an Upper German farmers' cooperative. Epfendorf 2007 ISBN 978-3-928471-50-3 .