Heiligenstadt district

The Heiligenstadt district in the Harz Department (orange), 1809

The district of Heiligenstadt was an administrative unit of the Harz Department in the Kingdom of Westphalia , which existed between 1807 and 1813/14.

territory

The district was formed from the former Prussian district of Obereichsfeld , which the Eichsfeld-Erfurt War and Domain Chamber had set up in 1803 in the newly established Principality of Eichsfeld and the area of ​​the formerly free imperial city of Mühlhausen in Thuringia . The district had 69,494 inhabitants and was the largest in the department in terms of population. The district capital of Heiligenstadt had one of the shortest routes to the royal seat of Kassel at around 40 km .

organization

The district was headed by a sub-prefect . The sub-prefect of the Heiligenstadt district was also the chief prefect of the department.

The district council for the control of the tax lists was composed of the entrepreneur Carl Fromm , the former district administrator Anton von Bodungen , the Maires Friedrich von Linsingen, Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz [en] zu Beuern and Philipp Strecker, a Mr. Bötticher zu Oberdorla, Friedrich von Hanstein to Rothenbach, the former Heiligenstadt city judge Karl Schuchhardt, the citizens Heinrich Montag and Johann Bernhard Koch and the Mühlhausen secretary Lauprecht.

In 1811, the domain director Reiche was appointed by the general administration of the domains in the Heiligenstadt district.

Cantonal division

Cantons	Kantonmaire	Population numbers (as of 1807)	Associated localities
Heiligenstadt	Aloys Monecke	6870	Heiligenstadt , Siemerode and Bischhagen , Günterode and Glasehausen , Reinholterode , Westhausen , Geisleden , Heuthen
Allendorf	Lorenz Heinrich Stephan	5199	Allendorf , Hitzelrode and Motzenrode , Jestädt and Fürstenstein , Kleinvach , Asbach , with Altenstein Castle and Sickenberg , Wahlhausen , Vatterode with Dietzenrode , Wüstheuterode , with Eichstruth , Mackenrode with Weidenbach and Hennigerode
Roof peace	Carl Christian von Knorr	4285	Dachrieden , Horsmar , Sollstedt , Eigenrode , Kaisershagen , Windeberg , Saalfeld , Reiser with Schröterode (Gut), Ammern , Groß- and Klein-Grabe , Görmar , Bollstedt
Dingelstädt	Philipp Strecker	6949	Dingelstädt , Kreuzebra with Scharfenstein and Steinhagen, Hüpstedt , Beberstedt , Zella and Breitenbich , Helmsdorf , Silberhausen , Kefferhausen
Dörna	Christian Breitlauch	3736	Dörna , Struth , Büttstedt , Bickenriede , Betzelrode, Anrode and Kloster Anrode , Lengefeld , Hollenbach , Eigenrieden
Dorla	Christoph Gottfried Hoffmann	3384	Oberdorla , Niederdorla , Langula , Felchta and Weidensee (Gut), Höngeda
Ershausen	Friedrich August Hartleben	5440	Ershausen , Misserode and Lehna , Schwobfeld with Dieterode , armor , Krombach , Bernterode with Ascherode, Flinsberg , Martinfeld , Wilbich , Sickerode , Wiesenfeld , with Hessel (manor), Volkerode , Pfaffschwende , Kella and Greifenstein Castle
Gerbershausen	Mr. Carl Gottlob Christian Friedrich von Hanstein (until 1812) Carl Friedrich Ernst von Linsingen (from 1812)	3629	Gerbershausen , Unterstein , Oberstein , Rothenbach and Rumerode , Bornhagen , Schanze and Rimbach , Werleshausen with Neuseesen , Lindewerra , Hohengandern , Arenshausen , Kirchgandern and Besenhausen , Rustenfelde , Marth with Hessenau and Rustenberg , Schönhagen
Großbartloff	Anton Grundmann	6127	Großbartloff , Wachsedt , with Gleichenstein and Neuhaus, Küllstedt , Effelder , Zella Monastery , Lengenfeld unterm Stein and Bischofstein , Hildebrandshausen , Faulungen
Mulhouse	Christian Gottfried Stephan	9288	City of Mühlhausen , with the forester's house Weißes Haus, with Popperode (desert), Sambach (estate), Pfafferode (estate) and Emilienhausen
Hit	Johann Christian Medling (until 1809) / Christoph Böning (from 1809)	5517	Treffurt , with Kleintöpfer , Heldra , Wendehausen with Karnberg and Scharflohe, Diedorf , Heyerode , Falken , Schierschwende with Gut Schönberg and Taubenthal
Udra	Carl Friedrich Ernst von Linsingen	4683	Udra , Schönau , Rohrberg , Freienhagen and Gänseteich, Röhrig , Lenterode , Thalwend , Rengelrode and Steinheuterode , Mengelrode and Streitholz , Burgwalde , Schachtebich , Lutter , Kalteneber , Birkenfelde
Wanfried	Johann George Forcht	4163	Wanfried , Neuerode , Grebendorf , Schwebda , Frieda , Großtöpfer , Döringsdorf , with Bebendorf and Keudelstein , Katharinenberg , Altenburschla

Dispute over the department capital

The cities of Mühlhausen and Heiligenstadt fought over the informal economic privilege of the department capital. The sales market and housing needs that regional officials brought to the city when they settled supported the local industry. Until 1810, Mühlhausen continually submitted applications for renaming to the prefecture, and the mayor of the canton, Stephan, saw his town at a disadvantage, which in terms of population and economy was disproportionate to the much smaller Heiligenstadt. The Prefect of Bülow finally refused to move because the costs were apparently too high. Stephan's efforts can be seen in the context of Mühlhausen 's efforts to modernize . Under the threat of economic ruin and the tax burden, Mühlhausen tried to profit as much as possible by integrating it into the kingdom as carefully as possible.

literature

• Bäsecke Hermann, The establishment of Prussian rule on the Eichsfelde 1802–1806, Göttingen 1905.
• Wolf Johann, History of the City of Heiligenstadt , Heiligenstadt 1800.
• Bühner Peter, Mühlhausen and the Great Revolution of the French. Part II , in: Mühlhäuser Contributions, Vol. 13 (1990), pp. 73-84.
• Hussong Ulrich , The division of the Eichsfeld into districts at the beginning of the 19th century. With an outlook on the circle division in the present , in: Eichsfeld Jahrbuch, Vol. 7 (1999), pp. 185–222.
• Hassel Georg , Court and State Manual of the Kingdom of Westphalia , Hanover 1811.
• Friedrich Thimme, The internal conditions of the Electorate of Hanover under the French-Westphalian rule 1806 - 1813 , Vol. II, Leipzig / Hanover 1895.

Remarks

1. ^ Court and State Handbook of the Kingdom of Westphalia 1811. Hanover 1811
2. ↑ See Thimme, Status II, 1895, p. 151.

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