Principality of Fritzlar

Large coat of arms of the State of Hesse 1821–1866. As a heart shield the (crowned Electoral) Hessian lion as the coat of arms of the Landgraviate of Hesse; around him are those of Hessen-Kassel and z. Some counties and media principalities also held by Hessen-Darmstadt : 1. Grand Duchy of Fulda (black cross), 2a. (above) Principality of Hanau (rafters and beams), 2b. (below) County Katzenelnbogen (striding lion), 3rd Principality of Hersfeld (red patriarchal cross), 4th County Ziegenhain (silver star above), 5th Landgraviate of Hesse (striated lion), 6th County Nidda (two silver stars above), 7th district Principality of Fritzlar (golden high cross), 8a. (above) Grafschaft Diez (two golden leopards), 8b. (below) Grafschaft Schaumburg (small label with nettle leaf), 9th Principality of Isenburg (two black bars).

The principality of Fritzlar was a titular principality that was formed as a result of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss of 1803.

Coat of arms of the principality of Fritzlar

State coat of arms of the Electorate of Hesse 1818, with the coat of arms of the Principality of Fritzlar at the bottom left

The secularization of the ecclesiastical rulers through the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss also ended the existence of the Electorate of Mainz . The Electoral Mainz enclaves of Amöneburg , Neustadt , Fritzlar and Naumburg in Upper and Lower Hesse ( Marburg and Kassel area ), as well as the Katzenberg court on the northern edge of the Vogelsberg , were united in the so-called Principality of Fritzlar and went to the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel , whose regent was also elector was raised. Landgrave Wilhelm IX. , who would later become Elector Wilhelm I, had already decided in September / October 1802 - on the basis of the agreements of the Peace of Lunéville (February 9, 1801) and the Franco-Russian compensation plan (August 18, 1802), and in anticipation of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss - Let these offices in Mainz and the Volkmarsen of the Electorate of Cologne up to this point be occupied by the military and taken into legal possession on December 1, 1802. Hessen-Kassel received an additional virile vote in the Imperial Council of Prince for the Principality of Fritzlar .

The coat of arms of the principality was a golden high cross floating on a blue background.

Although the affected towns and villages were soon incorporated into larger offices and districts in the course of various administrative reforms with neighboring areas, the electoral princes carried the title of Prince of Fritzlar until the end of Hessen-Kassel's independence in 1866 . They also resulted in the Hessian state emblem since the bottom right a golden high cross on a blue background for the Principality of Fritzlar.

Administrative organization

In Kurhessen the principality of Fritzlar was organized as follows:

• City and Office of Fritzlar (City of Fritzlar and the villages of Rothhelmshausen and Unthought )
• City and office of Amöneburg (City of Amöneburg and the villages of Anzefahr , Bauerbach , Erfurtshausen , Ginseldorf , Himmelsberg , Mardorf , Niederklein , Rauischholzhausen , Roßdorf , Rüdigheim , Schröck , Sindersfeld and Stausebach )
• Katzenberg Court (part of the Neustadt Office) ( Ohmes , Ruhlkirchen , Seibelsdorf and Vockenrod )
• City and Office of Naumburg (City of Naumburg and the villages of Altendorf and Altenstädt )
• Stadt und Amt Neustadt (Stadt Neustadt , the spots Allendorf and the villages Erksdorf and Momberg )

The offices of Fritzlar and Naumburg belonged to the administrative district of Kassel, Amöneburg and Neustadt to the administrative district of Marburg. In 1821, the separation of jurisdiction from administration was introduced in the Electorate of Hesse . The offices were abolished and the administrative tasks were assigned to the new counties and the judiciary to new judicial offices.

Footnotes

1. ↑ heraldically seen.
2. ^ Kur-Hessischer Staats- und Adress-Kalender: 1818, p. 126 ff. Digitalisat

literature

• Volker Knöppel: "The Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803 and the end of spiritual rule in northern Hesse", in: Yearbook of the Hessian Church History Association , vol. 55 (2004), p. 129ff.