Princely Wied government
The Fürstlich Wied'sche government was the government of the mediat area of Prince zu Wied from 1827 to 1848 .
prehistory
The principalities of Wied-Neuwied and Wied-Runkel had been dissolved with the Rheinbundakt 1806 and merged into the Duchy of Nassau . In a state treaty in 1816 , Nassau and Prussia agreed to swap territory. The Principality of Wied-Neuwied became completely Prussian, the Principality of Wied-Runkel in part. There the areas were combined in the registrar district of Neuwied .
Despite the mediatization in 1803, the princes Fürst zu Wied retained lordly rights in the former principalities (which were reunited in 1824 after the extinction of Wied-Runkel). These were regulated by the royal Prussian ordinance of May 30, 1820. This included above all the jurisprudence in the first and so far also in the second instance, the lower police and the supervision of churches, schools and foundations. For this purpose, the gentlemen were allowed to appoint officials. However, this appointment had to be confirmed by the king. For this purpose, the passing of the Prussian state examination was regularly required.
The Prince of Wied-Neuwied appointed District Secretary Hans Karl Heuberger to the Government and Police Council. After confirmation by the king, he took office on April 25, 1822. But he drew the prince's displeasure because in some conflicts he preferred the interests of the state and the communities to those of the prince. Heuberger was therefore appointed district administrator of the Adenau district and on August 25, 1825, the previous district secretary Jacob Duill was introduced as his successor.
In February 1821, Wied-Runkel presented the former captain Michael Josef Pasch as a stately government and police adviser. Here, too, the royal approval was given. However, since Pasch failed the state examination, he was only introduced into his office on February 1, 1823, subject to a successful second attempt.
With the ordinance of May 31, 1825, the Prussian king created the possibility of creating a collegially organized government in the class lords. In the Rhine Province, this affected the Princely Solms-Braunfels government and the Princely Wied government. In June 1825, Prince zu Wied made a corresponding application. After some negotiations, an agreement was reached on the establishment of the Princely Wied government on May 29, 1826 and approved by the King on November 13, 1826.
The government
The government consisted of a director, two judicial councilors, two government councilors, a church council and a school council, a forest council, a medical council and an assessor. They were obliged to the king and the prince. The princely rent chambers and domain administration remained separate from the government and were under the sole control of the prince.
It was divided into three sections: that of judicial matters, that of police and communal matters, and that of church and school matters. As the Princely Wiedsches Higher Court, the justice department was the second instance court for appeals against decisions of the five justice offices ( justice office Altenwied , justice office Dierdorf , justice office Heddesdorf , justice office Neuerburg and justice office Neuwied ). Appeals against the decisions of the government went to the Justice Senate Ehrenbreitstein (see also Courts in the Rhine Province ).
The laws and regulations were published in the “Fürstlich Wiedschen government and intelligence gazette”.
This created a real sub-rule in the Kingdom of Prussia .
However, the model was unsuccessful. The government was unpopular among the population. In particular, there was mistrust that the princely government and the princely domain administration worked too closely together for the benefit of the prince. The prince himself was also dissatisfied, as the administration's income fell short of its costs. In January 1846, the prince asked the king to dissolve the government and transfer its sovereign tasks to the state organs. With a cabinet order of January 30, 1846, the king agreed to this and charged the Upper President of the Rhine Province with negotiations. The main point was that the prince wanted to renounce his rights only for his lifetime and not for his descendants.
With the March Revolution , negotiations accelerated. In May the prince asked to be allowed to hand over the business immediately to the district administrator and the royal government. On October 26, 1848, a treaty was concluded in which the prince unconditionally ceded his rights to the state. On October 30, 1848, the princely government was dissolved. Its administrative tasks were taken over by the district and the royal government. The Justice Senate Ehrenbreitstein took over its judicial tasks.
Members of the government
- Government director: Johann Christoph Becker (from November 1836: Karl Pasch )
- Counselors: Karl Pasch, Counselor Bausch and Assessor Linz
- Government councilors: Michael Josef Pasch and Jacob Duill
- Forester: von Egloffstein
- Medical Council: Young
- Church Council: Mess
literature
- Max Bär: The Authorities Constitution of the Rhine Province , 1919, reprint 1965, pp. 204–229
Individual evidence
- ↑ State treaties of May 31, 1815 and August 23, 1816 VB 1815, p. 97 ff. VB 1816, p. 237.