Parkstein-Weiden community office

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The Parkstein-Weiden community office was a condominium that existed from 1421 to 1714 within the Holy Roman Empire in the northern Upper Palatinate , which was under two frequently changing territorial rulers. In 1714 the territory came into full possession of the Duchy of Pfalz-Sulzbach and was then referred to as the Parkstein-Weiden office .

history

Parkstein's imperial rule had previously been owned by the Wittelsbach family for a long time . The Parkstein-Weiden community office was established in 1421 as a result of the Bavarian War as a condominium between the Electorate of Brandenburg and the Electoral Palatinate . The Brandenburg share came to the Duchy of Pfalz-Neuburg in 1505 and became part of Pfalz-Sulzbach in 1615 . In 1623 Wolfgang Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg again acquired the Palatinate share. In the course of the Thirty Years' War the castle fell into disrepair, and by the end of the 18th century only the foundation walls were left.

In 1542 Count Palatine Ottheinrich introduced the Protestant faith as a co-owner of the community office. Elector Friedrich II of the Palatinate as co-owner tolerated this. Count Palatine Wolfgang Wilhelm von Neuburg secretly converted to the Catholic faith on June 19, 1613 and, after the death of his father in 1614, ordered his subjects to be converted. The community office changed faith again.

In 1685, Pfalz-Neuburg sold its share in the forestry in the community office, in the Freihung market and mine, and in Ungeld in the Kaltenbrunn and Erbendorf markets to Pfalz-Sulzbach.

In 1714 Pfalz-Neuburg sold its share to Pfalz-Sulzbach, the condominium was thus ended. The territory was continued as the Sulzbachisches Amt Parkstein-Weiden. When the Bavarian Wittelsbach family died out in 1777, the ruling Count Palatine Karl Theodor inherited Bavaria . This is how the Parkstein-Weiden office became part of Bavaria . In the year it was dissolved in 1802, the Parkstein-Weiden office had 12,900 inhabitants.

Sovereigns

year Margravial Halbscheid Pfalzgräflichen Halbscheid Remarks
1421 Friedrich I of Brandenburg Johann Pfalzgraf bei Rhein, Duke in Bavaria
1505-1541 Ottheinrich and Philipp As a result of the Landshut War of Succession , the margravial half of the Parkstein-Weiden community office fell to the newly founded Pfalz-Neuburg in 1505
1541-1544 Ottheinrich
1544-1556 Frederick II the Wise
1556-1557 Ottheinrich After the death of Friedrich II, Ottheinrich took over the rule as Elector Palatinate due to the succession.
1557-1559 Duke Wolfgang of Pfalz-Neuburg According to the provisions of the Heidelberg Treaty , which was concluded in 1553 between the various lines of the Wittelsbach family , Wolfgang von Ottheinrich received the Pfalz-Neuburg.
1559-1569 Friedrich III. from the Palatinate
1569-1576 Duke Philipp Ludwig of Pfalz-Neuburg
1576-1583 Louis VI. from the Palatinate
1583-1610 Friedrich IV of the Palatinate
1610-1614 Friedrich V.
1614-1623 August von Pfalz-Sulzbach
1623-1632 Wolfgang Wilhelm von Pfalz-Neuburg Because of Friedrich V's ostracism, Wolfgang Wilhelm received the Palatine half-cut in 1623.
1632-1653 Christian August
1653-1690 Philipp Wilhelm of the Palatinate Only in the Neuburg main settlement of January 15, 1656 did the Duchy of Palatinate-Sulzbach achieve its independence from the Duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg and from the Deputate Principality , which was under the sovereignty of the ruling prince of the ancestral duchy of Palatinate-Neuburg , became a principality directly under the Empire.
1690-1708 Johann Wilhelm
1708-1714 Theodor Eustach von Pfalz-Sulzbach
from 1714 Theodor Eustach von Pfalz-Sulzbach In 1714, Theodor Eustach von Pfalz-Sulzbach succeeded in replacing the Neuburg part of the Parkstein-Weiden community office for 200,000 guilders.

Facilities of the community office

The seat of the land judge and the court of the community office was Parkstein Castle , the city of Weiden was the central market place and seat of the land clerk. In addition, "the seven courts" existed in the associated towns of Erbendorf , Kirchendemenreuth , Parkstein, Kaltenbrunn , Neunkirchen , Kohlberg and Weiden, in which the Parkstein district judge ruled together with twelve local jury in cases of high and low jurisdiction .

Taxes and duties were only allowed to be raised around the community office with the consent of the two sovereigns.

literature

Individual evidence

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