Court of Lüder

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The court Lüder (later Oberamt Großenlüder ) was a judicial and administrative unit of the clerical principality of Fulda and the principality of Nassau-Oranien-Fulda as well as in the Kingdom of Bavaria .

history

Fulda

The Grossenlüder court goes back to a Fulda court in Grossenlüder, which was first mentioned in 1015. In 1197, Abbot Heinrich III. that the proceeds of the court should go to the abbot and his church. At this time Fulda had the bailiwick in the court. In 1295 a Fulda bailiff is mentioned for the first time in Grossenlüder. The office was often mortgaged. At the beginning of the 14th century the office was owned by the von Lüder family, in 1324 Berthold von Döring is called, then Konrad von Bimbach. The Bimbach and Döring families were mainly pledges for the next 100 years.

In 1439 the abbot sold the office to the dean and the convent of the Fulda monastery. In 1443, the Vogteirecht was transferred in a settlement. From 1439 onwards, the cathedral chapter exercised the rulership rights instead of the abbot. The office became the Probsteiamt and was called Domkapitularisches Centamt Grossenlüder .

Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda

The Principality of Nassau-Oranien-Fulda was created on the basis of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803. With regard to jurisdiction and administration, the rulers' ordinance of January 8, 1803 reorganized the existing offices. The Lüder court was transformed into a princely office of the second class as the Oberamt Grossenlüder. Spatially, it lost jurisdiction over Jossa and gained Salzschlirf .

By announcement of March 22, 1805, the upper offices of Blankenau and Herbstein were abolished and (without the town of Herbstein) assigned to the higher office of Großenlüder.

Grand Duchy of Frankfurt

In 1806 the Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda was occupied by the French and in 1810 it became part of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt . During the French era , the office belonged to the Fulda department as a district mairie Grossenlüder , nothing changed in terms of structure (see court organization in the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt ). In particular, the separation of the judiciary from the administration was not introduced.

Kurhessen

According to the final act of the Congress of Vienna on July 9, 1815, the Oberamt Grossenlüder passed to the Kingdom of Prussia . This transferred the office on October 16, 1815 to the Electorate of Hesse . In 1822, jurisdiction was separated from administration in Kurhessen. The administrative functions were transferred to the Fulda district , the judicial function to the Grossenlüder judicial office .

scope

At the end of the HRR , the office comprised Eichenau , Großenlüder , Jossa , Kleinlüder , Lütterz , Malkes , Müs , Oberbimbach , Uffhausen and Unterbimbach .

Office building

Stiftskapitularisches Amtshaus

The abbey capital office in Grossenlüder was the seat of the office. Today it houses an international nativity scene exhibition and the local history museum. The entrance portal with its coat of arms is particularly worth seeing. The building, completed in 1690, is a listed building .

Personalities

literature

  • Anneliese Hofemann: Studies on the development of the territory of the imperial abbey of Fulda and its offices. 1958, pp. 95-102.
  • Fuldaer Land / Rommerz in the 19th century from Heinrich Jakob Stöhr: Concept, scope and organization of the state of Fulda in the 19th century in the Fuldaer Geschichtsbl Blätter 1934
  • The Fürstlichen Hochstift Fulda state and state calendar, 1800, p. 6, digitized

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bernhard Peter: Gallery: Photos of beautiful old coats of arms No. 2388, Großenlüder (District of Fulda)