Court of Widdersheim

The court in Widdersheim was an office of the Landgraviate of Hesse .

function

In the Middle Ages and early modern times , offices were a level between the municipalities and the sovereign rulership . The functions of administration and jurisdiction were not separated here. The office was headed by a bailiff who was appointed by the rulers.

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history

The court in Widdersheim was part of the Stornfels Office , which was initially part of the Landgraviate of Hesse-Rheinfels after the death of Landgrave Philip I in 1567 due to the division of the Landgraviate of Hesse . When their regent, Landgrave Philip II , died in 1583 without a male heir, it came to the Landgraviate of Hessen-Darmstadt . Here the office of Stornfels was split: the Ulfa court came to the barons of Pretlack , the remaining "remainder" of the office of Stornfels, the court of Widdersheim , was added to the office of Schotten . The Landgraviate became the Grand Duchy of Hesse in 1806 .

When the offices were dissolved in the course of the administrative reform in the Grand Duchy in 1821, jurisdiction and administration were also separated at the lower level . District districts were created for the administrative tasks previously performed by the offices, and district courts for the first instance jurisdiction. Unlike the other communities of the Office Scots communities of were court ram home the District Administrator District Nidda and the district court Nidda allocated.

Components

The Widdersheim court included:

• Borsdorf ,
• Courtyard ,
• Ober-Widdersheim ,
• Schwalheimer Hof ,
• Unter-Widdersheim .

The court of Widdersheim was in the area of what is now the city of Nidda .

Law

In court ram home was considered a particular law , the Common Law . It retained its validity even in the entire 19th century and was until 1 January 1900 by the same across the whole German Reich current Civil Code replaced.

literature

• L. Ewald: Contributions to regional studies . In: Grand Ducal Central Office for State Statistics (ed.): Contributions to the statistics of the Grand Duchy of Hesse . Jonghaus, Darmstadt 1862.

Remarks

1. ↑ These were assigned to the district of Schotten ( ordinance on the division of the country into districts and district courts of July 14, 1821. In: Großherzoglich Hessisches Regierungsblatt No. 33 of July 20, 1821, p. 412) and to the Schotten district court ( ordinance of Die Division of the country into district councils and district courts relating to July 14, 1821. In: Großherzoglich Hessisches Regierungsblatt No. 33 of July 20, 1821, p. 413).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ehwald, p. 50.
2. ^ Ordinance on the division of the country into districts and district courts of July 14, 1821 . In: Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette No. 33 of July 20, 1821, p. 403ff.
3. ^ Ordinance on the division of the country into districts and district courts of July 14, 1821 . In: Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette No. 33 of July 20, 1821, p. 411.
4. ^ Ordinance on the division of the country into districts and district courts of July 14, 1821 . In: Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette No. 33 of July 20, 1821, p. 413.
5. ^ Borsdorf, Vogelsbergkreis . In: LAGIS: Historical local dictionary ; As of October 16, 2018.
6. ^ House courtyard, Wetterau district . In: LAGIS: Historical local dictionary ; As of April 17, 2018.
7. ↑ Ober-Widdersheim, Wetteraukreis . In: LAGIS: Historical local dictionary ; As of October 16, 2018.
8. ↑ According to Ehwald, p. 50, on the Widdersheim court; to Grund-Schwalheim, Wetteraukreis . In: LAGIS: Historical local dictionary ; Status: May 28, 2018, to the Office of Schotten.
9. ↑ Unter-Widdersheim, Wetteraukreis . In: LAGIS: Historical local dictionary ; As of October 16, 2018.
10. ↑ Arthur Benno Schmidt : The historical foundations of civil law in the Grand Duchy of Hesse . Curt von Münchow, Giessen 1893, p. Map.