Gogericht on the Desum

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The Gogericht on the Desum was a place of justice on the Desum, a hill near Emstek in the Oldenburger Münsterland . The Gogericht is documented at this point from the 14th to 17th centuries, possibly its roots lie in the time of the Saxons , when thing meetings were still held.

location

The Gogericht is located south of Emstek, in a wooded area near the B 72 . At the time of the judgment several important roads ran along it; The Herzog-Erich-Weg was of particular importance at that time , as part of a trade route that led from the Lüneburg Heath over the Weser to the Netherlands .

history

Originally, thing events of the entire Lerigau probably took place on the Desum . The Gogericht was first mentioned in a document on January 25, 1322, when the court was acquired for the Bishop of Münster's office in Vechta. At that time the court was responsible for the six parishes of Lutten , Langförden , Cappeln , Krapendorf-Kloppenburg , Friesoythe and Molbergen (but originally also the parishes Visbek, Emstek, Wildeshausen, Huntlosen and Großenkneten as well as Oythe, Goldenstedt and Twistringen)

In 1652, the Gogericht is said to have been moved to Vechta and no longer met at the Desum. In 1803 the rule of the diocese of Münster ended with the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss . Since the districts of Vechta and Cloppenburg fell to the Duchy of Oldenburg , the Gogericht was replaced by the courts of this country.

In 1905 the first memorial stone was erected in memory of this by the Oldenburg Association for Classical Studies and Regional History. Today two homeland associations take care of the preservation of the court.

The places

On the Herzog-Erich-Weg

A place to linger has been set up in the open corridor.

In the forest south of the B 72

In the forest, the court was rebuilt accordingly. There, memorial stones have been erected by the communities formerly represented there. Fictional cases are negotiated in plays at the location.

literature

  • Hans-Joachim Behr, Bernhard Brockmann, Nikolaus Kokenge: The Gogericht on the Desum - haubtt and ubergericht - of the Oldenburger Münsterland. On behalf of the interest group "Altes Gogericht auf dem Desum e.V." published. Oldenburg 2000.
  • Götz Landwehr: The course of the new and the old court proceedings before the Gogericht on the Desum in the Niederstift Münster. In. Oldenburg yearbook. Vol. 104, 2004. pp. 27-64.
  • Bernhard Engelke: The gogericht on the Desum . In: Yearbook for the history of the Duchy of Oldenburg . Vol. 14. 1905. pp. 1–87 ( online )

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Coordinates: 52 ° 48 ′ 56.5 ″  N , 8 ° 9 ′ 15.5 ″  E