Kriechingen county

Criechingen is a redirect to this article. For the abbess in Nottuln Abbey, see Anna von Dorsweiler-Criechingen .

Territory in the Holy Roman Empire
Kriechingen county
coat of arms
Form of rule	county
Ruler / government	Count
Today's region / s	FR-57
Parliament	Reichsfürstenrat : 1 curiate vote on the westf. Count Bank
Reich register	2 horsemen, 4 foot soldiers, 20 guilders (1522)
Reichskreis	Upper Rhine
Capitals / residences	Kriechingen
Dynasties	Kriechingen 1697: East Frisia 1726: Wied-Runkel
Incorporated into	1795: France

The county of Kriechingen ( French comté de Créhange ) is named after the castle and place Kriechingen ( Créhange / Moselle ) southwest of Saint-Avold in Lorraine . Today the area of ​​the county belongs predominantly to the Moselle department ; other former property is in what is now Luxembourg , Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate .

Kriechingen castle ruins

In the 12th century, the lords of Kriechingen were feudal men of the lords of Vinstingen and the dukes of Lorraine . They were inherited by the Lords of Dorsweiler , who have named themselves after Kriechingen since then. By marrying they gained considerable property, especially through the marriage of Johann († 1531) with Irmgard von Rollingen. The property was divided among the sons of Johann. Georg founded the Calvinist line Kriechingen-Püttlingen- Bacourt (until 1681), Wirich the Catholic line Kriechingen-Homburg- Bruchkastel (until 1697). In the 17th century, the Kriechingern owned the Dorsweiler and Helflingen dominions, shares in the Püttlingen , Saarwellingen , Mengen, Forbach, Rollingen and Warsberg dominions, the Bacourt dominions, half of the Arloncourt dominions, shares in the Fels dominion , the Dagstuhl estate (up to 1624), to the Lords of Lösnich , to the Lords of Bruchkastel, Falkenberg, etc.

In 1617 Peter Ernst was raised from the Catholic line by Emperor Matthias to the rank of Imperial Count and the rule to the Imperial Countess in the Upper Rhine District . The heir daughter Anna Dorothea († May 20, 1705) came from the marriage of Baron Albrecht Ludwig zu Kriechingen and Püttlingen from the Calvinist line with the Wild and Rhine Countess Agathe in 1637 , who in 1665 gave Count Edzard Ferdinand of East Friesland (1636–1668) got married. After the death of their son Friedrich Ulrich (1667-1710) the county fell to his heir-daughter Christine Louise (1710-1732) and through her marriage in 1726 to Count Johann Ludwig von Wied-Runkel (1705-1762) the county went to the Counts of Wied-Runkel . When it was annexed by France in 1793, the county comprised around 100 km² with around 4,000 inhabitants. In 1871 the area came back to the German Empire as part of Alsace-Lorraine until 1918 .

scope

In the 18th century, the Wied-Runkel County of Kriechingen included:

• Under German sovereignty: Steinbiedersdorf , the fourth part of Tettingen , Folschweiler , Lellingen , Alling (now part of Folschviller), Biedingen , Momersdorf , Niederwiesen , Dentingen and Saarwellingen
• Under French sovereignty: The Lanningen and Fremersdorf dairies , Helflingen Castle (French: château d'Helfedange ), Voimhaut manor , Remilly hereditary bailiwick , Rollingen baron , Münzingen court jurisdiction

literature

• Wilhelm von der Nahmer: Handbook of Rhenish Particular Law , Volume 3, Frankfurt am Main 1832, pp. 585-586. Digitized

supporting documents

1. ↑ Wilhelm von der Nahmer: Handbuch des Rheinischen Particular-Rechts , Volume 3, Frankfurt am Main 1832, p. 586