Grand Bailiff
Grand Vogt was the name for a bailiff to whom other bailiffs were subordinate. A person also titled grotevoget or grotevaget in Low German was the representative of his respective sovereign .
The grand bailiffs of the Principality of Lüneburg, for example, represented one of the most important positions in the central administration and were represented in all important bodies, such as the government of the governors and councilors , the chamber council and the privy council . In addition, as bailiffs of the Grand Bailiwick of Celle, they were also responsible for local administration and supervised the court administration. The grand bailiffs also acted as ambassadors for the dukes and often spent several months outside the country on trips to foreign courts.
In Schöningen in the Braunschweig region , the Grand Bailiff held the office of judge over the salt works at the turn of the 19th century . The minor bailiff was subordinate to him, but he himself to the salt count .
Well-known Grand Bailiffs (selection)
- Conrad Wiedemeier (1533–1598) Grand Bailiff in the Principality of Calenberg
- Georg von der Wense (1582–1641) Grand Bailiff in the Principality of Lüneburg
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Johann Christoph Adelung : Der Großvogt , in ders .: Grammatical-critical dictionary of the High German dialect ... , Second part: F - L , Vienna: W. Ph. Bauer, 1811, column 819f .; Transcription via the Munich digitization center
- ↑ Großvogt , in: German legal dictionary , online via the research center of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences
- ↑ For the office of the Grand Vogte see: Hans Joachim von der Ohe: Die Zentral- und Hofverwaltung des Fürstentums Lüneburg and their officials , 1955