Hechinger State Deputation
The Hechingen state deputation was the state parliament of the Principality of Hohenzollern-Hechingen between 1798 and 1850 .
The country comparison of 1798
After many years of litigation before the Reich Chamber of Commerce for the right of the princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen to collect taxes, a recess between the prince and the towns and communities of the principality was closed in 1798 (only Bisingen did not join the national comparison ). With this settlement, the Hechingen tax deputation was created as a state representative. The core of the competences of the state deputation was the right to obtain tax permits and the preparation of the state budget and its control. It consisted of twelve elected representatives from the cities and municipalities. Two members were elected by the city of Hechingen, the rest by the other communities.
The actual influence of the state deputation was small. Even the right to tax permits was partially ignored. So led Prince Hermann a "chamber control" without the approval of the country's delegation. During the Napoleonic period, a large number of additional burdens were placed on the population.
The electoral code of 1835
With the establishment of the German Confederation, Section 13 of the German Federal Act regulated the obligation of the member states to enact “land-class constitutions”. The princes of Hohenzollern-Hechingen initially argued that the national comparison of 1798 fulfilled this obligation. Gradually, however, state parliaments were set up in all neighboring countries. Baden, Bavaria and Württemberg had already done this in 1818/1819, after the July Revolution of 1830 in France, most of the other countries joined. In 1833 the estates of the Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen were established .
With the election regulations of February 1, 1835, the tax deputation was renamed the state deputation and its competencies were significantly expanded. Now she should also participate in legislative matters and had the right to petition the prince. Accordingly, one spoke of the meetings of the Hechingen state deputation as the state parliament. The state parliament met every three years as an ordinary state parliament.
The composition of the state deputation corresponded to the previous regulation. It consisted of twelve MPs who were elected in the following constituencies:
| Constituency | area |
|---|---|
| City of Hechingen | Two MPs |
| Constituency I | Stetten near Hechingen and Boll |
| Constituency II | Wessingen and rooms |
| Electoral District III | Weilheim and Grosselfingen |
| Constituency IV | Owingen and Rangendingen |
| Constituency V | Stein, Sickingen and Bechtoldsweiler |
| Constituency VI | Steinhofen, Thanheim and Bisingen |
| Electoral District VII | Beuren, Schlatt and Jungingen |
| Constituency VIII | Killer, stumbling and scurrying |
| Constituency IX | Burladingen and Gauselfingen |
| Constituency X | Stetten under Holstein, Hörschwag and Wilflingen |
The election took place indirectly: one voter was elected for every ten residents of a municipality. The primary voters were innocent men who had reached the age of 25. The electorate of a constituency then elected the actual MP and a deputy.
The primary elections in Hechingen took place in April 1835, those in the rural areas in the following months. The result of the elections could not be published until September 26, 1835.
The following were elected:
| Constituency | MP | job | place | annotation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Hechingen | Anton Carry | Merchant | Hechingen | Rejected the mandate |
| City of Hechingen | Franz Xaver Ribler | Councilor | Hechingen | Post-election for carry |
| City of Hechingen | Wilhelm Seitz | Innkeeper | Hechingen | |
| Constituency I | Dr. Cajetan Koller | Court doctor | Hechingen | Board |
| Constituency II | Josef Fecker | Vogt | Rooms | |
| Electoral District III | Joh. Me. Final stress | Grosselfingen | ||
| Constituency IV | Baltas Heck | Rank things | ||
| Constituency V | Johann Kappenmann | Bechtoldsweiler | ||
| Constituency VI | Dr. Carl Bosch | doctor | Hechingen | |
| Electoral District VII | Johann Baptist Diebold | Pastor | Thannheim | Secretary |
| Constituency VIII | Josef Blumenstetter | Pastor | Boll | Deputy Board |
| Constituency IX | Christian Baur | Vogt | Burladingen | |
| Constituency X | Dominikus Münch | Teacher | Wilflingen |
At the constituent session of the Landtag on October 14, 1835, the Landtag elected Josef Blumenstetter (10 votes), Cajetan Koller (10 votes) and Pastor Johann Baptist Diebold (9 votes) to the list of proposals for the Board of Directors (Presidents of Parliament). The prince then appointed Koller (on the grounds that he was the eldest of the nominees) to the head of the state parliament. Blumenstetter became his deputy and Diebold secretary.
For the following elections, the election regulations were slightly modified by the state parliament. Twelve MPs have now been elected in six two-person constituencies.
| Constituency | area |
|---|---|
| Constituency I | City of Hechingen |
| Constituency II | Stetten near Hechingen, Boll, Wessingen, Zimmer, Thanheim and Bisingen |
| Electoral District III | Wilfingen, Steinhofen, Weilheim and Grosselfingen |
| Constituency IV | Owingen, Rangendingen, Stein and Bechtoldsweiler |
| Constituency V | Sickingen, Beuren, Schlatt, Jungingen, Killer and Starzeln |
| Constituency VI | Hausen, Burladingen, Gauselfingen, Stetten unter Holstein and Hörschwag |
Revolution, 59th Landtag and affiliation with Prussia
The revolution in Sigmaringen also ended the work of the state deputation. Instead, the prince convened an extraordinary state parliament to which 59 representatives of the cities and municipalities belonged (the so-called 59 state parliament). However, there was no renewal of the constitution and the election of a new parliament in Hohenzollern-Hechingen. Instead, the prince abdicated and transferred the sovereign rights to Prussia .
When Prussia took over in 1850, no successor organization was created for the state parliament. In 1875 the municipal parliament of the Hohenzollern Lands met for the first time, which indirectly became the successor to the state deputation. A single member of this first communal parliament had previously been a member of the last state deputation.
literature
- Josef Mühlebach: The regional association of the Hohenzollerische Land. Historical development, legal basis and areas of responsibility, Sigmaringen 1972 (= work on regional studies of Hohenzollern, issue 10).
- Hans Speidel: The first state parliament in Hohenzollern-Hechingen in the years 1835-1836; in: Journal of Hohenzollern History 7./8. Volume, 1971/72 p. 41 ff., Digitized .
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl Heinrich Ludwig Pölitz: The European constitutions since 1789 up to the most recent time, 2nd edition 1847, p. 332 ff., Online
- ↑ http://www.verfassungen.de/bw/hohenzollern/vergleich98-i.htm State comparison for the Principality of Hohenzollern-Hechingen from June 26, 1798
- ↑ Eberhard Gönner : Hohenzollern 1800 to 1918. In: Meinrad Schaab , Hansmartin Schwarzmaier (ed.) U. a .: Handbook of Baden-Württemberg History . Volume 3: From the end of the old empire to the end of the monarchies. Edited on behalf of the Commission for Historical Regional Studies in Baden-Württemberg . Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-608-91467-6 , pp. 439-440.
- ↑ Election regulations for the Principality of Hohenzollern-Hechingen together with general provisions on the constitution and internal organization of the state deputies from February 1, 1835