Lordship of Bettingen
The lordship of Bettingen was a territory in the Duchy of Luxembourg that existed until the end of the 18th century. It was named after the former Bettingen Castle , which was in the area of what is now the local community of Bettingen in the Eifel district of Bitburg-Prüm ( Rhineland-Palatinate ).
Associated localities
- Baustert (in part)
- Bettingen
- Feilsdorf (partly)
- Mülbach (partly)
- Olsdorf
- Peffingen
- Stockem (partly)
- Competitions
The rulership of Bettingen was part of the Bitburg district . The other parts of Baustert, Feilsdorf, Mühlbach and Stockem belonged to the lordship of Neuerburg ( Vianden quarter ), Oberweis court .
history
The lordship of Bettingen, first mentioned in a document in 1451, has belonged to the Counts of Manderscheid-Kail since the 16th century , followed by the Counts of Manderscheid-Blankenheim in 1742 . The duchy of Luxembourg had sovereignty .
In 1794 French revolutionary troops occupied the Austrian Netherlands , to which the Duchy of Luxembourg belonged, and annexed it in October 1795 . Under the French administration , the area was assigned to the department of forests , Baustert, Feilsdorf, Mülbach, Olsdorf and Stockem belonged to the canton of Neuerburg , Bettingen, Peffingen and Wettlingen belonged to the canton Bitburg .
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Wilhelm Fabricius : Explanations of the historical atlas of the Rhine Province, Volume 2: The map of 1789. Bonn, Hermann Behrend, 1898, pp. 22, 40
- ^ Ernst Hermann Joseph Münch : Das Großherzogthum Luxemburg , Vieweg, 1831, p. 21 ( Google Books )
- ^ Georg Bärsch : Description of the government district of Trier , Volume 2, Trier, Lintz, 1846, p. 13 ff. ( Google Books )