Fleckenstein reign

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Territory in the
Holy Roman Empire of the
German Nation
Overview List of territories in the Holy Roman Empire
designation Fleckenstein reign
Head of state Mr. von Fleckenstein
Capitals / residences Fleckenstein Castle
Form of rule Domination
Ruling house Lords of Fleckenstein
Religion / denomination Roman Catholic , from the 16th century: Lutheran
language German
Reichskreis Upper Rhine district
Incorporated into France 1736

The Fleckenstein rule had existed since the High Middle Ages . It was named after the Fleckenstein castle in northern Alsace.

Fleckenstein coat of arms
Fleckenstein-Dagstuhl
The Fleckenstein reign was divided into male lines in 1720 after extinction

location

The reign of Fleckenstein lay mainly in Alsace , in Wasgau , and extended to the Upper Rhine , an area that was largely in what is now the Arrondissement of Haguenau-Wissembourg in the Bas-Rhin department . There were also some splinters of the right bank of the Rhine.

history

A member of the von Fleckenstein family was first mentioned in 1129. The Fleckenstein family acquired a number of fiefs and rights in the wider vicinity of their ancestral castle, from which the Fleckenstein lordship was formed. As early as the 13th century, the family split into several branches, of which up to four existed side by side at times. However, these died out one after the other in the course of the early modern period .

In 1680 the Fleckenstein dominion was occupied by France . With the death of the last male member of the Fleckenstein family, Heinrich-Jakob von Fleckenstein-Bickenbach-Sulz (1636-1720), the rule passed in 1721 to the House of Rohan-Soubise , which had a joint investment since 1712 and in 1749 the rule as Majorat organized. With the French Revolution , the rule as an independent administrative unit ceased.

organization

The rule consisted mainly of imperial fiefs. She was divided into six offices . The rule included:

During the times when multiple branches of the family existed, the rulership was viewed and administered as the whole family and not divided.

coat of arms

The Fleckenstein coat of arms is a green shield with three horizontal silver bars.

literature

  • Ferdinand Hahnzog : Georg II von Fleckenstein, baron to roof truss. A Hanau administrator in the final phase of the Thirty Years War. In: Hanauer Geschichtsblätter 18, 1962 pp. 223–242.
  • Gerhard Köbler : Historical lexicon of the German countries. The German territories from the Middle Ages to the present. 7th, completely revised edition. CH Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-54986-1 .

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