Graslitz reign

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The rule Graslitz (Czech Kraslice ) was a rule in the Elbogen district in Bohemia . With the formation of the judicial districts in 1848/49, inheritance and patrimonial jurisdiction were abolished .

location

The rule Graslitz was on the northwest side of the Elbogen district. They bordered to the northwest to the electorate or later Kingdom of Saxony belonging Vogtländische and Erzgebirge District , south and southwest of the rule of Hartberg and west to the Good Schönenbach.

history

The wooded area, which was still uninhabited in the Middle Ages, was a Bohemian Kronlehen until 1575 . In 1272 King Ottokar II enfeoffed Heinrich von Plauen with the castle on the Hausberge and with Gräslas under the new house with all the copper mines located on the Grünberge. Graslitz presumably remained in the possession of the Lords of Plauen until 1370. In that year, Emperor Karl IV gave it city ​​rights on the Elbogen.

In 1401 King Wenzel IV enfeoffed the brothers Heinrich and Konrad von Rautenbach with it. The heir Nikolaus von Rautenbach sold the fiefdom to Neidhard Tessen. Emperor Sigismund confirmed the city's privileges in 1437. Around this time the rule came to Kaspar Schlick as a deposit . He was followed by Heinrich von Plauen , Burgrave of Meißen and in 1466 Hans Bezold and Konrad Metsch. Later the fiefdom reverted to the crown. In 1541 Graslitz received the title of "Free Mountain City ". In 1575, Emperor Maximilian gave the property to Georg von Schönburg . In 1585 the owner was August von Schönburg, who, as landlord, ordered a mountain peace for Graslitz. The rule remained in the family's possession until 1666.

In 1666 ownership passed to Count Hans Hartwig von Nostitz-Rieneck . He was also the owner of the lordships of Falkenau, Litmitz and Heinrichsgrün . In 1675/1676 the first brass works in Bohemia went into operation in Silberbach near Graslitz. From 1671, in the course of the Counter-Reformation, the almost entirely Protestant population was given the choice of either becoming Catholic or leaving the country. Then between 1671 and 1676 two thirds of the residents, about 2000 people, left the area. Anton Johann Graf von Nostitz sold the rule to Karl Reinhard Joseph von Schmiedlin in 1723. In 1729 Nostitz took over the rule again. In the second half of the 18th century, mining came to a standstill, which resulted in a structural change in the economy .

In 1832, the area comprised a town and ten villages with 1,344 residential buildings and 9,838 inhabitants, most of whom were engaged in the cotton weaving, lace making, cart and grain trade. In 1848/49 the patrimonial rule was abolished, the landlords were thus only landowners.

Associated places

  • Graslitz ( Kraslice )
  • Schönau ( Sněžná )
  • Ruhstadt (Zátiší)
  • Schönwerth ( Krásná )
  • Markhausen ( Hraničná )
  • Grünberg (Zelená Hora)
  • Schwaderbach ( Bublava )
  • Eibenberg (Tisová u Kraslic)
  • Silberbach ( Stříbrná )
  • Glassworks (Sklárna)
  • Glasberg (Sklená)
  • Pechbach (Smolná)

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Constantin von Nowicki: The re-mastering of the old copper mining of Graslitz in Bohemia . Calve, 1862 ( google.de [accessed January 20, 2020]).
  2. ↑ August von Schönburg in the Saxon Biography
  3. ↑ Johann Gottfried Sommer: The Kingdom of Bohemia: bd. Elbogner Kreis. 1847 . JG Calve, 1847 ( google.de [accessed January 20, 2020]).
  4. ↑ Latest country and ethnology. A geographical reader for all stands . Diesbach, 1832 ( google.de [accessed January 20, 2020]).