Reign of Ochsenstein
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| Incorporated into | 1485: Zweibrücken-Bitsch
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The rule of Ochsenstein , older Ossenstein , was a knightly territory of the Holy Roman Empire in Lower Alsace and included Ochsenstein Castle near Reinhardsmünster with a number of Alsatian towns. From the 13th to the 15th century in the possession of the Lords of Ochsenstein , the rule fell in 1485 with the extinction of the family on Zweibrücken-Bitsch .
history
In 1485 the rule fell to Zweibrücken-Bitsch , in 1570 with Zweibrücken-Bitsch to the county of Hanau-Lichtenberg .
scope
The rule Ochsenstein included besides the castle Ochsenstein with the Meierhof Haberacker
- four villages in total , namely Allenweiler , Furchhausen , Reinhardsmünster (formerly Tillersmünster ), Wolschheim
- half in six villages of Griesbach, Gumpertshofen, Niederbronn, Niedermodern, Oberbronn, Pfaffenhofen
- Shares in the Mark Maursmünster with eight associated villages, in addition to the Bailiwick of the Maursmünster Monastery
- from the active loan and vassals z. B. the Rathsamhausen , which carried five villages as fiefs.
Eckwersheim, Geudertheim, Hengweiler, Hohatzenheim, Hohfrankenheim, Ingweiler, Menchhofen, Mittelhausen, Neuweiler, Uttenhofen, Wolfisheim are also mentioned.
literature
- Johann Georg Lehmann : Documented history of the county Hanau-Lichtenberg in the lower Alsace , Volume 2: the history of the dynasties of Ochsenstein, the counts of Zweibrücken-Bitsch and the lords of Hanau-Lichtenberg, Mannheim 1863. Google Books
- Ferdinand August Dommerich : Documented history of the gradual expansion of the county of Hanau , Hanau 1860. Google Books
supporting documents
- ↑ Dommerich 1860, p. 144