Lordship of Ottweiler

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The lordship of Ottweiler , from 1640 to 1728 the county of Ottweiler , was for a long time a territory of the Walram branch of the House of Nassau , and Ottweiler served as a secondary residence after divisions, especially in the House of Nassau-Saarbrücken and Nassau-Weilburg . In the 17th and 18th centuries there was a fully valid branch line Nassau-Ottweiler under the two Counts Johann Ludwig (1640–1690) and Friedrich Ludwig (1680–1728).

Ottweiler Castle was the residence from the 16th century; it was canceled in 1753
Friedrich Ludwig von Nassau-Ottweiler, the last count of Nassau-Ottweiler

history

Since the 12th century, the Counts of Saarbrücken were high bailiffs of the Neumünster Monastery, which was founded in the 9th century . They also had Ottweiler Castle built.

In the 14th century, the area fell to the Counts of Nassau-Weilburg or Nassau-Saarbrücken , and Ottweiler was temporarily the residence of successors or younger brothers after the divisions of Nassau-Saarbrücken. So Johann IV received the County of Ottweiler in 1544, before he also took over the County of Saarbrücken in 1554; from Charles V he received market rights for Ottweiler and Homburg. After 1573 , the Reformation was introduced under Count Albrecht , who had received Ottweiler and other places in the division of the estate with Philip IV . The monastery was secularized. During this time, Ottweiler Castle was rebuilt in the Renaissance style. Even Ludwig II. Resided in Ottweiler, before he took over from Philip IV..

The area suffered badly from acts of war during the Thirty Years' War , and the castle was also badly damaged. A new upswing set in under Wilhelm Ludwig (1627–1640).

After the death of Wilhelm Ludwig in exile in Metz in 1640 and the early death of his eldest son Kraft in 1642, an inheritance was divided among the three younger sons in 1659: Johann Ludwig (1625–1690), who had been in Ottweiler since 1640 Ottweiler, Gustav Adolf (1632–1677) Saarbrücken and Walrad (1635–1702), who founded the Nassau-Usingen line, received Usingen . With this, the name "Grafschaft Ottweiler" came into use, as its regent was the count.

Johann Ludwig refused to pay homage to the French King Ludwig XIV for Ottweiler and Homburg, resigned the government, transferred the rule to his son Friedrich Ludwig (1651–1728) in 1680 and went to the Nassau areas to the right of the Rhine . The small county, only about 5 square miles in size, was then occupied by the French from 1680 to 1697. Only with the Peace of Rijswijk in 1697 was the sovereignty of the County of Ottweiler restored.

In 1721 Nassau-Idstein and 1723 Nassau-Saarbrücken fell to Ottweiler. Since Friedrich Ludwig had eight daughters but no sons, the male line of Nassau-Ottweiler became extinct with his death, and their property went to the Nassau-Usingen line .

Other important people

Locations in the office of Ottweiler

The office was divided into six dairies ; these were: Neunkirchen, Wiebelskirchen, Linxweiler, Wirschweiler, Welschbach and Dirmingen. After the dairy establishment of 1720, the following villages belonged to the Ottweiler office.

place Dairy farm
Ottweiler
Neunkirchen Neunkirchen
Wellesweiler Neunkirchen
Spiesen Neunkirchen
Wiebelskirchen Wiebelskirchen
Hangard Wiebelskirchen
Steinbach Wiebelskirchen
Niederlinxweiler Linxweiler
Oberlinxweiler Linxweiler
Remmesweiler Linxweiler
Werschweiler Wirschweiler
Dörrenbach Wirschweiler
Fuerth Wirschweiler
Lautenbach Wirschweiler
Münchwies Wirschweiler
Welschbach Welschbach
Hirtzweiler Welschbach
Mainzweiler Welschbach
Stennweiler Welschbach
Schiffweiler Welschbach
Landsweiler Welschbach
Genweiler Dirmingen
Urchin Dirmingen
Deer Dirmingen
Dirmingen Dirmingen
Berschweiler Dirmingen
Exweiler Dirmingen

literature

  • 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 , p. 463.
  • Friedrich Köllner: History of the former Nassau-Sarbrück'schen land and its rulers. Saarbrücken 1841

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Fürst, Philipp A .: Oldest population registers of the former Oberamt Ottweiler, Saarbrücken, 1938