Reign of Rheda
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The rule of Rheda comprised an area around the formerly independent town of Rheda , which is now a district of Rheda-Wiedenbrück . The places Gütersloh , Herzebrock , Clarholz and Rheda were part of the rule .
history
The rule goes back to the Freigericht Rheda with bailiwick rights to the monasteries Liesborn and Freckenhorst , which were in the hands of Widukind von Rheda around 1170 . Widukind built a moated castle at the Ems crossing between Münster and Paderborn, today's Rheda Castle .
After Widukind's death on Barbarossa's crusade , the rule came after 1190 to the noblemen of Lippe under Bernhard II of the Lippe . Bernhard's successor, Hermann II , built Rheda Castle into one of the largest castles in northern Germany. At the same time he moved the seat of the barons to Lippe from Lippstadt to Rheda.
After the death of Simon I. zur Lippe in 1344, Rheda came to Bernhard V. zur Lippe in the second division of the Lippe . After his sonless death in 1364, a feud arose between the actual heir Simon III. zur Lippe and Bernhard's son-in-law Otto VI. von Tecklenburg , who seized the rule. The feud was finally settled only in 1491 by paying a sum of money, the rule of Rheda remained under Otto's rule by the Tecklenburger.
In 1527, the last Mecklenburg Count Konrad introduced the Reformation to the rule . It remained in Mecklenburg until 1557 and in 1557 came as heir to the Counts of Bentheim . In 1565 the Counts of Bentheim also won rule over Gütersloh through the Bielefeld Recess after a long-term border dispute with the Prince Diocese of Osnabrück . In 1588 the Counts of Bentheim introduced the Reformed Confession in the city of Rheda, Gütersloh remained Lutheran , Clarholz and Herzebrock Catholic . In 1609, the rule of Rheda fell to the Bentheim-Tecklenburg line when the county of Bentheim was divided .
Under Napoleon , the rule of Rheda and the county of Limburg came to the Grand Duchy of Berg in 1808 . After the collapse of Napoleonic rule, Count Emil Friedrich was not reinstated in his rights. At the Congress of Vienna in 1815 the rule of Rheda was added to the Kingdom of Prussia and in 1816 it was incorporated into the Wiedenbrück district of the province of Westphalia .
The House of Bentheim-Tecklenburg retained important sovereign functions and rights even after the abolition of state sovereignty. As a registrar, he was subject to jurisdiction, police, church and school supervision. In 1817 Count Emil Friedrich I was raised to the hereditary prince status.
Gentlemen to Rheda
House lip
- after 1190–1196: Bernhard II. zur Lippe
- 1196–1229: Hermann II. Zur Lippe
- 1230-1265: Bernhard III. to the lip
- 1265-1273: Hermann III. to the lip
- 1265–1275: Bernhard IV. Zur Lippe
- 1273–1344: Simon I. zur Lippe
- 1344–1364: Bernhard V. zur Lippe
- Simon III to the lip
House Tecklenburg
Archives
The territorial archive of the Rheda rule with documents from 1278 to the 20th century is located in the archives of the Prince of Bentheim-Tecklenburg at Rheda Castle .
literature
- Hermann Schaub: The rule of Rheda and their residence city. From the beginning to the end of the Old Kingdom. Publishing house for regional history, Bielefeld 2006, ISBN 978-38953-461-01 .
See also
Web links
- Document requests from the Princely Archive Rheda / Digital Westphalian Document Database (DWUD)
- History and map of the Rheda reign