District Office Höchst

The district office Höchst (also district Höchst ) was from 1849 to 1854 a district in the Duchy of Nassau with its seat in Höchst .

After the March Revolution in 1848, the administration was reorganized. By law of April 4, 1849, administration and jurisdiction were separated at a lower level in Nassau. The reform came into effect on July 1, 1849. 10 district offices were established for administration, the offices continued as judicial offices (i.e. courts of first instance).

The Höchst District Office was formed from the previous offices of Höchst , Hochheim and Königstein and was responsible for administrative tasks. The jurisdiction in the lowest instance remained in the offices. which were now called justice offices. At the head of the district office stood a district administrator (that was the name of the district administrator ) with a district secretary as a representative. Heinrich Freiherr von Wintzingerrode was appointed district administrator in Höchst. In addition to the appointed district administrator, an elected district council was set up for the first time.

However, the reform was reversed on October 1, 1854, the districts abolished and the previous offices restored.

literature

• Thomas Klein: Volume 11: Hessen-Nassau, the series: Walther Hubatsch: Outline of German Administrative History 1815-1945, 1979, ISBN 3-87969-126-6 , pp. 128–129, 142–144

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Law of April 4, 1849 (VBl p. 87); Law, the execution of the law on the separation of the administration of justice from the administration in the lower instance on May 31, 1849, (VBl p. 409)
2. ↑ Law of July 24, 1854 (Bvl. P. 160)