District Office Meißen

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The Meißen offices on a map from 1750, a directory of the Meißen district office can be found on the left side of the map.

The district office of Meißen was the administrative center of the Meißnische Kreis in the Electorate of Saxony . The territory belonged to the Saxon hereditary lands. This is where the term " Erbamt Meissen" comes from .

history

The circle's roots go back to the second half of the 12th century. The area essentially comprises the core area of ​​the Margraviate of Meißen . The structures of old Sorbian subdistricts, the Supania ( Sorbian župa ), existed in the district until the 16th century . The division of justice and rent offices had existed since 1784, but it was not until 1831 that they became independent authorities.

In 1547 the district office took over the administration of the manors Cölln and Brockwitz near Meißen.

Adjacent administrative units

Office Oschatz Grossenhain office Grossenhain office
Leisnig Office Neighboring communities Dresden office
Office of Nossen District Office Freiberg Office Grillenburg

area

324 villages

literature

Individual evidence

  1. Directory of offices in the Digital Historical Directory of Saxony
  2. Archives of the Meißen district office  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the main state archive in Dresden@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.archiv.sachsen.de