Country of Cleves

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The Land of Kleve was the most important and in terms of area the largest district of the Duchy of Kleve . It comprised the left bank of the Rhine parts of the territory with the exception of the state of Kranenburg , the state of Linn (1392 to the archbishopric of Cologne ), Orsoys and the Reichswald (klevisch since 1429), Genneps (klevisch since 1424/42) and the office of Goch (klevisch since 1473) .

Emergence

In the area on the left bank of the Rhine, the counts of Kleve had a particularly large number of rulers. Here they founded the cities of Kleve , Kalkar , Grieth , Büderich , Sonsbeck , Uedem and Griethausen since the middle of the 13th century . During the reign of Count Dietrich VII./IX. (1310 / 11-47) and Johann (1347-68) this area was administratively combined. Drosten have been the administrator of this area since 1347. In a document from 1384 it is said that the land of Kleve extends between Drüpt and Nütterden .

structure

The state of Kleve was administratively divided into several judicial offices. Towards the end of the 15th century it consisted of the judges' offices Kleve (with Hau , Cattle and Donsbrüggen ), Kleverhamm (with Kellen , Brienen , Qualburg , Till , Warbeyen , Huisberden and Griethausen ), Grieth / Wissel , Altkalkar (with Hanselaer , Wisselward , Appeldorn , Vynen and Obermörmter ), Sonsbeck , Schravelen (with Winnekendonk and Kervenheim ), Uedem (with Keppeln ), Winnenthal (with Birten and Veen ), Büderich (with Ginderich and Borth ) and Xanten (with Niedermörmter and Hönnepel ).

literature

  • Theodor Ilgen: Sources for the internal history of the Rhenish territories. Duchy of Kleve 1: Offices and Courts, Bd. 1: Presentation , Bonn 1921 (publications of the Society for Rhenish History 38).