District Court of Rothenburg

The Rothenburg Regional Court was an older Bavarian regional court that existed from 1808 to 1879 and was based in Rothenburg ob der Tauber in what is now the Ansbach district . In the Kingdom of Bavaria , the regional courts were judicial and administrative authorities, which were replaced in administrative matters by the district offices in 1862 and in legal matters by the local courts in 1879 .

In 1808, in the course of the administrative reorganization of Bavaria, the Rothenburg Regional Court was established. This was added to the Rezatkreis , whose capital was Ansbach .

location

The district court Rothenburg bordered to the north by the district court of Uffenheim , in the northeast on the district court Windheim , on the east by the district court Leutershausen , on the southeast by the district court Schillingsfürst , on the south by the district court Feuchtwangen and to the west Württemberg .

structure

The district court was divided into 17 tax districts, which were administered by the Rentamt Rothenburg :

Adelshofen with Gickelhausen , Großharbach , Haardt and Ruckertshofen Bettwar with Poss mill and Tauber Check Bach Erzberg with Arzbach , Grüb , Harlang , Kleinmühlen and Rothof Gailnau with Leidenberg , Obergailnau , Oberoestheim , Sandhof , Seemühle, Untergailnau , Unteroestheim and Walkersdorf Gattenhofen with Ellwingshofen Gebsattel with Dorfmühle, Eckartshof , Kirnberg , Leuzhof , Pleikartshof , Rödersdorf , Södelbronn , Wasenmühle and Wildenhof Insingen with Fallhaus , Hammerschmiede , Kappenmühle, Kastenmühle and Wilhelmsmühle Leuzenbronn with Brundorf , Hemmendorf , Reusch , Schnepfendorf and Vorbach Lohr with Bettenfeld , Burgstall , Herrnhaben , Hollermühle , Lohrbach , Mittelmühle and Obermühle

Neusitz with Erlbach , Horabach , Karrachmühle , Schafhof and Wachsenberg Ohrbach with Gailshofen , Gumpelshofen , Oberscheckenbach and Reichardsroth Schweinsdorf with Chausseehaus , Gärtleinsseehaus , Linden and Nordenberg Steinach with Endsee , Gypshütte , Habelsee , Landthurm , Reichelshofen , Seemühle and Steinachenmühl Steinsfeld with Hartershofen and Urphershofen Tauberzell with Ackermannsmühle, Gundelsmühle , Hautschenmühle and Neustett Competition with Gailroth , Leitsweiler , Spoon Mill, Reichenbach , Seemühle , Taubermühle and Thomasmühle Wörnitz with Bastenau , Bösennördlingen , Ebertsmühle , Groß- and Kleinulrichshausen , Mittelstetten , Morrieden , Oberwörnitz , Riedenberg , Rosenhof , Sandmühle and Unterwörnitz

In 1818 there were 8981 residents in the Rothenburg Regional Court, who were divided into 1878 families and lived in 1706 properties.

In 1820 1 municipal community and 29 rural communities belonged to the regional court:

Adelshofen with Gickelhausen, Haardt and Rückertshofen Bettenfeld with Herrnzüge, Mittelmühle, Obermühle and Reusch Bettwar with Poss mill Final sea Erzberg with Arzbach, Bastenau, Harlang, Kleinmühlen and Rothhof Gailnau with Obergailnau and Untergailnau Gailroth with Leitsweiler, Ebethof and Hornunghof (?) Gattenhofen Gebsattel with Dorfmühle, Eckartshof, Rödersdorf and Wasenmühle Grossharbach Habelsee Hartershofen with Gypshütte and Urphershofen Insingen with Fallhaus, Hammerschmiede, Kappenmühle, Kastenmühle, Leidenberg, Lohrbach, Sandhof and Wilhelmsmühle Kirnberg with Pleikertshof and Wildenhof Leuzenbronn with Brundorf, Burgstall, Hemmendorf, Hollermühle, Schnepfendorf and Vorbach

Lohr with Leuzhof and Obermühle Neusitz with Erlbach, Horabach, Schafhof, Södelbronn and Wachsenberg Neustett Nordenberg with Karrachmühle and linden trees Oberscheckenbach Oestheim with upper and lower oestheim Ohrbach with Gailshofen, Gumpelshofen and Reichardsroth Rothenburg ob der Tauber Schweinsdorf with Chausseehaus and Gärtleinsseehaus Steinach with Landthurm, Seemühle and Steinachenmühl Steinsfeld with Ellwingshofen and Reichelshofen Tauberscheckenbach Tauberzell with Ackermannsmühle, Gundelsmühle, Hautschenmühle Competition with Grüb, Spoon Mill, Reichenbach, Seemühle, Taubermühle and Thomasmühle Wörnitz with Bösennördlingen, Ebertsmühle, Großulrichshausen, Kleinulrichshausen, Mittelstetten, Morrieden, Oberwörnitz, Riedenberg, Rosenhof, Sandmühle, Unterwörnitz and Walkersdorf

In 1846 the district court of Rothenburg was 4 ¹ ⁄ ₂ square miles in size. There were 9,651 inhabitants (including 420 Catholics), 109 localities (22 parish villages , 4 parish villages , 7 villages , 30 hamlets and 46 wastelands ) and 29 rural communities.

In 1858 the communities of Erzberg, Gailnau, Gailroth, Oestheim, Wettringen and Wörnitz were handed over to the Schillingsfürst district court .

See also

• District of Rothenburg ob der Tauber
• District of Ansbach # regional courts

literature

• Address manual for the Rezat district of the Kingdom of Baiern . Johann Baptist Reindl, Bamberg 1814, p. 33-34 ( digitized version ).
• Alphabetical index of all the localities contained in the Rezatkreise according to its constitution by the newest organization: with indication of a. the tax districts, b. Judicial Districts, c. Rent offices in which they are located, then several other statistical notes . Ansbach 1818, p. 145-146 ( digitized version ).
• Address and statistical handbook for the Rezatkreis in the Kingdom of Baiern . Buchdruckerei Chancellery, Ansbach 1820, p. 65-67 ( digitized version ).
• Karl Friedrich Hohn: The Retzatkreis of the Kingdom of Bavaria described geographically, statistically and historically . Riegel and Wießner, Nuremberg 1829, p. 262-273 ( digitized version ).
• Circle of Bavarian Scholars (Ed.): Upper Franconia and Middle Franconia (=  Bavaria. Regional and Folklore of the Kingdom of Bavaria . Volume 3 ). Literary and artistic establishment of the JG Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, Munich 1865, DNB  56034290X , p. 1283-1285 ( digitized version ).
• Pleikard Joseph Stumpf : District Court of Rothenburg . In: Bavaria: a geographical-statistical-historical handbook of the kingdom; for the Bavarian people . Second part. Munich 1853, p. 754-756 ( digitized version ).
• Eduard Vetter (Hrsg.): Statistical handbook and address book of Middle Franconia in the Kingdom of Bavaria . Self-published, Ansbach 1846, p. 221-228 ( digitized version ).
• Eduard Vetter (Hrsg.): Statistical handbook and address book of Middle Franconia in the Kingdom of Bavaria . Brügel'sche Officin, Ansbach 1856, p. 277-286 ( digitized version ).
• Wilhelm Volkert (Hrsg.): Handbook of the Bavarian offices, communities and courts 1799–1980 . CH Beck, Munich 1983, ISBN 3-406-09669-7 , p. 561-563 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Eduard Vetter (Ed.): Statistical handbook and address book of Middle Franconia in the Kingdom of Bavaria. 1846, p. 221.Size corrected after Vetter 1856.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Alphabetical index of all the localities contained in the Rezat district , p. 37f. of the second part.
3. ^ Address and statistical handbook for the Rezatkreis in the Kingdom of Baiern , p. 65ff.