District Butzbach

The Butzbach district was a district in the Grand Duchy of Hesse , which was renamed the Friedberg district in 1829 . It existed from 1821 to 1832.

history

Emergence

In the course of an administrative reform in the Grand Duchy in 1821, jurisdiction and administration were also separated at the lower level , and the traditional offices in district districts - responsible for administration - and district courts - responsible for jurisdiction - were reorganized. The district of Butzbach arose from:

• the Butzbach office ,
• the Friedberg Office , including the Friedberg Castle Office , excluding the domanial portion of Burg-Graefenrode ,
• the Kondominaten Münzenberg and Trais-Münzenberg and
• the patrimonial courts
  • Langenhain and Ziegenberg (Freiherren Löw von Steinfurth ),
  • Steinfurth and Wisselsheim (Freiherren Löw von Steinfurth),
  • Upper and Lower Florstadt (Barons Löw von Steinfurth),
  • Melbach (Barons von Wetzel, called von Carben ),
  • Beienheim (barons of Rau zu Holzhausen) and
  • Ockstadt (Barons of Frankenstein).

In 1821 the patrimonial jurisdiction of the nobility in the aforementioned parts of the Butzbach district office still existed in full. In contrast to the name, it also included rights in the area of public safety and order . This was a nuisance for the state, which had to be concerned about its monopoly of force and an undivided state sovereignty.

development

The state therefore tried to take over the sovereign rights of the patrimonial court lords, which in two cases was achieved through the compromise that the state took over the task, but exercised it on behalf of the respective patrimonial court lords. Such agreements have been concluded for:

• Mehlbach: 1822 and
• Ockstadt: 1822.
• Such an agreement was also successful in Beienheim in 1823, but there were difficulties in implementation, so that the assumption of the corresponding rights and obligations by the state was suspended and apparently no longer came about afterwards.
• Furthermore, in 1822 the Löw von Steinfurth family refrained from performing their duties in the field of public security and order, so that the state took on this task (in its own name).

In 1829 the seat of the district administrator was moved from Butzbach to Friedberg and the name of the district council was changed to Friedberg district district .

The End

In a regional reform in 1832, the district councils were dissolved and merged into larger districts . Shortly thereafter, their layout was determined by another ordinance , whereby the districts of Friedberg and Vilbel were combined to form the Friedberg district .

literature

• Willi Görich : Administrative division 1821 [map] = plate 25a. In: Hessisches Landesamt für Geschichtliche Landeskunde (Hrsg.): Geschichtlicher Atlas von Hessen . Marburg 1960–1978. Digitized
• Ulrich Reuling : Administrative division 1821–1955. With an appendix on the administrative area reform in Hesse 1968–1981 . In: Fred Schwind (Ed.): Historical Atlas of Hessen. Text and explanatory volume . Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1984. ISBN 3-921254-95-7 digitized version (PDF)

Web links

• Sabine Raßner:  Butzbach District Court, General Files, 1824–1938  (= Repertories Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt ) Dept. G28 Butzbach (PDF; 119 kB). In: Archive Information System Hessen (Arcinsys Hessen), status: 1992, accessed on September 16, 2016.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ordinance on the division of the country into districts and district courts of July 14, 1821 . In: Grand Ducal Hessian Government Gazette, No. 33, July 20, 1821, p. 409 f.
2. ↑ The assignment of the Freiherrlich von Wetzelschen patrimonial rights in the place Mehlbach to the state on February 27, 1822. In: Großherzoglich Hessisches Regierungsblatt , No. 10, March 13, 1822, p. 149.
3. ↑ The Patrimonial Jurisdictions-Gerechtsame zu Ockstadt and on the Straßheimer Hof transferred from the barons von und zu Frankenstein to the state for exercise of July 13, 1822. In: Großherzoglich Hessisches Regierungsblatt , No. 19, July 5, 1821, p 212.
4. ↑ The assignment of the patrimonial jusidiction to Bayenheim to the state on November 11, 1822. In: G roßherzoglich Hessisches Regierungsblatt , No. 36, December 6, 1822, p. 519.
5. ↑ The exercise of the patrimonial court rights to Beyenheim in der Wetterau to which the Baron von Rau family is entitled on February 3, 1823. In: Großherzoglich Hessisches Regierungsblatt , No. 4, February 12, 1823, p. 35.
6. ↑ Beienheim, Wetteraukreis . In: LAGIS : Historical local dictionary ; As of October 16, 2018.
7. ↑ The union of the previous two von Löwischen patrimonial courts in one district court concerning November 13, 1822. In: Großherzoglich Hessisches Regierungsblatt , No. 36, December 6, 1822, pp. 520f (520).
8. ↑ Announcement of the relocation of the district council seat from Butzbach to Friedberg on October 1, 1829. In: Großherzoglich Hessisches Regierungsblatt , No. 46, October 16, 1829, p. 437.
9. ↑ Art. 1 Edict, the organization of the government agencies subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior and Justice, relating to June 6, 1832. In: Großherzoglich Hessisches Regierungsblatt , No. 55, July 4, 1832, pp. 365–376.
10. ^ Ordinance on the formation of circles in the provinces of Starkenburg and Upper Hesse on August 20, 1832. In: Großherzoglich Hessisches Regierungsblatt , No. 74, September 5, 1832, pp. 561-563 (563).