District District Heppenheim

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The district of Heppenheim was a district in the Grand Duchy of Hesse , in the province of Starkenburg , with its seat in Heppenheim . Founded in 1821, it went up in 1832 in the Bensheim district .

history

Emergence

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

The district council thus contained two "Old Hessen" ( Upper County Katzenelnbogen ), eight formerly Electoral Mainz and six formerly belonging to the diocese of Worms . All of them were in the “Dominiallanden”, in which sovereign rights lay completely with the state and patrimonial courts of the nobility did not exist.

The tasks of the judiciary of the first instance , which had performed the now dissolved offices, were transferred to the newly established Lorsch Regional Court .

The End

In the regional reform of 1832, the district councils were dissolved and merged into larger districts . Their layout was determined in a further regulation . The district of Heppenheim merged with the district of Bensheim in the new district of Bensheim .

Internal organization

The district was divided into 12 mayorships , which were subordinate to the district administrator. Several smaller towns were often administered by a mayor's office. In accordance with the municipal ordinance of June 30, 1821, the municipalities were headed by an elected local council, which was composed of a mayor, aldermen and council. Schultheiss were no longer used. These 12 mayorships were:

  1. Biblis
  2. Bürstadt
  3. Großhausen with Jägersburg
  4. Großrohrheim
  5. Heppenheim
  6. Hofheim with Bobstadt
  7. Kleinhausen
  8. Lampertheim
  9. Lorsch with Seehof
  10. Nordheim
  11. Viernheim
  12. Wattenheim

Parallel administrations

Finances

The tax offices were responsible for the income from state property (the so-called domains ) . The Lampertheim Rent Office was responsible for the entire district .

The tax administration was separate from this. The Bensheim chief taker was responsible for the district administration. This was subordinated to three district takers.

  1. Biblis with Bobstadt, Großrohrheim, Hofheim, Nordheim and Wattenheim
  2. Heppenheim with Großhausen, Kleinhausen, Lorsch and Seehof
  3. Lampertheim with Bürstadt and Viernheim

The district council belongs to the main customs office in Heppenheim and had two border secondary customs offices of the second class in Viernheim and at the Lampertheimer hut.

Forest

The forest administration of the Heppenheim district was taken care of by the Heppenheim forest , which consisted of the following five forest districts : 1. Heppenheim with Erbach, Kirschhausen, Oberhambach, Sonderbach, Unterhambach and Walderlenbach; 2. Lampertheim with Seehof; 3. Lorsch with Bobstadt, Bürstadt, Hofheim, Kleinhausen, Nordheim, Wattenheim and Auerbach; 4. Viernheim; 5. Wimpfen with Hochstadt, Helmhof, Finkenhof, Kohlhütte and Kürnbach (from the Wimpfen district). The places Biblis, Großhausen and Jägersburg belong to the Jägersburg forest district of the Jugenheim forest .

church

The church administration consisted of the Heppenheim inspectorate with the Lutheran parish of Großrohrheim and the two Evangelical-Protestant parishes of Lampertheim with Neuschloß and Hüttenfeld and Nordheim with Bobstadt and Hofheim. The Catholic places were divided into the following parishes: Biblis with Wattenheim; Bürstadt; Heppenheim with Erbach, Igelsbach, Kirschhausen, Oberhambach, Soderbach, Unterhambach and Walderlenbach (all with the exception of Heppenheim from the Lindenfeis district); Hofheim with Bobstadt and Nordheim; Lampertheim; Lorsch with Kleinhausen; Viernheim. Except for the parishes Hofheim and Lampertheim, all others were subordinate to the Bergstrasse regional chapter . The place Großhausen is a branch of the Lutheran parish Schwanheim of the Bensheim inspectorate .

Historical description

The "Statistical-topographical-historical description of the Grand Duchy of Hesse" reported in 1829 about the district of Heppenheim:

Location and boundaries are described as: “The district lies between 49 °, 32 'and 49 °, 44' north latitude and between 26 °, 3 'and 26 °, 22' east longitude. Its borders are to the north: the district of Bensheim; to the east: the Lindenfels district and the Grand Duchy of Baden; to the south: the Grand Duchy of Baden; to the west: the Grand Duchy of Baden and the Rhine. "

The natural quality as: “a. Surface and soil. The whole district forms a large plain, and only a very small part of the eastern side has undulating elevations, like the Starkenburg, which in 1320 Hess. (1016 par.) Feet above sea level. The soil is usually very mixed with sand, which does not affect its fertility. At Virnheim, however, the soil partly turns into drifting sand. b. Waters: 1) the Rhine; 2) the Weschnitz . "

The population as: “This is 21,788 souls; Among these are in 2010 Lutherans, 3786 Evangelical Protestant, 15,489 Catholics, 21 Reformists and 482 Jews, who together inhabit 1 town, 4 market towns, 10 villages, 1 hamlet, 2982 houses in total. ”
The natural products as:“ 1686 horses, 445 foals ; 52 bulls; 199 ox; 3844 cows; 1936 cattle; 3591 pigs; 737 sheep; 229 goats; 4 donkeys. - Fishes. Much grain, especially wheat, especially at Biblis; Grain, barley, husk , millet and catfish grain ; Forage herbs, such as clover, hay, beets, a lot of potatoes, oil plants, vegetables; Wine, especially popular with the Starkenburger; There is also some viticulture at Nordheim; a lot of tobacco, almost the main product, the best at Virnheim; Hemp; a lot of peat at Lampertheim. "

Trade and trade as: “Agriculture and cattle breeding. Cattle breeding is important in some places. Several communities, namely Lampertheim, have tree nurseries in which many grafted trunks are grown. The milling industry is only important in Heppenheim. Lampertheim has a tobacco factory. Tanneries and linen bleaching shops are located in Heppenheim. 1 salmiak factory, as well as 1 glue and 1 soap boiler at Neuschloß. Tobacco, especially in leaves, is widely sold; a lot of grain is also exported; some hay; then a lot of peat, especially to Worms. The cattle markets in Großrohrheim put a lot of money into circulation. The main street from Darmstadt through Bergstrasse only touches Heppenheim; a street connects Lorsch with Bensheim. "

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ordinance on the division of the country into districts and district courts of July 14, 1821. In: Großherzoglich Hessisches Regierungsblatt , No. 33, July 20, 1821, p. 403 f.
  2. ↑ Ordinance on the division of the country into districts and district courts of July 14, 1821. In: Großherzoglich Hessisches Regierungsblatt , No. 33, July 20, 1821, p. 404.
  3. ↑ Art. 1 Edict, the organization of the government authorities subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior and Justice, relating to June 6, 1832. In: Großherzoglich Hessisches Regierungsblatt No. 55 of July 4, 1832, pp. 365–376.
  4. ^ Ordinance on the formation of circles in the provinces of Starkenburg and Oberhessen on August 20, 1832. In: Großherzoglich Hessisches Regierungsblatt No. 74, September 5, 1832, pp. 561–563 (562).
  5. ^ M. Borchmann, D. Breithaupt, G. Kaiser: Kommunalrecht in Hessen . W. Kohlhammer Verlag, 2006, ISBN 3-555-01352-1 , p. 20 ( partial view on google books ).
  6. ↑ a b c d Georg W. Wagner: Statistical-topographical-historical description of the Grand Duchy of Hesse: Province of Starkenburg . tape 1 . Carl Wilhelm Leske, Darmstadt October 1829, p. 104 ff . ( Text archive - Internet Archive ).