Hirschhorn district

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The Hirschhorn district was a district in the Grand Duchy of Hesse in the Starkenburg province with its seat in Hirschhorn . Founded in 1821, it went up in 1832 in the Lindenfels 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 courts (responsible for jurisdiction). The Hirschhorn district emerged from:

The district council belonged completely to the "Dominiallanden", the areas of the Grand Duchy in which patrimonial courts did not exist.

The tasks of the judiciary of the first instance , which had carried out the now dissolved offices, were transferred to the newly established Hirschhorn 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 Hirschhorn merged with the district of Lindenfels and the district of Wimpfen in the new district of Lindenfels .

Internal organization

The district council was divided into four mayor's offices , 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 four mayorships were:

  1. Hirschhorn with Hainbrunn , Igelsbach and the Hammelbacher Hof ,
  2. Langenthal ,
  3. Neckarsteinach with Darsberg , Grein and Neckarhausen and
  4. Unterschönmattenwaag with Corsika , Ludwigsdorf and Schönbrunn .

Parallel administrations

Finances

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

The tax administration was separate from this. The Hirschorn tax district was responsible for the district administration, which in addition to the districts included the Wimpfen district administration and the Beerfelden district collection from the Erbach district administration and belonged to the Bensheim administration .

The district belonged to the main customs office in Heppenheim and had two border secondary customs offices of the second class in Hirschhorn and Necksteinach.

Forest

The forest administration of the Hirschhorn district was taken care of by the Hirschhorn and Waldmichelbach forest districts of the Waldmichelbach forest .

church

The church administration consisted of the Protestant parishes Neckarsteinach with Darsberg, Grein and Langenthal which were not assigned to an inspectorate. The Catholic parishes of Hirschhorn with Hainbrunn and the Hammelbacher Hof, Neckarsteinach with Darsberg, Grein and Langenthal, Unterschonmattenwaag with Schönbrunn were not assigned to any regional chapter. Neckarhausen belongs to the Baden Protestant parish of Dilsberg and the Catholic parish of Schönau.

Historical description

The statistical-topographical-historical description of the Grand Duchy of Hesse reports in 1829 on the Hirschhorn district:

The location is described as: “The district lies between 49 ° 24 'and 49 ° 33' north latitude and between 26 ° 29 'and 26 ° 38' south longitude and, apart from a very small part, along the right bank of the Neckar. The borders are to the north: the districts of Lindenfels and Erbach; to the east: the district of Erbach; towards the south the Neckar; to the west the Grand Duchy of Baden. "

The natural constitution as: “a) surface and soil; The extensions of the Oodenwald mountains extend into this district and cross it in several directions. The area is very rough in general, but on the whole quite fertile. b) Waters: 1) the Neckar 2) the Ulven , Lax , Kerben or Schwarzbach; 3) the Finkenbach ; 4) the Steinach . "

The population as: “This is 4723 souls; 44 of them are Lutherans; 1502 Evangelical Protestant; 3,067 Catholics; 5 Reformists and 105 Jews, who together live in 2 cities, 7 villages, 3 hamlets, a total of 579 houses. "
The natural products as:" 37 horses; 3 foals; 6 bulls; 142 ox; 743 cows; 209 cattle; 497 pigs; 91 sheep; 121 goats; 9 donkeys. The waters have a lot of fish. In addition to the common fruits, Unterschönmaitenwaag in particular produces a lot of Buchwaizen. There are many quarries "

Trade and commerce as: “Agriculture, animal husbandry, fishing, shipping, shipbuilding, handicrafts. At Neckarsteinach there is a tobacco factory, just as there are red tanneries there, some of which are factory-made, deliver good goods, and sell such goods abroad. At Hirschhorn is an iron hammer, there are 2 brick huts, 3 grinding mills, as well as 1 oil and 1 cutting mill. There is a paper mill in Unterschönmaitenwaag. The timber rafting on the Neckar, the Ulven and Finkenbach is important; no less the trade in wood, Lohrinden and coal. Many Lohrinden go especially in the Württemberg region. Many people feed on breaking stones; In general, the residents of the district are very industrial. "

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. 407.
  2. ^ A b c d e f 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. 111 ff . ( Text archive - Internet Archive ).
  3. ↑ 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. 407.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ^ 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 (562).
  6. ^ 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 ).