District District Seligenstadt

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The district district of Seligenstadt was a district in the province of Starkenburg of the Grand Duchy of Hesse with its seat in Seligenstadt . Founded in 1821, it was added to the Offenbach district in 1832 .

Prelature wing of the Seligenstadt monastery - the official seat of the district administrator

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 district district Seligenstadt emerged from it

The district consisted of 18 formerly Kurmainzischen , five formerly Hanau-Hessen-Kassel'schen and three knightly places. Except for the chivalrous places, it was a matter of "Dominiallande", that is, areas in which the sovereign rights lay completely with the state. In the places belonging to the Heusenstamm rule, the Counts of Schönborn had patrimonial rights and duties. But even before the restructuring of 1821 it had been agreed between the state and the Counts of Schönborn that “By virtue of an agreement with the patrimonial judge of Heusenstamm, Count of Schönborn, [...] the patriotic judge in the court of Heusenstamm from the district council of Seligenstadt and the district judge in Steinheim in the name of the judge [are] ". In the Seligenstadt office, the state practically owned the full sovereignty.

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

resolution

In the regional reform of 1832, the district councils were dissolved and merged into larger districts . Shortly afterwards, their layout was defined in a further regulation . The District Administrator District Seligenstadt merged it with the District Administrator District Offenbach to Offenbach district . The area of ​​the former Seligenstadt district today belongs mainly to the Offenbach district , the former communities Steinheim and Kleinauheim are now districts of Hanau .

Internal organization

The district district of Seligenstadt was divided into 25 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.

Mayorships

  1. Babenhausen
  2. Beaver
  3. Dietesheim
  4. Dudenhofen
  5. Froschhausen
  6. (Groß-) Steinheim
  7. Hainhausen with Rembrücken
  8. Hainstadt
  9. Harreshausen
  10. Hausen
  11. Hergershausen
  12. Heusenstamm
  13. Jügesheim
  14. Klein-Auheim
  15. Klein-Krotzenburg
  16. Kleinsteinheim
  17. Klein-Welzheim
  18. Lamb game
  19. Mainflingen
  20. Mühlheim am Main
  21. Obertshausen
  22. Seligenstadt
  23. Sickenhofen
  24. Weisskirchen
  25. Zellhausen

The seat of the district administrator of the district of Seligenstadt was the former monastery Seligenstadt .

Parallel specialist administrations

Finances

For the income from state property (the so-called domains ) there were the rent offices . The Seligenstadt Rent Office was responsible for the two districts of Seligenstadt and Offenbach as well as for the Dietzenbach Nieder- and Oberroden mayorships in the Langen district .

The tax administration was separate from this. The Seligenstadt tax district, which was part of the Darmstadt tax authority, was responsible for the district administration . The Seligenstadt tax district was in turn divided into three district taxpayers: 1. Babenhausen with Dudenhofen, Harreshausen, Hergershausen, Sickenhofen and Zellhausen; 2. Seligenstadt with Froschhausen, Hainhausen, Jügesheim, Kleinkrotzenburg, Kleinwelzheim, Mainflingen, Rembrücken and Weißkirchen; 3. Steinheim with Bieber, Dietesheim, Hainstadt, Hausen, Heusenstamm, Kleinauheim, Kleinsteinheim, Lämmerspiel, Mühlheim and Obertshausen; passed.

The district district belongs to the main customs office Offenbach and had a border customs office 1st class in Seligenstadt and a border customs office 2nd class in Steinheim.

Forest

The forest administration of the Seligenstadt district was taken care of by the Seligenstadt forest , which consisted of the following five forest districts : 1. Babenhausen with Harreshausen: 2. Dudenhofen with Hainhausen, Hergershausen, Jügesheim and Sickenhofen; 3. Oberroden with Dietzenbach, Eppertshausen, Messenhausen and Niederroden (all from the district of Langen); 4. Steinheim with Bieber, Dietesheim, Hainstadt, Hausen, Heusenstamm, Kleinauheim, Kleinkrotzenburg, Kleinsteinheim, Lämmerspiel, Mühlheim, Obertshausen, Rembrücken, Weißkirchen, Bürgel and Offenbach (the last two from the Offenbach district); 5. Zellhausen with Froschhausen, Kleinwelzheim, Mainflingen and Seligenstadt.

church

The church administration in the district consisted of the Seligenstadt inspectorate with the following Lutheran parishes: 1. Babenhausen; 2. Dudenhofen; 3. Harreshausen; 4. Sickenhofen with Hergershausen. The Catholic places in the district belonged to the following parishes with their branches: 1. Bieber; 2. Heusenstamm with Obertshausen; 3. Kleinkrotzenburg; 4 Lammerspiel with Hausen; 5. Mainflingen; 6. Mühlheim with Dietesheim; 7. Seligenstadt with Froschhausen, Kleinwelzheim and Zellhausen; 8. Steinheim with Hainstadt, Kleinauheim, and Kleinsteinheim; 9. Weißkirchen with Jügesheim and Rembrücken. The parish of Weißkirchen belongs to the Dieburger Landkapitel, the others to the Rodgau Landkapitel .

Historical description

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

The location and boundaries are described as: “The district lies between 49 ° 55 'and 50 ° 8' north latitude and between 26 ° 27 'and 26 ° 42' east longitude. The Graefenbruch farm is completely surrounded by parts of the Offenbach district. The borders are to the north: the Main; to the east: the Main and the Bavarian Lower Main district; to the south: the Dieburg district; towards the west: the districts of Langen and Offenbach. "

The natural condition as: “a) Surface and soil: The district offers mostly large flat areas, which are only interrupted by a few hills and hills such as Bieber, Heusenstamm, Lammerspiel, Obertshausen, Dietesheim and Mühlheim. Much sandy soil is found, but it is not exactly barren. b) Waters: 1) the Main; 2) the Gersprenz ; 3) the Rodaubach ; 4) the Bieberbach . "

The population as: "This is 18,953 souls, among these are 4009 Lutherans, 14242 Cath., 16 Reform., And 686 Jews, who together live in 3 cities, 23 villages, 2909 houses."

The natural products as: “825 horses, 76 foals, 49 bulls, 606 oxen, 4315 cows, 4634 cattle, 3557 pigs, 5262 sheep, 218 goats. Fish can be found in the Main and in the Gersprenz. Barley and husk are the main types of grain; Millet, flax and tobacco are grown in great abundance and quality, and are major products in many places; Reys, thick beets, legumes; Lignite near Seligenstadt; Peat there and near Froschhausen; Limestone at Bieder in large quantities; Basalte near Dietesheim, Steinheim, Kleinsteinheim; Porphyry at Heusenstamm in great quantity; Broken pavement and brick at Lammerspiel. "

Trade and commerce as: “Agriculture, cattle breeding. The growing of flax and tobacco gives a great deal of food and brings a great deal of money into circulation; the many important quarries employ many people. The cloth manufacturers in Seligenstadt have decreased a lot in recent times. Cloth makers are also in Mühlheim. There are also some red and white tanneries in Seligenstadt . The stocking weavers in Seligenstadt, Kleinkrotzenburg, Froschhausen and Mainflingen mainly work for the Hanau factories. In Babenhausen there is a glue factory, in Mühlheim a factory in knitted woolen goods, just as some silk stocking weavers are there. The copper printing ink factory in Seligenstadt is not insignificant. Several places are engaged in fishing, shipping and timber trading. Flax, tobacco and stones are the main export items. The road from Frankfurt to Baiern goes through the towns of Bieber, Froschhausen and Seligenstadt. "

District administrators

literature

Remarks

  1. ↑ Kleestadt and Langstadt were assigned to the district of Dieburg ( ordinance concerning the division of the country into districts and district courts of July 14, 1821. In: Großherzoglich Hessisches Regierungsblatt , No. 33, July 20, 1821, p. 406).

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. 405.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h 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. 219 ff . ( Text archive - Internet Archive ).
  3. ^ 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. 405.
  4. ↑ 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. 405.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ^ 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 (561).
  7. ↑ Anja Kalinowski: The former Benedictine Abbey Seligenstadt. Guide through the monastery complex and showrooms = edition of the administration of the State Palaces and Gardens of Hesse. Brochure 30. 2nd edition. Schnell + Steiner, Regensburg 2008, p. 11.