Landscape of the former Principality of Hildesheim

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The Haus der Landschaft 1818–1945 in Hildesheim (rebuilt after being destroyed in the war in 1975, today the city archive)
Location of the landscape of the former Principality of Hildesheim (dark red) in Lower Saxony

The landscape of the former principality of Hildesheim (also Hildesheim landscape ) is a landscape association of the former principality of Hildesheim . She is a member of the Hildesheim Regional Association .

history

Seal mark Hildesheim landscape

The landscape of the former principality of Hildesheim initially consisted of four curiae: the cathedral chapter of the diocese of Hildesheim, the seven donors, the knighthood and the cities, whereby the city ​​of Hildesheim only participated when it came to the allocation of imperial taxes. State parliaments were held annually, initially from 1232 in the open air near Detfurth , due to the Hildesheim collegiate feud from 1523 in Hildesheim. Originally the landscape only had the right to tax permits. In the 16th century she was also involved in legislating. It survived the secularization of the prince-bishopric in 1802, but was not lifted until the rule of the Kingdom of Westphalia , which began in 1807 .

After the principality fell to the Kingdom of Hanover in 1813 , the landscape was re-established. An ordinance of October 26, 1818 decreed the dissolution of the curiae of the cathedral chapter and the monasteries and the admission of three representatives of the peasantry to the curia of the cities and limited the responsibilities of the countryside and all provincial estates to regional matters in favor of the Hanoverian assembly of estates . The state constitutional law of 1840 confirmed in this context both the participation in the tax approval and in the legislation. From 1818, the country had its headquarters in the former Brabeck 'rule yard.

After the annexation of the Kingdom of Hanover by Prussia in 1866, a royal decree of September 22, 1867 allowed the Hildesheim landscape to exist like the other Hanover provincial landscapes. However, they were deprived of all participation in legislation and were no longer allowed to call themselves assemblies of estates, but only landscapes. With the first written constitution of the landscape of September 22nd, 1886, which in principle applies to the present day, a new third curia for the landowning peasantry was established.

Today's organization

According to the statutes, the three curiae of the Hildesheim landscape meet once a year to form an ordinary state parliament .

The first curia is that of the Hildesheim knighthood , which itself also forms a corporation under public law . Today it includes the owners of the 41 goods of the former principality that are listed in the knight's register.

The second curia, that of the cities, today consists of representatives of the cities of Hildesheim, Alfeld , Goslar , Peine , Bockenem , Elze , Gronau , Sarstedt and Dassel elected by the respective city councils , with the city of Hildesheim being the only one allowed to send two representatives.

The representatives of the third curia, that of the rural landowners, are elected today by the competent district assemblies. The chairman of the knighthood chairs the state parliaments.

The highest organ between the state parliaments is a committee made up of two representatives from each curia. The administration is a country Counsel before. The landscape is a member of the Hildesheim Regional Association . Today it has its seat in the imperial house .

Others

The Hildesheimer Landschaft was a co-founder of the Landschaftliche Brandkasse Hannover and is therefore one of the carriers of the VGH insurance today .

literature

  • Schmidt-Salzen, Wolf-Nikolaus, Handbook of the Lower Saxony State Parliament and Estates History, Volume 1: 1500–1806, ed. v. Brage bei der Wieden, Hannover 2004
  • Ernst Schubert (Hrsg.): Politics, Constitution, Economy from the 9th to the end of the 15th Century (= History of Lower Saxony, Vol. II, 1), Hanover 1997, ISBN 3-7752-5900-7

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Website of the landscape of the former Principality of Hildesheim