Territorial division of Saxony
The territorial division of electoral Saxony included until 1806 seven administrative districts and various secular and sacred territorial rule. Since 1527 the Electorate of Saxony was administratively divided into four districts , which were subdivided into associated offices in order to enable better administrative control. In the course of the Schmalkaldic War (1546–1547), a reorganization of Saxony was decided in the Naumburg Treaty in 1553 . A new division of the entire electorate into seven districts took place.
This article lists these seven Saxon districts and offices as well as all other areas under Wettin rule as of 1806, before the rise of the Kingdom of Saxony .
List of districts and offices (status 1806)
Kurkreis
The Kurkreis emerged from the Duchy of Saxony-Wittenberg and the County of Brehna . It existed as an administrative unit until 1815.
Thuringian district
The Thuringian District passed into the possession of the Albertines in 1547 and existed as an administrative unit until 1815.
| Office | Remarks |
|---|---|
| District Office Tennstedt | |
| Office Langensalza | from 1656/57 to 1746 with the Duchy of Saxony-Weißenfels |
| Weißensee Office | from 1656/57 to 1746 with the Duchy of Saxony-Weißenfels |
| Sachsenburg Office | from 1656/57 to 1746 with the Duchy of Saxony-Weißenfels |
| Office Sangerhausen | from 1656/57 to 1746 with the Duchy of Saxony-Weißenfels |
| Eckartsberga Office | from 1656/57 to 1746 with the Duchy of Saxony-Weißenfels |
| Pforta school office | |
| Freyburg Office | from 1656/57 to 1746 with the Duchy of Saxony-Weißenfels |
| Weissenfels Office | from 1656/57 to 1746 with the Duchy of Saxony-Weißenfels |
| Office Tautenburg | 1656/57 to 1718 in the Duchy of Saxony-Zeitz |
| Inheritance meeting with Bailiwick Dorla | Saxon share of the inheritance , administered jointly with Kurmainz and Hessen-Kassel |
| Offices of the Principality of Querfurt | Office Wendelstein , Office Sittichenbach , Office Querfurt , Office Heldrungen , Office Dahme , Office Jüterbog |
Meissnian circle
| Office | Remarks |
|---|---|
| Meissen Hereditary and District Office | with 324 villages |
| Prokuraturamt Meißen | with 35 villages, including the bishop's table goods |
| Meissen Abbey Office | with 22 villages, the property of the cathedral chapter |
| Meissen Education Authority | with approx. 40 villages, for the maintenance of the St. Afra state school |
| Office of Zadel | kgl. Kammergut with the villages of Diera, Nieschütz and Zadel |
| Oberamt Dresden | (143 villages) |
| Office Dippoldiswalde | |
| Pirna Office | |
| Office Hohnstein | with the office of Lohmen |
| Stolpen office | 70 villages |
| Office Radeberg | with the office of Laußnitz |
| Moritzburg Office | |
| Hayn Office (Grossenhain) | |
| Office Zabeltitz | Map of the Zabeltitz office |
| Senftenberg Office | |
| Finsterwalde Office | 1656/57 to 1738 in the Duchy of Saxony-Merseburg |
| Mühlberg Office | |
| Office Oschatz | |
| Office Torgau | with the office of Belgians |
Leipzig district
| Office | Remarks |
|---|---|
| District Office Leipzig | with the office of Taucha |
| Office Chub | came to Leisnig in 1558 |
| Office Düben | |
| Office Eilenburg | |
| Delitzsch Office | 1656/57 to 1738 in the Duchy of Saxony-Merseburg |
| Office Zörbig | 1656/57 to 1738 in the Duchy of Saxony-Merseburg |
| Inheritance Grimma | with the Naunhof office |
| Grimma School Authority | Property of the Princely School of Grimma |
| Office Mutzschen | |
| Leisnig Office | 1558 was the official Döbeln affiliated |
| Office Rochlitz | with the rule of Kriebstein |
| Office Colditz | |
| Office Borna | Pledged to the Duchy of Saxony-Gotha-Altenburg from 1698 to 1722 |
| Office Pegau | 1666 to 1718 in the Duchy of Saxony-Zeitz |
| Office Wurzen | 1581 to 1818 at the Wurzen Abbey |
| Office mucking | 1581 to 1818 at the Wurzen Abbey |
| Office Sornzig | 1581 to 1818 at the Wurzen Abbey |
Erzgebirge district
| Office | Remarks |
|---|---|
| District Office Freiberg | with the rule Ringethal (exclave) and the rule Purschenstein |
| Office Grillenburg | with Tharandt |
| Altenberg Office | |
| Office Frauenstein | |
| Office of Nossen | |
| Office Frankenberg-Sachsenburg | with Frankenberg |
| Chemnitz Office | with the rule of Rabenstein and the rule of Blankenau |
| Office Schellenberg | (later Amt Augustusburg ), with the rule Lichtenwalde |
| Lauterstein office | |
| Office of Selva | with office Rauenstein, rule Greifenstein and rule Weißbach |
| Mill office Annaberg | after 1794 to the office of Wolkenstein |
| Stollberg Office | |
| Grünhain office | with the Schlettau sub-office |
| Schwarzenberg district office | with the sub-office Crottendorf |
| Office Wiesenburg | |
| Reign of Wildenfels | Supreme Court, after 1706 administratively assigned to the Zwickau office |
| Zwickau Office | with Werdau |
Vogtland district
The Vogtland District remained with the Duchy of Saxony-Zeitz from 1656/57 to 1718 .
| Office | Remarks |
|---|---|
| Office of Plauen | |
| Office break | after 1764 mostly mentioned together with Amt Plauen |
| Office Voigtsberg |
Neustadt district
The Neustädter Kreis remained with the Duchy of Saxony-Zeitz from 1656/57 to 1718 . It existed as an administrative unit until 1815.
| Office | Remarks |
|---|---|
| Arnshaugk Office | with Neustadt an der Orla |
| Office Ziegenrück | from 1788 managed jointly with the Arnshaugk office |
| Weida Office | |
| Office Mildenfurth | from 1788 managed jointly with the Weida Office |
Dominion territories
| other areas | District offices |
|---|---|
| Merseburg Monastery (1656/57 to 1738 in the Duchy of Saxony-Merseburg ) |
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| Naumburg-Zeitz Monastery (1656/57 to 1718 in the Duchy of Saxony-Zeitz ) |
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| Kollegiatstift Wurzen (1581–1818 administration by the Wurzen Abbey ) | |
| Margraviate of Upper Lusatia |
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| Margraviate of Niederlausitz (1656/57 to 1738 in the Duchy of Saxony-Merseburg ) |
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| Schönburg regional and class lords (since 1740 under the suzerainty of Electoral Saxony) |
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| County of Stolberg-Stolberg (since 1737 under the sovereignty of Electoral Saxony) | |
| County of Stolberg-Roßla (since 1738 under the suzerainty of Saxony) | |
| Offices jointly owned by the County of Stolberg-Roßla and the Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt (under the suzerainty of Saxony) | |
| Offices of the Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen (under the suzerainty of Saxony) | |
| The Electoral Saxon share in the duchy of Henneberg (since 1583 5/12 under the sovereignty of Electoral Saxony, 1660 to 1718 under the Duchy of Saxony-Zeitz ) |
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| the Saxon part of the reign of Treffurt and the bailiwick of Dorla | Inheritance management with Kurmainz and Hessen-Kassel |
| The Electoral Saxon share in the County of Mansfeld (since 1579 3/5 under the sovereignty of Electoral Saxony) |
See also
literature
- (without naming the author) General plan of the current division of the Chur-Saxon region into Creiße and Aemter. Gerlachische Buchhandlung, Dresden 1783 Digitized in the Saxon State and University Library in Dresden
- Georg Hassel: Statistical outline of all European states - Part 2 , Braunschweig 1805
- Helmut Bräuer : Aspects of administrative development in Saxony during the late Middle Ages and at the beginning of the early modern period . In: Andreas Möller History Prize 2006 and 2007: The history of administration in Saxony and the Freiberg region. Freiberg 2008, pp. 61-70.
- Andreas Oettel: On the administrative structure of Saxony in the 19th and 20th centuries with special consideration of the Freiberg area . In: Andreas Möller History Prize 2006 and 2007: The history of administration in Saxony and the Freiberg region. Freiberg 2008, pp. 79-92.