List of gentlemen in Niederlausitz
The list of dominions in Niederlausitz contains dominions in Niederlausitz from the Middle Ages to modern times.
Niederlausitz was divided into numerous small lordships, some of which continued until 1945.
history
By the 13th century at the latest, there were lordships in Lower Lusatia who exercised special rights such as feudal rights and their own jurisdiction. At first these were Cottbus , Sorau and Storkow . In the following centuries, other rulers were added. Since the 15th century these were represented as a separate estate, the gentleman's curia , in the state parliament. In 1449 the following gentlemen were named: Forst, Sorau, Spremberg, Sonnewalde, Straupitz, Lieberose, Cottbus, Schenkendorf, Teupitz and Zossen.
Some were subsequently acquired by the sovereigns and lost their special status or came under Brandenburg suzerainty (Storkow, Zossen, Teupitz). Since 1669 the following were considered rulers in the Niederlausitzer Landtag: Neuzelle , Dobrilugk , Friedland and Schenkendorf , as well as Forst-Pförten , Sorau , Spremberg , Leuthen , Sonnewalde , Drehna , Straupitz , Lieberose , Lübbenau and Amtitz . This classification was valid until the 19th century.
After Lower Lusatia passed to the Kingdom of Prussia in 1815, the rulers gradually lost their prominent status and rights, above all their own jurisdiction to the municipal offices. Nonetheless, some of the traditional structures remained in place until 1945.
Gentlemen
Existed as rulers in Niederlausitz
Clergy or former clergy
More gentlemen
- Dominion Amtitz
- Baruth reign
- Beeskow reign
- Dominion Cottbus
- Finsterwalde reign
- Forest rulership
- Lordship of Golßen
- Reign of Drehna
- Lordship of Leuthen
- Reign Lieberose
- Lordship of Lübbenau
- Reign of Pförten
- Reign of Reichwalde
- Senftenberg reign
- Lordship of Sonnewalde
- Spremberg reign
- Lordship of Sorau
- Lordship of Storkow
- Straupitz reign
- Reign of Teupitz
- Reign of Triebel
- Reign of Vetschau
- Reign Zauche
- Reign of Zossen
Some other properties also referred to themselves as lordships , but did not exercise any special rights of their own and were not recognized as such by the Niederlausitz administrations and state parliaments.
The cities of Calau , Guben , Lübben and Luckau never formed their own rulers and always remained in the immediate vicinity of the country.
literature
- Rudolf Lehmann : The gentlemen in Lower Lusatia. Studies of origin and history. Böhlau, Cologne and Graz 1966 (= Central German Research, Volume 40) ( digitized version )