Merkwiller
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| local community | Merkwiller-Pechelbronn | |
| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Haguenau-Wissembourg | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 56 ' N , 7 ° 50' E | |
| Post Code | 67250 | |
Merkwiller ( German Merkweiler ) is one of two districts of the French commune Merkwiller-Pechelbronn in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).
history
Merkweiler belonged to the Amt Wörth of the Lichtenberg rule , which was created in the 13th century. When Jakob von Lichtenberg, the last male member of the house, died in 1480 , the inheritance was shared between his two nieces, Anna and Elisabeth. Anna had married Count Philipp IV of Hanau (1514–1590), Elisabeth von Lichtenberg (* 1444; † 1495) Simon IV. Wecker von Zweibrücken-Bitsch . The Wörth office - and thus also Merkweiler - came to Zweibrücken-Bitsch when the division was divided. In 1570 there was another inheritance that brought the Wörth office to the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg : Count Jakob von Zweibrücken-Bitsch (* 1510; † 1570) and his brother Simon V. Wecker , who died in 1540, each left only one daughter as heir. Count Jakob's daughter, Margarethe (* 1540; † 1569), was married to Philipp V von Hanau-Lichtenberg (* 1541; † 1599). The legacy resulting from this constellation also included the second half of the former Lichtenberg rule, which was not already governed by Hanau-Lichtenberg. In the 15th century it was still proven to be part of the Lichtenberg rule, but this is no longer the case at the end of the 18th century.
literature
- Fritz Eyer: The territory of the Lords of Lichtenberg 1202-1480. Investigations into the property, the rule and the politics of domestic power of a noble family from the Upper Rhine . In: Writings of the Erwin von Steinbach Foundation . 2nd edition, unchanged in the text, by an introduction extended reprint of the Strasbourg edition, Rhenus-Verlag, 1938. Volume 10 . Pfaehler, Bad Neustadt an der Saale 1985, ISBN 3-922923-31-3 (268 pages).
- Friedrich Knöpp: Territorial holdings of the County of Hanau-Lichtenberg in Hesse-Darmstadt . [typewritten] Darmstadt 1962. [Available in the Hessisches Staatsarchiv Darmstadt , signature: N 282/6].
- Alfred Matt: Bailliages, prévôté et fiefs ayant fait partie de la Seigneurie de Lichtenberg, du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg, du Landgraviat de Hesse-Darmstadt . In: Société d'Histoire et d'Archaeologie de Saverne et Environs (Eds.): Cinquième centenaire de la création du Comté de Hanau-Lichtenberg 1480 - 1980 = Pays d'Alsace 111/112 (2, 3/1980), p 7-9.