Mitschdorf
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| local community | Gœrsdorf | |
| region | Grand Est | |
| Department | Bas-Rhin | |
| Arrondissement | Haguenau-Wissembourg | |
| Coordinates | 48 ° 57 ' N , 7 ° 47' E | |
| Post Code | 67360 | |
| Incorporation | 1973 | |
Mitschdorf (historically also: Mitzingsdorf ) is a district of the French commune of Gœrsdorf in the Bas-Rhin department in the Grand Est region (until 2015 Alsace ).
history
middle Ages
Mitschdorf was a fiefdom from the Bishop of Strasbourg to the Lords of Lichtenberg . During their rule in Lichtenberg, it was assigned to the Wörth office, which was created in the 13th century. Around 1330 there was a first division of land between Johann II. Von Lichtenberg , from the older line of the house, and Ludwig III. from Lichtenberg . Mitschdorf fell into the part of the property that was managed by the older line in the future. 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 Mitschdorf as well - came to Zweibrücken-Bitsch when it was divided.
Modern times
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. Philipp V von Hanau-Lichtenberg immediately carried out the Reformation in the inherited areas , which, like the rest of his dominion, now became Lutheran .
With France's reunification policy under King Louis XIV , the Wörth and Mitschdorf offices came under French sovereignty. After the death of the last Hanau count, Johann Reinhard III. , the inheritance - and with it Mitschdorf - fell in 1736 to the son of his only daughter, Charlotte , the hereditary prince and later Landgrave Ludwig (IX.) of Hesse-Darmstadt . With the upheaval begun by the French Revolution , the Amt Wörth became part of France and dissolved in the subsequent administrative reforms.
On January 1, 1973 Mitschdorf was incorporated into Gœrsdorf.
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).