Oberamt Bieberstein
The (Ober) -amt Bieberstein was a judicial and administrative unit of the clerical principality of Fulda and the principality of Nassau-Oranien-Fulda .
history
In the Hochstift Fulda
According to the monastery interest registers, Fulda owned real estate in "Biberaha" very early on. This was secured by the Bieberstein Castle , which formed the core of the later office. Spatially, the later office coincided with the existing Zent Bieberstein. However, the office of Schackau was part of the Zent but not of the office and the places Batten, Theiden, Seiferts and Findlos belonged to the office but to the Würzburgian Zent Hilders. This condition has long been controversial. In 1589 Fulda recognized the central sovereignty of the four villages. In 1683 Fulda acquired central sovereignty over the four villages in an exchange agreement with Würzburg.
The Bieberstein office was first mentioned in a document around 1300. In the following centuries the office was pledged multiple times. In 1363 Abbot Henry VII pledged the office to the Meiden brothers. The von Schlitz family acquired a share of the office and sold this share to the von Tann and von Ebersberg families in 1369. In 1440 the monastery bought this part back. Another part of the office was pledged to the von Buchenau family around 1423. From 1410 to 1420 the office of Heinrich von Merlau was pledged, after which it was pledged, together with other offices, to the dioceses of Mainz and Würzburg. This pledge ended in 1443, but in 1449 the knight Karl von Lüder acquired the pledge at the office. In 1467, Boss von Buchenau was the lien holder of the castle, office and court of Bieberstein. 1471 and 1486 Fulda released the office again. After that it remained under the direct administration of the monastery.
In the 18th century the office was called Oberamt. This was only a designation that characterized the size of the office; it was not associated with a superordinate role over other offices.
scope
At the end of the HRR, the office consisted of Allmus , Armenhof , Batten , Bieberstein, Brand , Dietges , Egelmes , Elters , Findlos , Gotthards , Gruben , Hausarmen , Hofbieber , Kermes , Kielos , Langenbieber , Liebhards , Mahlerts , Margretenhaun (half), Melperts , Niederbieber , Oberbernhards , Obernüst , Rödergrund , Sandberg , Schwarzbach , Seiferts , Steens , Thaiden , Thiergarten , Traisbach , Unterbernhards , Wallings , Weihershof , Wiesen , Wittges and Wolferts .
Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda
The Principality of Nassau-Oranien-Fulda came into being on the basis of the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss 1803. With regard to jurisdiction and administration, the rulers' ordinance on January 8, 1803 reorganized the existing offices. The Oberamt Bieberstein was expanded to include a part of Margretenhaun from the Centoberamt Fulda . The office was now called an office of the first class.
Grand Duchy of Frankfurt
In 1806 the Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda was occupied by the French and in 1810 it became part of the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt . In the French era , the name of the office was the city of Fulda (the other offices were called the district mairie ), the structure did not change (see court organization in the Grand Duchy of Frankfurt ). In particular, the separation of the judiciary from the administration was not introduced.
According to the final act of the Congress of Vienna on July 9, 1815, the office was transferred to the Electorate of Hesse . With the organizational edict for the Grand Duchy of Fulda of December 28, 1816, the Bieberstein office was dissolved. One half was assigned to the Fulda Regional Office and the other half to the Hünfeld Office .
(Head) officials
- Friedrich Freiherr von und zu der Tann [1800] Oberamtmann
- Georg Joseph von Wagner [1755] senior bailiff
literature
- Anneliese Hofemann: Studies on the development of the territory of the imperial abbey of Fulda and its offices. 1958, pp. 51-57.
- Fuldaer Land / Rommerz in the 19th century from Heinrich Jakob Stöhr: Concept, scope and organization of the state of Fulda in the 19th century in the Fuldaer Geschichtsbl Blätter 1934
- The Fürstlichen Hochstift Fulda state and state calendar, 1800, p. 91, digitized
- Carl Gottlob Dietmann , Johann Georg Estor : New European State and Travel Geography. 1755, p. 251, digitized .
Coordinates: 50 ° 34 ′ 24 " N , 9 ° 51 ′ 4" E