Oberamt Geislingen

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The Oberamt Geislingen was an administrative district in Württemberg (on attached map # 16) , which was renamed District Geislingen in 1934 and dissolved in 1938. The largest part of the district was added to the district of Göppingen , eight communities came to the district of Ulm and one to the district of Münsingen . For general comments on the Württemberg upper offices, see Oberamt (Württemberg) .

history

Oberamt Geislingen, territorial status 1813, with the previous rule and office boundaries
legend

The city of Geislingen and most of the surrounding places belonged to the territory of the imperial city of Ulm until 1802 , fell to Bavaria with the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss and came to Württemberg by state treaty in 1810. The Oberamt Geislingen, which was formed in the same year, was also incorporated into the short-lived Oberamt Wiesensteig. Neighbors of the district, which was assigned to the Danube District from 1818 to 1924, were the Württemberg regional authorities of Ulm , Heidenheim , Göppingen , Gmünd , Blaubeuren , Münsingen , Urach and Kirchheim .

Former gentlemen

In 1813, after the regional reform was completed, the district was made up of parts that had belonged to the following rulers in 1800:

  • Imperial City of Ulm
    All of the communities named in the list with a predominantly Protestant population belonged to the Lower Rule, whose administrative center was Geislingen .
  • Kurbayern
    The rule Wiesensteig comprised the places Wiesensteig, Deggingen, Ditzenbach, Drackenstein, Gosbach, Hohenstadt (1/2), Mühlhausen, Reichenbach and Westerheim. In 1806 it came under Württemberg sovereignty by means of the Rhine Confederation Act .
  • Duchy of Württemberg
    The old Württemberg half of Hohenstadt was subordinate to the Oberamt Göppingen.
  • Imperial Knighthood The following gentlemen were registered with
    the knightly canton of Kocher, the Swabian knighthood, which fell to Bavaria in 1806 and were ceded to Württemberg in 1810:

Communities

Population figures 1842

The following municipalities were subordinate to the Oberamt in 1842:

Parishes and marks around 1860
former parish Population 1842 today's parish
evangel. catholic
Geislingen 2312 33 Geislingen an der Steige
Altenstadt 852 - Geislingen an der Steige
Amstetten 313 - Amstetten
Aufhausen 506 - Geislingen an der Steige
Böhmenkirch 1 1694 Böhmenkirch
Bräunisheim 251 1 Amstetten
Deggingen 5 1862 Deggingen
Ditzenbach 2 556 Bad Ditzenbach
Donzdorf 1 1946 Donzdorf
Drackenstein - 264 Drackenstein
Eybach 270 419 Geislingen an der Steige
Went 1410 - Went to the Fils
Gosbach 1 788 Bad Ditzenbach
Great cuties 1245 - Cuties
Hausen ad Fils 317 - Bad Ueberkingen
Hofstett-Emmerbuch 1 218 1 Amstetten
Hohenstadt - 403 Hohenstadt
Little cuties - 189 Cuties
cake 1174 - cake
Mulhouse 12 483 Mühlhausen in the valley
Nenningen 18th 451 Lauterstein
Oppingen 183 - Nellingen
Reichenbach 32 627 Deggingen
Schalkstetten 32 627 Amstetten
Cut pieces - 285 Böhmenkirch
Steinenkirch 347 10 Böhmenkirch
Stötten 223 - Geislingen an der Steige
Stubersheim 302 - Amstetten
Treffelhausen - 334 Böhmenkirch
Türkheim 436 1 Geislingen an der Steige
Ueberkingen 509 - Bad Ueberkingen
Unter-Boehringen 882 1 Bad Ueberkingen
Waldhausen 137 - Geislingen an der Steige
hamlet 186 - Geislingen an der Steige
Weissenstein 8th 728 Lauterstein
Westerheim 1 940 Westerheim
Wiesensteig 35 1477 Wiesensteig
total 12437 13711
1today's spelling Hofstett-Emerbuch

Changes in the community since 1813

Around 1825 Hofstett am Steig was changed from Geislingen to Weiler.

In 1912 Altenstadt was incorporated into Geislingen.

In 1933, large and small sweeties were merged to form the Süßen community.

Head of office

The Oberamtmen of the Oberamt Geislingen from 1810 to 1938:

literature

  • Christoph Friedrich von Stälin (ed.): Description of the Oberamt Geislingen . New edition. Unchangeable photomechan. Reprint [d. Edition] Stuttgart u. Tübingen, Cotta, 1842. Reprint Magstadt (near Stuttgart): Horst Bissinger KG Verlag und Druckerei, 1976. (Descriptions of the Württemberg Oberamts, Vol. 17). ISBN 3-7644-0017-X
  • Wolfram Angerbauer (Red.): The heads of the upper offices, district offices and district offices in Baden-Württemberg from 1810 to 1972 . Published by the working group of the district archives at the Baden-Württemberg district assembly. Theiss, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-8062-1213-9 .

Web links

Wikisource: Description of the Geislingen Oberamt from 1842  - sources and full texts