Oberamt Lichtenberg

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The Lichtenberg Castle , the former administrative center of Upper Office Lichtenberg
The Oberland of the Principality of Bayreuth with the Oberamt Lichtenberg in the north

The Oberamt Lichtenberg was an administrative area of ​​the Principality of Bayreuth , which was ruled by a branch line of the Hohenzollern until 1791/92 . The Oberamt Lichtenberg was established in 1631 and existed until 1777. In the following year it was incorporated into the Landeshauptmannschaft Hof .

structure

The Oberamt Lichtenberg consisted of two sub-offices, both of which were not geographically linked. On the one hand, this was the Lichtenberg office , which belonged to the core area of ​​the Brandenburg-Bayreuth Oberland and formed its north-western part. The second part of the office was the office of Lauenstein , which was an exclave of the principality located northwest of the Oberland. In view of these geographical conditions, the Oberamt represented a kind of miniature version of the Principality of Bayreuth, which, with the Upper Franconian Oberland and the Middle Franconian Unterland itself, consisted of two separate areas.

literature

  • Friedrich Gottlob Leonhardi : Oberamt Lichtenberg . In: Earth description of the Franconian principalities of Bayreuth and Anspach . Hemmerde and Schwetschke, Halle 1797, p. 165-174 ( digitized version ).
  • Helmut Delmattio: Kronach - The Altlandkreis . In: Historical Atlas of Bavaria . Commission for Bavarian State History, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-7696-9698-0 .
  • Gertrud Diepolder : Bavarian History Atlas . Ed .: Max Spindler . Bayerischer Schulbuch Verlag, Munich 1969, ISBN 3-7627-0723-5 .
  • Sigmund Benker, Andreas Kraus (Ed.): History of Franconia up to the end of the 18th century . 3. Edition. Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-39451-5 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sigmund Benker, Andreas Kraus (ed.): History of Franconia up to the end of the 18th century . 3. Edition. Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-39451-5 , p. 759 .
  2. ↑ The middle authorities (main authorities and higher offices) of the Principality of Bayreuth , accessed on November 22, 2019
  3. ↑ Kronach - The Altland District . In: Historical Atlas of Bavaria . S. 297 .
  4. ↑ Gertrud Diepolder : Bavarian History Atlas . Ed .: Max Spindler . Bayerischer Schulbuch Verlag, Munich 1969, ISBN 3-7627-0723-5 , p. 32 .

Coordinates: 50 °  N , 12 °  E