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The (Ober-) Amt Motten (also Amt Werberg ) was a judicial and administrative unit of the clerical principality of Fulda and the principality of Nassau-Oranien-Fulda .

history

Fulda

In 837, Count Burgrat gave Motten to the Fulda monastery. The town was the seat of a fuldischen free court and part of fuldischen centering Brückenau. In the 13th century there were legal disputes in which King Rudolf tried to declare moths an imperial property . That was part of the policy of revindications . As the royal bailiff of the Wetterau, Reinhard von Hanau represented the king in this matter. On May 17, 1275 there was a recess between Reinhard von Hanau and Abbot Berthous. In it, von Hanau declared that Fulda would not be curtailed unless he received a direct royal order to do so. The king issued this order on July 9, 1275: Motten should take possession of Hanau for the king. On March 18, 1277 Ludwig von Ziegenhain (who had received Motten von Fulda as a fief ) followed this order. The king enfeoffed Reinhard von Hanau on July 19, 1277 with moths as an imperial fief.

At an unknown later date, Fulda must have bought back Motten. On October 12, 1327 Abbot Heinrich VI pledged the Werberg castle and office to the Küchenmeister family. The previous fiefdom taker was Konrad von Trimberg . In 1361 the pledge was redeemed, but in 1362 the next pledge of Werberg Castle and the Motten an von Hutten court took place. In 1391 the von Hutten sold an eighth of their office - without Fulda's consent - to the Mainz bishop Konrad and granted Mainz the right to open the castle. Fulda sued against this and was right in 1404. von Hutten was obliged to pay damages and to return the goods. In 1484 Fuld acquired a quarter of the office back. In 1540, the pledge for the remainder (which made up 5000 pounds Fulda Heller) was canceled by Fulda. The repatriation of the remaining shares, which were held by various properties, dragged on for decades. Until 1594 there was a process before the Reich Chamber of Commerce over claims to office. Most recently, Fulda was the sole owner.

The starting point of the Fulda rule was initially Werberg Castle, which was the official seat, while Motten was the court seat. After the castle was destroyed in 1403, Motten also became the official seat, even if the term Amt Werberg is later found in documents.

In the 18th century the office was called Oberamt. Formally, a noble bailiff was at its head. However, this office was sinecure at the end of the HRR . In fact, the chief official was actually the bailiff.

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 office moths remained unchanged. The office now bore the designation of an Oberamt III. Class. By announcement of March 22, 1805 it was dissolved and the places assigned to the office of Brückenau .

scope

At the end of the HRR , the Oberamt consisted of Altglashütten , Dalherda , Dörrenberg , Kothen , Motten, Neuglashütten , Stellberg and Werberg . Altglashütten, Dalherda, Dörrenberg and Neuglashütten only became part of the office in the 18th century. Dalherda was sold to Fulda in 1715 by the von Mauschenheim-Bechtolsheim family.

Personalities

literature

  • Anneliese Hofemann: Studies on the development of the territory of the imperial abbey of Fulda and its offices. 1958, pp. 133-136.
  • 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
  • Of the Princely Hochstift Fulda State and Stand Calendar, 1800, p. 94, digitized