Oberamt Osternohe

The remains of the Osternohe Castle , the former administrative seat of the Oberamt

The Oberland of the Principality of Bayreuth with the Oberamt Osternohe in the extreme southeast

The Oberamt Osternohe was an administrative area of ​​the Principality of Bayreuth , which was ruled by a branch line of the Hohenzollern until 1791/92 . It formed an exclave to which the village of Hohenstadt belonged to another exclave. It was established in 1694 and existed until 1766. After that it was part of the Oberamt Creußen .

The following places were subordinate to the Oberamt: Algersdorf , Altensittenbach , Bondorf , Entmersberg , Germersberg , Haidling , Hohenstadt , Kreuzbühl , Laitsing, Obermühle , Osternohe , Reckenberg , Reingrub , Schloßberg , Speikern , Steinensittenbach , Vorderer Viehberg and Waizmannsdorf .

literature

• 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 .
• Gertrud Diepolder : Bavarian History Atlas . Ed .: Max Spindler . Bayerischer Schulbuch Verlag, Munich 1969, ISBN 3-7627-0723-5 .
• Friedrich Gottlob Leonhardi : The united Oberamt Creußen, Pegnitz, Schnabelwaid u. Easter son . In: Earth description of the Franconian principalities of Bayreuth and Anspach . Hemmerde and Schwetschke, Halle 1797, p. 233-236 ( digitized version ).

Web links

• The Principality of Bayreuth in the Bavarian Historical Lexicon , accessed on November 21, 2019

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. ↑ Gertrud Diepolder : Bavarian History Atlas . Ed .: Max Spindler . Bayerischer Schulbuch Verlag, Munich 1969, ISBN 3-7627-0723-5 , p. 31, 33 .
3. ↑ The middle authorities (main authorities and higher offices) of the Principality of Bayreuth , accessed on November 22, 2019
4. ^ FG Leonhardi, pp. 235f.

Coordinates: 50 °  N , 11 °  E