Oberamt Saulgau

Map of the Württemberg upper offices (as of 1926)

The Oberamt Saulgau was an administrative district in Württemberg (on attached map # 47) , which was renamed the Saulgau district in 1934 and was merged with most of the Riedlingen district in the Saulgau district in 1938 . For general information on the Württemberg authorities, see Oberamt (Württemberg) .

history

The Oberamt was formed in 1806 exclusively from areas that had come under Württemberg sovereignty with the Pressburg Peace Treaty and the Rhine Confederation Act . The district, which was assigned to the Danube District from 1818 to 1924, bordered the Württemberg regional authorities of Riedlingen , Waldsee and Ravensburg , the Grand Duchy of Baden and the Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (from 1850 Prussian administrative district Sigmaringen ).

Former gentlemen

Oberamt Saulgau with the former rulership and office boundaries (status 1813)
Legend

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

• Vorderösterreich were
  under Austrian sovereignty
  • the city of Saulgau with the associated places Moosheim, Bernhausen, Engenweiler, Nonnenweiler and Wilfertsweiler,
  • the city of Mengen with Heudorf ,
  • the offices of Geigelbach and Schindelbach of the Landvogtei Swabia . Part of the Geigelbach district (later the Boms community ) was pledged to the Teutonic Order.
• Prince of Thurn and Taxis
  The former Waldburg areas that were combined to form the County of Friedberg-Scheer
  • Grafschaft Friedberg: Friedberg , Beizkofen, Bolstern , Bremen (partially), Eichen, Enzkofen, Fulgenstadt, Günzkofen, Haid, Herbertingen , Hohentengen , Jettkofen, Lampertsweiler, Mieterkingen, Ölkofen, Ursendorf, Völlkofen, Wolfartsweiler;
  • Scheer rule: Scheer , Blochingen , Ennetach , Bremen (partially).
• County of Königsegg-Aulendorf : Ebenweiler , Guggenhausen , Hoßkirch , Hüttenreute , Königseggwald with Laubbach, Riedhausen .
• German Order , Coming Altshausen: Altshausen , Ebersbach, Eichstegen, Fleischwangen , Hochberg, Pfrungen.
• Weingarten Imperial Abbey : Blönried, Unter- and Oberwaldhausen.
• Reichsabbey Schussenried : Allmannsweiler .
• Reichsstift Buchau : Bierstetten , Bondorf, Renhardsweiler, Steinbronnen .

(Schussenried and Buchau held high and low courts, the right of taxation was with Austria in each case.)

Communities

Population figures 1829

The following municipalities were subordinate to the Oberamt in 1829:

No.	former parish	Population 1829		today's parish
		evang.	cath.
1	Saulgau	29	2288	Bad Saulgau
2	Allmannsweiler	-	159	Allmannsweiler
3	Altshausen	1	902	Altshausen
4th	Pickling furnace	-	460	Hohentengen
5	Bierstetten	-	186	Bad Saulgau
6th	Blochingen	-	527	amounts
7th	Blönried	-	564	Aulendorf
8th	Bolsters	-	359	Bad Saulgau
9	Boms	1	369	Boms
10	Bondorf	-	183	Bad Saulgau
11	Bremen	-	242	Hohentengen
12	Ebenweiler	-	348	Ebenweiler
13	Ebersbach	-	416	Ebersbach-Musbach
14th	Oak trees	-	147	Hohentengen
15th	Calibration bars	-	308	Calibration bars
16	Ennetach	-	524	amounts
17th	Enzkofen	-	242	Hohentengen
18th	Flesh cheeks	-	203	Flesh cheeks
19th	Friedberg	-	325	Bad Saulgau
20th	Fulgenstadt	-	404	Bad Saulgau
21st	Geigelbach	-	407	Ebersbach-Musbach
22nd	Günzkofen	-	303	Hohentengen
23	Guggenhausen	-	189	Guggenhausen
24	Haid	-	283	Bad Saulgau
25th	Herbertingen	-	1171	Herbertingen
26th	Heudorf	-	338	Scheer
27	Hochberg	-	217	Bad Saulgau
28	Hohen-Tengen	-	351	Hohentengen
29	Hoßkirch	-	356	Hoßkirch
30th	Hüttenreute	-	157	Hoßkirch
31	Jet stove 1	-	277	Ostrach
32	Königseckwald 2	-	551	Koenigseggwald
33	Lampertsweiler	-	201	Bad Saulgau
34	amounts	-	2010	amounts
35	Mieterkingen	-	128	Herbertingen
36	Moosheim	-	274	Bad Saulgau
37	Oelkofen	-	503	Hohentengen
38	Auditions	-	158	Wilhelmsdorf
39	Renhardsweiler	-	169	Bad Saulgau
40	Riedhausen	-	311	Riedhausen
41	Scheer	4th	910	Scheer
42	Schindelbach	-	415	Aulendorf
43	Steinbronnen	-	98	Bad Saulgau
44	Unterwaldhausen	-	162	Unterwaldhausen
45	Ursendorf	-	425	Hohentengen
46	Völkofen 3	-	366	Hohentengen
47	Wolfartsweiler	-	274	Bad Saulgau
	total	35	20100

today's notation:

¹ Jettkofen

² Koenigseggwald

³ Völlkofen

Changes in the community since 1813

Map from the description of the Saulgau Oberamt from 1829

Parishes and marks around 1860

In 1829 Steinbronnen was incorporated into Bierstetten.

Around 1830 Laubbach was separated from Königseggwald and made an independent municipality.

In 1833 Ingenhart was reassigned from Boms to Altshausen.

In 1842 the communities of Braunenweiler, Großtissen (both from the Riedlingen district) and Reichenbach (from the Waldsee district) came to the Saulgau district. Musbach, previously part of the municipality of Aulendorf (Oberamt Waldsee), was raised to the status of an independent municipality and assigned to the Oberamt Saulgau. At the same time, the community of Schindelbach was assigned to the Oberamt Waldsee, as were the places Ebisweiler and Laubbronnen, which were re-municipalityed from Geigelbach to Aulendorf.

In 1850, Königsegg was reassigned from Hoßkirch to Guggenhausen. In addition, around 1850 the domains Arnetsreute, Lichtenfeld and Tiergarten were incorporated into Ebersbach.

In 1935 Burgstock, Figels, Krumbach, Ober- and Untereggatsweiler were reassigned from Reichenbach to Braunenweiler.

Head of office

The Oberamtmen of the Oberamt Saulgau from 1807:

• 1807–1811: Friedrich Ferdinand Hofacker
• 1811–1811: Karl August Golther
• 1811–1817: Immanuel Heinrich Hauff
• 1817–1818: Johann Michael Diesch (Administrator)
• 1818–1822: Immanuel Ferdinand Weihenmaier
• 1822–1847: Gottlieb Heinrich Schüllermann
• 1847–1850: Friedrich Heinrich Ernst Cunradi
• 1850–1863: Gottfried Höschle
• 1863–1864: Gustav Heinrich von Lamparter
• 1864–1867: Ludwig Rominger
• 1867-1892: Ludwig Philipp Elwert
• 1892-1896: Julius Pommer
• 1896–1924: Franz Plazidus Seifriz
• 1924–1934: Wilhelm Reich
• 1934–1936: Wilhelm Dittus (Administrator)
• 1937–1938: Erich Behr (administrative officer)

literature

• Johann Daniel Georg von Memminger : Description of the Oberamt Saulgau . Cotta, Stuttgart and Tübingen 1829. Reprint Bissinger, Magstadt 1982, ISBN 3-7644-0006-4 (The Württemberg Higher Office Descriptions , Volume 6).
• 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 Saulgau District Office  - sources and full texts

• Holdings Wü 65/31 of the Sigmaringen State Archives (files of the Saulgau District Office )