Oberamt Tannenburg

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The (upper) office of Tannenburg was an office of the Prince Provosty of Ellwangen .

history

The Tannenburg was the core of the Ellwangen rule in the area. The castle was probably built in the 11th to 12th centuries by the Ellwangen Abbey and was mentioned in 1223 as the Ellwangische Grenzveste with the von Tannenburg family. In 1463 the prince-provost of Ellwangen acquired the castle and most of the upper office. The hamlet of Hausen bei Hall (locality in Obersontheim ) was acquired in 1764 for 60,000 guilders by the prince-provost of Ellwangen.

The office was called Oberamt in the 18th century. At the head was a noble bailiff. This came from the noble Knöringen family in the 18th century .

In anticipation of the 1803 effective Reichsdeputationshauptschluss , the Oberamt Tannenburg with the prince provost came to Württemberg in 1802 ( kingdom since 1806 ) and was assigned to the new Oberamt Ellwangen .

scope

At the end of the HRR, the Oberamt Tannenburg consisted of the following components: Tannenburg , Bühlertann , Bühlerzell , Bühler , Halden , Fronroth , Gerabronn , Hausen bei Hall , Heilberg , Hettensberg , Hinter- and Vordergantenwald , Holenstein , Kammerstatt , Kottspiel , Mangoldshausen , Rappoltshofen , Senzenberg , Vorder- and Hinteruhlberg , Untersontheim and a number of farms.

Senior officials

literature

  • Aloys Seckler: Complete description of the princes of the Reichs-Propstei Ellwangen: a gift for the eleven-centenary celebration in September 1864, 1864, p. 60 ff., Digitized
  • Claus Fackler: Stiftsadel and Spiritual Territories 1670–1803, 2006, ISBN 978-3-8306-7268-5 , p. 90.