Diemel's Higher Justice Office

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The Oberjustizamt der Diemel (1814-1816 Oberamt ) was a judicial and administrative unit in the Principality of Waldeck from 1814 to 1850 .

history

On January 28, 1814, Prince Georg Heinrich issued a constitution , the Organizational Edict . In this imposed constitution, which came about without the participation of the estates or the people, a reorganization of the principalities of Waldeck and Pyrmont into four upper offices was regulated, which should replace the previous offices. There were now three main offices in Waldeck, that of Diemel (Arolsen), that of Eisenberg (Korbach) and that of Eder (Wildungen). In addition there was the Upper Office of Pyrmont. Within each of these higher offices, two judicial officers and a secretary formed the higher office judicial court as the first instance. The patrimonial courts and the city courts were repealed. De facto, this would have separated the administration and the judiciary . The Oberamt der Diemel consisted of the previous offices of Rhoden , Eilhausen , Arolsen , Landau and Wetterburg and the cities of Rhoden , Arolsen , Landau and Mengeringhausen .

This regulation provoked a storm of protest among the Waldeck estates . The president of the estates, Carl Friedrich von Dalwigk, was the spokesman for the opposition, which ultimately prevailed. In 1814 and 1815 there were state estates (deputation days) under the old law. The result of the negotiations between the prince and the estates was the constitutional charter for the principality of Waldeck from April 19, 1816, the so-called state treaty . Therein it was regulated that now five higher offices were established. The judicial officers were also given the tasks of police administration, so that the separation between administration and justice was lifted again. The patrimonial courts also continued to exist. At the level of the senior offices, senior office renting companies were set up for the financial administration. One of these five upper offices was the Diemel's higher justice office , but now based in Rhoden. At the head was now a senior justice officer who was assigned a secretary.

Rhoden Castle, the official seat

The Diemel's higher justice office consisted of the previous offices of Rhoden and Eilhausen as well as the places Schmillinghausen , Herbsen and Hörle of the previous office of Arolsen.

With the March Revolution of 1848/49 , the separation of administration and justice as part of the March demands was discussed again. The reformed state constitution of May 23, 1849 regulated this separation in Title VII “from the judiciary”. For the former Oberamt der Diemel, this was the Arolsen District Court .

On the lower level, justice and administration were separated with the Courts Constitution Act of June 5, 1850. A district court was created for each of the four newly created districts (three for Waldeck and one for Pyrmont). These took over the judicial tasks of the higher offices.

With the district order of 1850, three administrative districts were created: the Eder district (based in Wildungen), the Eisenberg district (based in Korbach ) and the Twiste district (based in Mengeringhausen , from 1857 in Arolsen). The upper offices of the Twiste and the Diemel became the Twiste circle.

Chief Justice Officer

literature

  • Armin Sieburg, Johannes Papritz (ed.): Repertories of the Hessian State Archive Marburg - holdings 180: District offices Arolsen, Bad Wildungen, Korbach: 1850–1942; with preliminary files from the Waldeck authorities, history of authorities: pp. I – XXXI, list of officials pp. XXXII – XXXIII

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ § 8 ff. Of the Organizational Edict (Reg.-Bl. 21), digitized
  2. ↑ § 1 (1) of the constitutional charter for the Principality of Waldeck (Reg.-Bl. 34), digitized