Obervogteiamt Jungnau

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The Obervogteiamt Jungnau was an administrative district in the south of what is now the German state of Baden-Württemberg . It existed under changing rulers until 1840.

history

In 1534, the Werdenberg rule in Jungnau fell to the Fürstenberg family by inheritance . Jungnau became the seat of an upper bailiff's office. As the rule in 1806 by Act of Confederation in favor of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringens mediated was the prince remained von Furstenberg as a nobleman certain rights, the lower courts and the right to hunt. From then on the Obervogteiamt Jungnau existed as a patrimonial office and Hohenzollern Oberamt under the sovereignty of the princes in Sigmaringen. In 1840 Fürstenberg ceded his rights to the sovereign, who dissolved the upper bailiff by ordinance of October 15, 1840. The places were distributed to the head offices of Gammertingen , Sigmaringen and Straßberg .

Associated places

The Obervogteiamt has remained almost unchanged in its boundaries since the 16th century. In addition to the main town of Jungnau, it included the villages of Inneringen , Hochberg , Storzingen , Oberschmeien , Unterschmeien and Vilsingen , the hamlets of Blättringen and Dietfurth and the Nickhof domain. In 1806 the hamlet of Thiergarten was added, which until then had belonged to the Fürstenberg lordship of Meßkirch. Around the year 1820 the 94 square kilometer district had a good 2,300 inhabitants.

literature

  • Ulrike Redecker: Administrative structure in Baden, Württemberg and Hohenzollern 1815–1857 . In: Karl Heinz Schröder (ed.): Historical Atlas of Baden-Württemberg . Map VII, 4. Stuttgart 1976, ISBN 3-921201-10-1 .

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