Propstei (Luxembourg)

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A Luxembourg provost (also Probstei ; ( French : prévôté)) was an administrative and judicial district . Propsties were set up in the county of Luxembourg as early as the 13th century to administer the areas of partial domination. They existed in the later Duchy of Luxembourg until the end of the 18th century.

Provosts

At the end of the 18th century there were fifteen provosts in the Duchy of Luxembourg:

  • Provost Arlon
  • Bastogne Provostry
  • Bitburg Provostry
  • Chiny Provostry
  • Propstei Diekirch
  • Durbuy Provostry
  • Propstei Echternach
  • Provost office Etalle
  • Propstei Grevenmacher
  • Propstei Luxembourg
  • Propstei Marche
  • Propstei St. Mard
  • Orchimont Provostry
  • Provost of La Roche
  • Provost Virton

history

To administer the county of Luxembourg , Countess Ermesinde (1196-1247) set up provosts (prévôté) in the time of her sole rule between 1226 and 1247, which were administered by appointed provosts (prévots). The provosts, comparable to a bailiff , were aristocratic , their office was not hereditary and they could be dismissed if they were poorly performed. The provosts were the representatives of the sovereign authority. In addition to the administration of the provost's territory, the provosts were given jurisdiction . They stood at the top of from Unterpröpsten, country Meiern composite, lower Meiern and other functionaries high courts . The basic and middle courts in the municipalities belonging to the provost were occupied by Scheffen and a presiding judge or Meier.

The provosts were divided into dairy farms and judges, and these in turn were subdivided into villages and farms. The provosts, however, only included those villages and estates that were owned by the dukes of Luxembourg . A large number of aristocratic manors did not belong to the provosts , as far as the landlords had the right of high jurisdiction. In total, besides the provosts and the cities that were independent of the provosts, over 200 lordships belonged to the Duchy of Luxembourg.

After the Duchy of Luxembourg came under the rule of the French Revolutionary Troops in 1795 , the previous administrative structures, including the provosts, were dissolved and the forest department was re-established.

literature

  • "Die Landesfürstlichen Prévôtés", Johann Georg Friedrich Jakobi: New collection of geographical-historical-statistical writings , Volume 2, Mizler, 1784, p. 784 ff ( Google Books )

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Clomes: Attempt at a statistical-geographical description of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , Schmit-Bruck, 1840, p. 2 ( Google Books )
  2. ↑ a b Richard Laufner: The offices organization under Baldwin of Luxembourg in Baldwin of Luxembourg 1285-1354 , Society for Mittelrheinische church history, 1985, pp 284 et seq (. Www.dilibri.de )
  3. ^ Hardt, Jacob Grimm : Luxemburger Weisthümer, as a review of Jacob Grimm's Weisthümern , Bück, 1868, p. 41 ( Google Books )
  4. ^ Johann Friedrich Schannat , Georg Bärsch : Eiflia illustrata or geographical and historical description of the Eifel, Volume 3, Edition 2, Part 2, Mayer, 1855, S, 188 ( Google Books )