Imperial Principality of Buchau

The Imperial Principality of Buchau came into being through the Reichsdeputationshauptschluss (RDH) in February 1803, when the Princes of Thurn and Taxis received areas in Upper Swabia to compensate for the loss of their income from the postal routes operated on the left bank of the Rhine (Section 13 RDH). The imperial principality had a total area of ​​530 km² and around 17,000 inhabitants. In the Reichsfürstenrat it had a virile vote . As early as 1806, the principality became part of the Kingdom of Württemberg in the course of mediatization .

The imperial principality consisted of the free imperial city of Buchau and the following formerly spiritual territories:

• Reichsstift Buchau with Strasbourg Castle
• Marchtal Imperial Abbey
• Imperial Abbey of Neresheim
• Dominican convent Ennetach (near Mengen )
• Dominican convent Sießen (near Saulgau )
• Office Ostrach of the Reichsabbey Salem , with the rule Schemmerberg (today to Schemmerhofen ) and the hamlets Tiefental, Frankenhofen and Stetten

literature

• Gerhard Köbler : Historical Lexicon of the German Lands . Book Guild Gutenberg, Frankfurt am Main 1996, ISBN 3-7632-4445-X , p. 625 f.