Schwarzburg special houses subordination

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Several parts of the area in Northern Thuringia were designated as subordinate rule of the county or, since 1697, of the principality of the House of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen - named after the topography, in contrast to the Schwarzburg special houses upper rule . These once belonged to the possessions of the Lords of Schwarzburg , Count Günther XL. , the rich , united to maximum size in the county of Schwarzburg . These were divided between his four sons in the Stadtilm Treaty in 1571 and again in 1574.

The counties of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen came into being under Johann Günther I , Schwarzburg-Frankenhausen under Wilhelm I , and Schwarzburg-Arnstadt under Günther XLI. and Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt under Albrecht VII.

Dates of the Schwarzburg special houses subordination

Geographical expansion

The Schwarzburg-Sondershäuser Unterherrschaft with the city of Sondershausen as its center lay in the southeastern Harz foreland . It comprised the middle valley of the Wipper , the Windleite , the Hainleite and a northern part of the Thuringian Basin . Another river in the area is the Helbe .

Today the ruled area forms the western part of the Kyffhäuserkreis in the north of the Free State of Thuringia .

Adjacent administrative units

Until 1815, the Schwarzburg special houses subordination bordered on the following areas:

Due to the regulations of the Congress of Vienna in 1815 the electoral Saxon exclaves Großfurra and Bendeleben were added to the rule area. The other Electoral Saxon areas, the Eichsfeld, the former imperial city of Mühlhausen and the offices of Kelbra and Heringen came to Prussia, which has since bordered on the subordinate in the west, north-west and south.

Associated areas

The state territory under the rule of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen consisted of the Sondershausen part of the country . There were also a few exclaves . The Schwarzburg special houses part formed the western part of the Schwarzburg subordination . The subordinate rule of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen included the district court districts of Sondershausen, Ebeleben and Greussen.

Offices of the Schwarzburg special houses subordination

Territorial changes

In 1593, Allerburg Castle, north of Obereichsfeld, was completely taken over by the Counts of Schwarzburg after the partial owners died out, and in 1612 it was occupied by the Dukes of Braunschweig , whose ownership was confirmed by the court in 1694. Due to the Congress of Vienna, the castle and its four associated places went to Prussia in 1816.

In 1811 the Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach received the place Haßleben, which ended its existence as an exclave of the Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. He was affiliated to the office Großrudestedt . Due to the resolution of the Congress of Vienna in 1816, the exclaves Großfurra and Bendeleben of the Saxon office of Weißensee were incorporated into the subordinate rule of the Principality of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen . In return, the Schwarzburg exclaves Bothenheilingen and Bruchstedt came to the district of Langensalza in the administrative district of Erfurt in the Prussian province of Saxony in 1816 . Other places, such as Großbodungen , also came to Prussia .

When the state was reorganized in 1850, the three administrative districts of Sondershausen , Ebeleben and Greußen were formed under the rule . The administrative district Greußen was dissolved again in 1858 and divided into the districts Sondershausen and Ebeleben. From 1882 to 1897 the Ebeleben administrative district was temporarily abolished and during this time the entire subordinate rule formed the Sondershausen administrative district. In 1910 the administrative district of Sondershausen covered 266 km² and had 26,868 inhabitants. In 1912 the city of Sondershausen became a district and the new district of Sondershausen was formed from the remaining area of ​​subordination .

Places under the rule of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen in 1900

Sondershausen administrative district

The uninhabited community-free forest districts of Bebra, Hachelbich, Jecha, Oberspier and Stockhausen also belonged to the administrative district of Sondershausen.

Ebeleben administrative district

The uninhabited non-parish forest district Ebeleben still belonged to the administrative district Ebeleben.

See also

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  1. ↑ Territorial distribution around 1700, draft by Dr. H. Herz (based on the municipality boundary map of Thuringia), Thür. Historical Commission, 1937

Web links

Municipal directory 1900

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