Office Rabenstein

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Rabenstein Castle, originally the seat of the Rabenstein Bailiwick. The seat of the Rabenstein office was in Niemegk in the 16th century

The Amt Rabenstein , still called Vogtei Rabenstein in the 15th century , was an administrative unit of the Electorate of Saxony in the late Middle Ages and belonged to the Kurkreis . In 1550/2 the office was combined with the Belzig office to form the Belzig-Rabenstein office. In the course of the 18th century the addition Rabenstein was mostly dropped completely and the combined office was only called Amt Belzig. The former official area is now in the district of Potsdam-Mittelmark ( Brandenburg ).

history

The history of this office is poorly known. It originated around Rabenstein Castle near the Rabenstein / Fläming community in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district. In 1251 a Conrad de Rauenstein, called Wolf's Eye, appears in the documents. He witnessed the donation of the mill near Rottstock by Count Baderich von Belzig to the Lehnin monastery . In the 14th century the castle was owned by the von Oppen family. Therefore it is also assumed that the above Conrad von Rabenstein is identical with Conrad von Oppen, who is mentioned in a document in 1278. After that, the fief fell back to the sovereign. From 1453 until after 1455 the von Oppen were again owned by the castle and town of Rabenstein. But already before 1482 it fell again to the Saxon elector, who converted it into an electoral office, also called care.

Associated places

Around 1550, in addition to the Rabenstein castle and castle and the Rabenstein manor, 17 places belonged to the office or, before that, the Rabenstein bailiwick

In 1550/2, the Rabenstein office was combined with the Belzig office. The united office was z. Sometimes referred to as the Belzig-Rabenstein office until the 18th century. Around 1800, however, only the term Amt Belzig was common for the combined office.

supporting documents

literature

  • Karlheinz Blaschke , Uwe Ulrich Jäschke: Kursächsischer Ämteratlas 1790. Verlag Klaus Gumnior, Chemnitz 2009, ISBN 978-3-937386-14-0 .
  • Friedrich Dorno: The Fläming and the rule Wiesenburg. Agricultural-historical studies from the northern offices of the Saxon spa district. Published by Duncker & Humblot, Munich / Leipzig 1914.
  • Adolph Friedrich Johann Riedel : Codex Diplomaticus Brandenburgensis A. First main part or collection of documents on the history of the spiritual foundations, the noble families, as well as the cities and castles of the Mark Brandenburg, Volume X, continuation of the documents from the Middle Mark. Castle and town of Plaue. Castle, town and monastery Ziesar, Leitzkau monastery. Golzow Castle and the von Rochow family. Lehnin Monastery. Mixed documents. Reimer, Berlin 1856. (online at Google Books) (hereinafter abbreviated to Codex Diplomaticus Brandenburgensis, A 10 with corresponding document number and page number)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Codex Diplomaticus Brandenburgensis, A 10, document XLVIII (48), p. 206.