Landeshauptmannschaft Hof

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The Oberland of the Principality of Bayreuth with the Landeshauptmannschaft Hof in the northeast

The Landeshauptmannschaft Hof was an administrative area of ​​the Principality of Bayreuth , which was ruled by a branch line of the Hohenzollern until 1791/92 .

location

The Landeshauptmannschaft Hof bordered in the east on the Böhmisch-Zedtwitz'sche rule Asch and on the Kursächsisch-Voigtland authorities Plauen and Voigtsberg , in the west on the bishopric Bamberg and on the district administration Kulmbach , in the south on the Oberamt Gefrees and the district administration Wunsiedel and in the north to Sachsen-Saalfeld and the Bamberg monastery.

history

The Landeshauptmannschaft Hof emerged during the first half of the 16th century from the "Hof military district" established in 1498. In 1777 the Oberamt Lichtenberg was incorporated, in 1779 the Oberamt Stockenroth .

In 1791 the area of ​​the Landeshauptmannschaft Hof was 17 square miles . There were 41,213 inhabitants, distributed among 7,189 houses and 129 grinding and flour mills. The Landeshauptmannschaft Hof was divided into seventeen offices: City of Hof, Kastenamt Hof, Klosteramt Hof, Stadtvogteiamt Hof, Hospitalamt Hof, Vogteiamt Rehau, Administrative Office Pilgramsreuth, Vogteiamt Naila, Administrative Office Selbitz, Administrative Office Schwarzenbach am Walde, Administration Bernstein, City Münchberg, Kastenamt Münchberg, City judge Münchberg, caste and judge office Sparneck. The offices were partially combined.

In addition, there were 70 mansions , all of which were Bayreuth or Counts of Reuss . The individual manors held the lower court and could raise taxes. However, the high jurisdiction lay with the feudal lords.

structure

Courtyard (hospital, caste, monastery and city bailiwick office)

Originally the Weida bailiffs were feudal lords of the court and the surrounding area. In 1337 they sold their claims to the burgraviate of Nuremberg .

The following places were subordinate to the Hof hospital, caste, monastery and city bailiff's office : Alsenberg , Altenstadt, Brunn , Brunnenthal , Draisendorf , Eisenbühl , Eppenreuth , Epplas , Erlalohe , Erlenhof, Ehrlich, Eulenhammer , Faßmannsreuth , Fattigau , Finkenflug , Fletschenreuth , Föhrenreuth , Fohrenreuth , Geiersberg , violin , Gottfried Reuth , Hadermannsgrün , Haidt , Hartmann Reuth , Herold Green , Hof , Holler , cats oaks, Kautendorf , cone mill, Klötzlamühle , Koeditz , Lamitz , Langenbach , Lausenhof , Leimitz (eg. T.), Leupoldsgrün , Lippert , Lohwiese , Ludwigsbrunn , Martinlamitz , Martinsreuth , Maihof , Moos , Moschendorf , Mühldorf , Münchenreuth , Neuhaus , Neuhof , Nonnenwald , Oberpferdt , Osseck , Osseck am Wald , Ottengrün , paper mill , Pilgramsreuth , Pirk , Posterlitz , Pretschenreuth , Prex , Regnitzlosau , Reuthlas , Rodesgrün , Rosenbühl , Rothenbürg , Saalbach, Schlegel , Schwarzwinkel , Schwesendorf , Silberbach , Staudenmühle , Stelzendorf, Stiftsgrün , Stobe rsreuth , Tauperlitz , Tiefengrün , Töpen , Trogen , Trogenau , Unterkotzau , Ullitz , Vierschau , Walburgisreuth , Wölbattendorf , Wölbersbach , Wurlitz (e.g. T.).

Bailiwick of Rehau

The Bailiwick of Rehau was sold to the Burgraviate of Nuremberg in the 14th century by the Lords of Kotzau for 800 Hungarian gold guilders . Pilgramsreuth was originally a manor that the Lords of Beulwitz of Brandenburg-Kulmbach had received as a man fief . The family died out in 1774 without male descendants and thus fell back to the principality. The administrative office Pilgramsreuth was subordinate to the Vogteiamt Rehau. The following places were subject to this:

Bailiwick of Rehau

Degenreuth , Heinersberg , Rehau and Ziegelhütte.

Administrative office in Pilgramsreuth

Eulenhammer , Fohrenreuth , Höllenreuth, Leimitz (partly), Moschendorf , Pilgramsreuth , Röllmühle , Wurlitz (partly) and Wüstenbrunn .

Bailiwick of Naila

The administration office Selbitz belonged to the Vogteiamt Naila. Naila was also the seat of a mining authority that managed a total of 45 quarries. The following places were subordinate to the office:

Bailiwick of Naila

Dreigrün , Erbsbühl , Finkenflug , Linden , Naila , Reutberg , Rodesgrün (partly), Schottenhammer .

Selbitz administration office

Dörnthal , Froschgrün , Gorlas , Hüttung , Kohlbühl , Rodesgrün (partly), Selbitz , Stegmühle, Weidesgrün .

Administrative office Schwarzenbach am Wald

Schwarzenbach am Wald and Bernstein were originally manors of the Lords of Reitzenstein , who had received it as a fiefdom from Brandenburg-Kulmbach. Bernstein fell back to the principality in 1752 because the lord of the palace Christian Ernst von Reitzenstein had no male descendants. The Schwarzenbach manor was sold by the Reitzensteins there in 1757 for 80,000 florins to the Lords of Künsberg , who had to leave it to Brandenburg-Bayreuth due to excessive indebtedness. The Executor was the Kameraljustizwesen and Vogteilichkeit to. The administration office Bernstein belonged to the administrative office. The following places were subordinate to the two offices:

Administrative office Schwarzenbach am Wald

Dorschenmühle , Froschbach , Gottmannsgrün , Hühnergrund , Kleindöbra , Lippertsgrün , Löhmar , Löhmarmühle , Meierhof , Pechreuth , Poppengrund , Rauschengrund , Rauschenhammermühle , Schmölz , Schönbrunn , Schübelhammer , Schwarzenbach am Wald , Straßdorf , Überkehr , Viceburg , Weystauden , Zuckmantel .

Administration Bernstein

Affenost , Bernstein , Breitengrund , Fußgrund, Göhren , Gemeinreuth , Geroldsgrün , Götzengrund, Grubenberg , Neuensorg , Räumlas , Räumlasgrund, Süßenreuth , Tierofmühle.

Caste and judge office in Lichtenberg

Lichtenberg was originally in the hands of the Dukes of Meran. With their extinction in 1248 it came to the Counts of Orlamünde , who sold it to Caspar von Waldenfels as a freelance in 1417 . In the period that followed, it gradually came to Brandenburg-Bayreuth. In 1631 the Oberamt Lichtenberg was established. Since 1777 it has been part of the provincial governorate of Hof.

The following places were subordinate to the Lichtenberg office: Blechschmidtenhammer , Bobengrün , Burkstein, Carlsgrün , Christusgrün , Dörflas , Dorschenmühle , Dürrenwaid , Dürrnberg , Erlaburg , Fichten , Gerlas , Geroldsgrün , Großenreuth , Grund , Heinrichsdorf , Hermesgrün , Hertweggrün , Hirschberglein , Horwagen , Kleinschmieden , Knock , toads mill , Langenbach , Lichtenberg , Lochau , Marxgrün , middle blades Sporn , Mohr, Mordlau , Muehlleithen , Neumuehle , upper blade Sporn , Colonel plane , Oberzeitelwaidt , Schafhof , Schlee Knock , snapping mill , Selbitz mill , Steinbach , Stoffel mill , Thiemitz , Thiemitzmühle , Thierbach , lower-blade Sporn , Untersteben , Vogelsmühle , Vorwerk, brickworks.

Caste and judge office Lauenstein

In the 13th century the lordship of Lauenstein belonged to the Counts of Orlamünde . In 1427 they transferred their feudal claims to the burgraviate of Nuremberg . The counts of Schwarzburg-Leutenberg were initially enfeoffed , and in 1506 they sold them to the Counts of Mansfeld . In 1622 it came completely to Brandenburg-Bayreuth and became an office of the principality. In 1778 this was incorporated into the provincial governing body of Hof.

The following locations were subject to the office: Buchbach , Ebersdorf , Falkenstein , Fischbachsmühle , Friedersdorf , Kleintettau , Köhlbach, Kupferhammer, Langenau , Lauenstein , Lauenhain , Lehesten , Lichtenhain , Ludwigsstadt , Neuenbau , Neuhüttendorf , Oberer and Unterer Neuhüttendorfer Hammer, Ottendorf , Sattelgrund, Schauberg , Spitzberg , Springelhof , Steinbach , Tatzwig, Tettau , Unterstuhlhütten, Wildberg , Windheim .

Caste and city judge office Münchberg

The offices of Münchberg and Sparneck originally formed the Brandenburg-Bayreuth Oberamt Stockenroth . In 1779 it was incorporated into the provincial governing body of Hof.

The following places were subordinate to the office: Ahornberg , Ahornis , Albertsberg , Albertsreuth (partly), Almbranz , Angermühle, Benk , Bärlas (partly), Biengarten (partly), Bug , Bug , Dietelmühle , Edlendorf , Eiben bei Münchberg , Eiben bei Weißdorf , Förmitz (partly), Friedmannsdorf (partly), Geigersmühle , Germersreuth , Gottersdorf , Grossenau (partly), Grund , Hildbrandsgrün (partly), Horlachen , Jehsen , Laubersreuth , Lehsten (partly), Maulschelle , Meierhof , Markersreuth , Mechlenreuth , Mödlenreuth , Modlitzmühle, Münchberg , Mußenbach, Oelschnitz , Oelschnitzer Mühle , Oppenroth , Ottengrün , Plösen , Poppenreuth (partly), Querenreuth , Rabenreuth , Reuthlas , Rieglersreuth (partly), Rothe Mühle, Schlegel , Schödlas , Schweinsbach (partly), Selbitz (partly), Sichartsmühle, Solg , Straas (partly), Ulrichsmühle, Unfriedsdorf , Weißdorf , Weißlenreuth , Wulmersreuth , Zimmermühle .

Cast and judge office Sparneck

The following places were subordinate to the office: Albertsreuth (partly), Bärlaß (partly), Biengarten (partly), Bucheck , Bucheckmühle , Förmitz (partly), Friedmannsdorf (partly), Gottsmannsgrün , Grossenau (partly), Großlosnitz , Grohenbühl , Hallerstein , Hildbrandsgrün (partly), Kleinlosnitz with mill, Lehsten (partly), Lohmühle , Martinlamitz with mill (Hasenmühle), Mussen , Poppenreuth (e.g. T.), Rieglersreuth (partially), Reinersreuth , Reinersreuther Mühle , Saalmühle , Schieda , Schnackenhof , Schweinsbach (partially), Selbitz (partially), Sparneck with Mühle, Steinbühl , Straas (e.g. T.), Völkenreuth , Walpenreuth , Wüstenselbitz , Selbitz (partially), Wundenbach , Zell , Ziegelhütte .

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sigmund Benker, Andreas Kraus (ed.): History of Franconia up to the end of the 18th century . 3. Edition. Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-39451-5 , p. 759 .
  2. ↑ Gertrud Diepolder : Bavarian History Atlas . Ed .: Max Spindler . Bayerischer Schulbuch Verlag, Munich 1969, ISBN 3-7627-0723-5 , p. 31, 33 .
  3. ^ FG Leonhardi (ed.), P. 132.
  4. ↑ The middle authorities (main authorities and higher offices) of the Principality of Bayreuth , accessed on November 22, 2019
  5. ^ FG Leonhardi (ed.), P. 134f.
  6. ↑ FG Leonhardi (ed.), Pp. 183-194.
  7. ↑ FG Leonhardi (ed.), Pp. 141-149.
  8. ^ FG Leonhardi (Ed.), Pp. 149–152.
  9. ↑ FG Leonhardi (Ed.), Pp. 153-162.
  10. ↑ FG Leonhardi (Ed.), Pp. 162-165.
  11. ↑ FG Leonhardi (ed.), Pp. 165-170.
  12. ↑ FG Leonhardi (Ed.), Pp. 170-174.
  13. ^ FG Leonhardi (Ed.), Pp. 176-180.
  14. ^ FG Leonhardi (ed.), Pp. 180-183.

Coordinates: 50 °  N , 12 °  E