Amt Pyrmont, Quasi-Vogtei Pyrmont (prior to 1668)

Amt Pyrmont.............................................. (from 1668 on)

Amt Pyrmont consisted of what had been the sovereign County of Pyrmont prior to 1494 when its count died and it was inherited by the Count of Spiegelberg. I designate villages in the Amt over which the count had full administrative responsibilities as “Quasi-Vogtei Pyrmont”. I designate villages in which administrative responsibilities were shared with Paderborn as “Quasi-Vogtei Lügde”. Paderborn assumed full responsibility for Lügde in 1668, after which the “quasi-Vogtei” concept ceases to be meaningful.

 

Between 1494 and 1558, the Amt served as the Pyrmont contribution to the County of Spiegelberg-Pyrmont. In 1558, the Spiegelberg line died out and sovereignty shifted to the County of Lippe-Spiegelberg-Pyrmont until 1583. From there, it passed to the County of Gleichen-Tonna until 1631, and then to the County of Waldeck (and its successors). After the Holy Roman Empire ended in 1806, it was absorbed into the Kingdom of Westphalia (a Napoleonic client state).