Amt Hadamar

Dehrner Zent

Hadamar was likely founded in the 9th century and received city rights in 1324. The associated Gericht/Amt initially consisted only of the city and its immediate surroundings. For most of the 14th century, Hadamar was the seat of an Ottonian county.

 

The Dehrner Zent had been established by the 13th century as part of the County of Dietz, before that county was acquired by the House of Nassau. When Dietz was partitioned between Nassau and Trier in 1564, the Dehrner Zent was awarded to Ottonian Nassau. When the Ottonian lands were partitioned in 1607, the Dehrner Zent became part of the County of Nassau-Dietz. In 1620, however, when Dietz acquired most of the Beilstein lands, it had to surrender the Dehrner Zent to the County of Nassau-Hadamar, where it became part of Amt Hadamar.

 

List of villages in Amt Hadamar prior to 1717
  • Ahlbach 1620 - 1717
  • Dehrn 1620 - 1717
  • Faulbach 1620 - 1717
  • Hadamar 1561 - 1717
  • Malmeneich [noble%] 1620 - 1717
  • Niederhadamar 1620 - 1717
  • Niedertiefenbach 1620 - 1717
  • Niederweyer 1620 - 1717
  • Oberweyer 1620 - 1717
  • Offheim 1620 - 1717
  • Steinbach 1620 - 1717

With the exception of Hadamar itself, it should be understood that the villages listed above in Amt Hadamar belonged to the Dehrner Zent between 1561 and 1620.

 

Chronological list of countries to which Stadt Hadamar belonged prior to 1717
Chronological list of countries to which villages in the Dehrner Zent belonged prior to 1717

 

The Hadamar line died out in 1711 and six years later, its territory was distributed among the remaining Ottonian entities. The disposition of Amt Hadamar was particularly complicated:

 

  • The city itself, along with the villages of Oberweyer, Niederweyer, Faulbach, and Malmeneich (and the parish of Niederzeutzheim from Amt Ellar) were awarded to the Catholic County of Siegen (who no longer controlled any territory in Siegen). I can find no record of what this territory was called, so I label it “Quasi-Vogtei Hadamar”.
  • The villages of Niederhadamar, Offheim, Dehrn, Ahlbach, Steinbach, and Niedertiefenbach (along with the administrative rights to Obertiefenbach) were awarded to the Calvinist County of Siegen. I label this territory “Quasi-Vogtei Dehrn”.

 

When the Calvinist Siegen line died out in 1734, the two Quasi-Vogteien were reunited as Amt Hadamar under the Catholic Siegen count. When the count died in 1743, Amt Hadamar joined the unified Ottonian County of Dietz.

List of villages in Quasi-Vogtei Hadamar (1717-1734)
  • Faulbach 1717 - 1734
  • Hadamar 1717 - 1734
  • Hangenmeilen 1717 - 1734
  • Heuchelheim 1717 - 1734
  • Malmeneich [noble%] 1717 - 1734
  • Niederweyer 1717 - 1734
  • Niederzeutzheim 1717 - 1734
  • Oberweyer 1717 - 1734
  • Oberzeutzheim 1717 - 1734
  • Thalheim 1717 - 1734
List of villages in Quasi-Vogtei Dehrn (1717-1734)
  • Ahlbach 1717 - 1734
  • Dehrn 1717 - 1734
  • Niederhadamar 1717 - 1734
  • Niedertiefenbach 1717 - 1734
  • Offheim 1717 - 1734
  • Steinbach [Hadamar] 1717 - 1734

 

The villages listed above in Quasi-Vogtei Hadamar include those in the Niederzeutzheim parish, which was not part of Amt Hadamar prior to 1717. Nevertheless, one can rely on the list of countries to which Stadt Hadamar belonged prior to 1717 to apply to that parish as well during that time period.

 

Chronological list of countries to which the villages in Quasi-Vogtei Hadamar belonged after 1717
Chronological list of countries to which the villages in Quasi-Vogtei Dehrn belonged after 1717

 

Master list of countries and subdivisions in the Ottonian Nassau region