Gericht Winnen-Höhn

Amt Stuhlgebiet

Amt Rennerod

Gericht Winnen-Höhn, consisting of the parishes of Willmenrod, Rotenhain, Höhn, Neustadt, and Rennerod had been established by the 14th century as part of the County of Dietz. When Dietz was partitioned between Nassau and Trier in 1564, Winnen-Höhn was awarded to Ottonian Nassau.

 

When the Ottonian lands were partitioned in 1607, most of Winnen-Höhn joined the County of Nassau-Beilstein (the Willmenrod parish and the village WInnen left the possession of Nassau) where it became Amt Stuhlgebiet. In 1620, the Beilstein line died out and Amt Stuhlgebiet was awarded to the County of Nassau-Hadamar.

 

The Hadamar line died out in 1711 and its lands were redistributed six years later. Amt Stuhlgebiet was assigned to the County of Dietz and was enhanced by the parish of Elsoff. For one year, beginning in 1742, all formerly Hadamar territory held by Dietz, including Amt Stuhlgebiet, was traded to the Catholic County of Siegen. However, all of that territory reverted to Dietz when the Siegen count died in 1743, thereby creating a unified Ottonian county.

 

The following year, Amt Stuhlgebiet was abolished, as all former Hadamar lands were administered as a single unit. That lasted until 1775, when Ämter were again created. Amt Rennerod emerged at that time, consisting of the same territory as Amt Stuhlgebiet. In 1782, the parishes of Rotenhain and Höhn were transferred to the new Amt Marienberg in Landesteil Dietz, and the Elsoff parish was assigned to Amt Ellar-Mengerskirchen, still in Landesteil Hadamar. To compensate, the parishes of Liebenscheid, Neukirch, and Emmerichenhain were transferred from Amt Beilstein in Landesteil Dietz to Amt Rennerod.

List of villages in Amt Stuhlgebiet
  • Ailertchen 1607 - 1744
  • Bellingen 1607 - 1744
  • Büdingen 1607 - 1744
  • Dreisbach [Marienburg] 1607 - 1744
  • Elsoff 1717 - 1744
  • Enspel 1607 - 1744
  • Hahn bei Marienberg 1607 - 1744
  • Hellenhahn 1607 - 1744
  • Hinterkirchen 1607 - 1744
  • Hintermühlen 1607 - 1744
  • Höhn 1607 - 1744
  • Hölzenhausen 1607 - 1744
  • Irmtraut 1607 - 1744
  • Kackenberg 1607 - 1744
  • Langenhahn 1607 - 1744
  • Lochum [Nassau%] 1607 - 1744
  • Mittelhofen 1717 - 1744
  • Neustadt/Westerwald 1607 - 1744
  • Oberrod 1717 - 1744
  • Öllingen 1607 - 1744
  • Pottum 1667 - 1744
  • Püschen 1607 - 1744
  • Rennerod 1607 - 1744
  • Rotzenhahn 1607 - 1744
  • Schellenberg 1607 - 1744
  • Schönberg [Westerburg] 1607 - 1744
  • Seck 1637 - 1744
  • Stockum 1607 - 1744
  • Todtenberg 1607 - 1744
  • Urdorf 1607 - 1744
  • Waldmühlen 1607 - 1744
  • Westernohe 1717 - 1744
List of villages in Amt Rennerod after 1782
  • Bretthausen 1782 - 1806
  • Emmerichenhain 1782 - 1806
  • Hellenhahn 1782 - 1806
  • Homberg 1782 - 1806
  • Irmtraut 1782 - 1806
  • Liebenscheid 1782 - 1806
  • Löhnfeld 1782 - 1806
  • Möhrendorf 1782 - 1806
  • Neukirch 1782 - 1806
  • Neustadt 1782 - 1806
  • Niederroßbach 1782 - 1806
  • Nister 1782 - 1806
  • Oberroßbach 1782 - 1806
  • Rehe 1782 - 1806
  • Rennerod 1782 - 1806
  • Salzburg 1782 - 1806
  • Schellenberg 1782 - 1806
  • Seck 1782 - 1806
  • Stein 1782 - 1806
  • Waigandshain 1782 - 1806
  • Waldmühlen 1782 - 1806
  • Weißenberg 1782 - 1806
  • Willingen 1782 - 1806
  • Zehnhausen bei Rennerod 1782 - 1806

Except for Seck and the four villages in the Elsoff parish, the villages listed above in Amt Stuhlgebiet should be understood to have belonged to Gericht Winnen-Höhn prior to 1607 and to Amt Rennerod between 1775 and 1782. Seck belonged to the County of Wied-Runkel prior to 1637 and its status was disputed after the Hadamar line died out in 1711. After a financial settlement in 1788, jurisdiction was awarded to Orange-Nassau. I treat the Nassau claim as valid throughout.

Chronological list of countries to which Gericht Winnen-Höhn, Amt Stuhlgebiet, and Amt Rennerod belonged

 

Master list of countries and subdivisions in the Ottonian Nassau region