Lordship of Ollbrück

Lordship of Königsfeld

Two adjacent lordships that lay south of Neuenahr and west of Andernach, were owned by the same family—Waldbott von Bassenheim. They cannot, however, be characterized as subdivisions of a single country as the family governed them separately.

 

Ollbrück castle was built in the early 12th century and became the seat of a Lordship ruled by the House of Wied. When the ruling line died out in 1244, the lordship passed through the hands of many families, landing with the Waldbott von Wassenheim family in 1555. It remained in the hands of that family throughout the period covered by the database. The Lordship was not subdivided.

 

The Lordship of Königsfeld was established as an independent entity in 1276. It covered a rather elongated territory from just south of Amt Neuenahr in the Duchy of Jülich to just east of Amt Nürburg in the Electorate of Cologne. It passed through the hands of many families, landing with the Waldbott von Bassenheim family in the early 17th century. It then remained with that family until the French occupation. The Lordship had three subdivisions, all of which I characterize as “Gerichte”, although not all were explicitly so designated:

 

 

Master list of countries and subdivisions in the Cologne region