Amt Hardt

Hardt castle was erected in the 11th or 12th century and became part of the County of Are. The county was donated to the Archbishop of Cologne in 1246 and the castle became the seat of an Amt.

 

The territory of Amt Hardt was highly dispersed, with five Dingstühle distributed among three major noncontiguous sections. Even one of the Dingstühle was split between those sections—Stotzheim is between Dingstühle Arloff and Kuchenheim (in modern Euskirchen), while Zingsheim is south of Dingstuhl Weyer (in modern Nettersheim). Much of the territory was disputed by the Duchy of Jülich. Within the Dingstühle, those disputes were settled through partition. The Dingstühle as defined below were part of the Electorate of Cologne throughout the period covered by the database.

 

In the vicinity of Amt Hardt were ten Unterherrschaften that were not part of the Amt but were grouped with it for statistical purposes. Sovereignty over seven of them was disputed by the Duchy of Jülich. The Unterherrschaften are described on their own page.