Kloster/Herrschaft/Amt Harsefeld

Vogtei Mulsum

Samtgericht Delm & Gericht Schwinge

The Harsefeld monastery was established in 1104 and exercised secular authority over its surrounding area. It was originally part of the County of Stade, but was acquired by the Archbishopric of Bremen in 1221. The monastery was secularized by Sweden during the Thirty-Years War, at which time is was awarded to a series of Swedish citizens and given the status of Herrschaft. It was returned to the Swedish crown in 1690 and established as an Amt.

 

In 1692, three subdivisions of Amt Bremervörde—Ahlerstedt, Bargstedt, and Mulsum—(called “Börden”) were split off to create the new Vogtei Mulsum. In 1753, Vogtei Mulsum was dissolved and merged into Amt Harsefeld.

 

Adjacent to Amt Harsefeld were four noble Gerichte—Delm, Bliedersdorf (which was administered with Delm), Horneburg, and Sauensiek—which I group together as Samtgericht Delm (the only Gericht consisting of multiple villages). The three single-village Gerichte are identified below with the [*] notation. In 1784, Schwinge left Börde Mulsum to become its own Gericht.

 

List of villages in Amt Harsefeld, Hausvogtei
  • Griemshorst 1690 - 1803
  • Harsefeld 1690 - 1803

 

Prior to 1632, the above villages were part of Kloster Harsefeld. Between 1632 and 1690, they were part of Herrschaft Harsefeld.

 

List of villages in Amt Harsefeld, Börde Bargstedt
  • Bargstedt [Harsefeld] 1753 - 1803
  • Brest 1753 - 1803
  • Deinste 1753 - 1803
  • Dollern 1753 - 1803
  • Doosthof 1753 - 1803
  • Frankenmoor 1753 - 1803
  • Helmste 1753 - 1803
  • Hollenbeck 1753 - 1803
  • Issendorf 1753 - 1803
  • Kackerbeck 1753 - 1803
  • Kohlenhausen 1753 - 1803
  • Oerstorf 1753 - 1803
  • Ohrensen 1753 - 1803
  • Reith 1753 - 1803
  • Wohlerst 1753 - 1803
List of villages in Amt Harsefeld, Börde Mulsum
  • Aspe [Kutenholz] 1753 - 1803
  • Essel 1753 - 1803
  • Groß Fredenbeck 1753 - 1803
  • Klein Fredenbeck 1753 - 1803
  • Kutenholz 1753 - 1803
  • Mulsum [Kutenholz] 1753 - 1803
  • Sadersdorf 1753 - 1803
  • Schwinge 1753 - 1784
  • Wedel [Fredenbeck] 1753 - 1803
List of villages in Amt Harsefeld, Börde Ahlerstedt
  • Ahlerstedt 1753 - 1803
  • Ahrensmoor 1753 - 1803
  • Ahrenswalde 1753 - 1803
  • Bockel [Ahlerstedt] 1753 - 1803
  • Hagen [Stade] 1753 - 1803
  • Klethen 1753 - 1803
  • Ottendorf [Ahlerstedt] 1753 - 1803
  • Wangersen 1753 - 1803

 

Prior to 1692, the Börden of Bargstedt, Mulsum, and Ahlerstedt (each consisting of the same villages as above) were part of Amt Bremervörde. Between 1692 and 1753, they were part of Vogtei Mulsum.

 

List of villages in Samtgericht Delm
  • Apensen 1567 - 1803
  • Beckdorf 1567 - 1803
  • Bliedersdorf [*] 1567 - 1803
  • Borrel 1567 - 1803
  • Goldbeck [Beckdorf] 1567 - 1803
  • Grundoldendorf 1567 - 1803
  • Hedendorf 1567 - 1803
  • Horneburg [*] 1567 - 1803
  • Kammerbusch 1567 - 1803
  • Nindorf [Beckdorf] 1567 - 1803
  • Nottensdorf 1567 - 1803
  • Ottensen [Buxtehude] 1567 - 1803
  • Revenahe 1567 - 1803
  • Ruschwedel 1567 - 1803
  • Sauensiek [*] 1567 - 1803
  • Wiegersen 1567 - 1803
List of villages in Gericht Schwinge
  • Schwinge 1784 - 1803
Chronological list of countries to which the villages in Amt Harsefeld and Samtgericht Delm belonged

 

Master list of countries and subdivisions in the Bremen/Verden region