Amt and Stadt Sachsenhagen

Amt Sachsenhagen grew up around a castle dating from the 13th century. When the County of Schaumburg was partitioned in 1647, Amt Sachsenhagen did not survive intact. The town of Sachsenhagen itself and a few surrounding villages were assigned to the Hessian portion and remained part of the Amt. The remaining villages were assigned to the Lippian portion and became part of Amt Hagenburg. The town received city rights in 1650, thereby separating it from the Amt. Both entities remained part of Schaumburg-Kassel until the end of the Holy Roman Empire, when they were absorbed into the Kingdom of Westphalia (a Napoleonic client state) in 1807.

 

When a restored Schaumburg-Kassel was formally absorbed into Hesse-Kassel in 1821 (beyond the scope of this project), the last vestiges of Amt Sachsenhagen were abolished as it was merged into the Rodenberg judicial district and, for administrative purposes, Kreis Schaumburg.