Vogtei/Amt Rastede

A church and a monastery were founded at Rastede in the 11th century. During the 15th century, the Count of Oldenburg turned the monastery into a castle and established a Vogtei.

 

In 1678, the administrative responsibility for the Vogtei, which remained under Danish sovereignty, was acquired by the Count of Aldenburg—an illegitimate son of the last non-Danish Count of Oldenburg who had became sovereign over the Lordship of Kniphausen. In 1680, however, the Count of Aldenburg died and Denmark occupied all of his lands that had been under Oldenburg sovereignty prior to 1667. In a 1693 treaty, the Count’s son surrendered administrative rights to Denmark (although I date the reversion to the occupation, not the treaty).